3GJ8

Crystal structure of human RanGDP-Nup153ZnF34 complex


Experimental Data Snapshot

  • Method: X-RAY DIFFRACTION
  • Resolution: 1.82 Å
  • R-Value Free: 0.203 
  • R-Value Work: 0.170 
  • R-Value Observed: 0.172 

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Literature

Crystallographic and Biochemical Analysis of the Ran-binding Zinc Finger Domain.

Partridge, J.R.Schwartz, T.U.

(2009) J Mol Biol 391: 375-389

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jmb.2009.06.011
  • Primary Citation of Related Structures:  
    3GJ0, 3GJ3, 3GJ4, 3GJ5, 3GJ6, 3GJ7, 3GJ8

  • PubMed Abstract: 

    The nuclear pore complex (NPC) resides in circular openings within the nuclear envelope and serves as the sole conduit to facilitate nucleocytoplasmic transport in eukaryotes. The asymmetric distribution of the small G protein Ran across the nuclear envelope regulates directionality of protein transport. Ran interacts with the NPC of metazoa via two asymmetrically localized components, Nup153 at the nuclear face and Nup358 at the cytoplasmic face. Both nucleoporins contain a stretch of distinct, Ran-binding zinc finger domains. Here, we present six crystal structures of Nup153-zinc fingers in complex with Ran and a 1.48 A crystal structure of RanGDP. Crystal engineering allowed us to obtain well diffracting crystals so that all ZnF-Ran complex structures are refined to high resolution. Each of the four zinc finger modules of Nup153 binds one Ran molecule in apparently non-allosteric fashion. The affinity is measurably higher for RanGDP than for RanGTP and varies modestly between the individual zinc fingers. By microcalorimetric and mutational analysis, we determined that one specific hydrogen bond accounts for most of the differences in the binding affinity of individual zinc fingers. Genomic analysis reveals that only in animals do NPCs contain Ran-binding zinc fingers. We speculate that these organisms evolved a mechanism to maintain a high local concentration of Ran at the vicinity of the NPC, using this zinc finger domain as a sink.


  • Organizational Affiliation

    Department of Biology, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA.


Macromolecules
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Entity ID: 1
MoleculeChains Sequence LengthOrganismDetailsImage
GTP-binding nuclear protein Ran
A, C
221Homo sapiensMutation(s): 1 
Gene Names: RANARA24OK/SW-cl.81
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Find proteins for P62826 (Homo sapiens)
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PHAROS:  P62826
GTEx:  ENSG00000132341 
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UniProt GroupP62826
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Entity ID: 2
MoleculeChains Sequence LengthOrganismDetailsImage
Nuclear pore complex protein Nup153
B, D
92Rattus norvegicusMutation(s): 0 
Gene Names: Nup153
UniProt
Find proteins for P49791 (Rattus norvegicus)
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UniProt GroupP49791
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Experimental Data & Validation

Experimental Data

  • Method: X-RAY DIFFRACTION
  • Resolution: 1.82 Å
  • R-Value Free: 0.203 
  • R-Value Work: 0.170 
  • R-Value Observed: 0.172 
  • Space Group: P 1 21 1
Unit Cell:
Length ( Å )Angle ( ˚ )
a = 74.257α = 90
b = 61.713β = 112.31
c = 70.635γ = 90
Software Package:
Software NamePurpose
ADSCdata collection
PHASERphasing
PHENIXrefinement
HKL-2000data reduction
HKL-2000data scaling

Structure Validation

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Entry History 

Deposition Data

Revision History  (Full details and data files)

  • Version 1.0: 2009-08-04
    Type: Initial release
  • Version 1.1: 2011-07-13
    Changes: Version format compliance
  • Version 1.2: 2021-10-20
    Changes: Database references, Derived calculations
  • Version 1.3: 2023-09-06
    Changes: Data collection, Refinement description