4B3B

Humanised monomeric RadA in complex with FHTA tetrapeptide

Experimental Data Snapshot

  • Method: X-RAY DIFFRACTION
  • Resolution: 1.193 Å
  • R-Value Free: 0.167 
  • R-Value Work: 0.140 

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Literature

Using a Fragment-Based Approach to Target Protein-Protein Interactions.

Scott, D.E., Ehebauer, M.T., Pukala, T., Marsh, M., Blundell, T.L., Venkitaraman, A.R., Abell, C., Hyvonen, M.

(2013) Chembiochem 14: 332

  • DOI: 10.1002/cbic.201200521
  • Primary Citation of Related Structures:  

  • PubMed Abstract: 

    • The ability to identify inhibitors of protein-protein interactions represents a major challenge in modern drug discovery and in the development of tools for chemical biology. In recent years, fragment-based approaches have emerged as a new methodolog ...

    The ability to identify inhibitors of protein-protein interactions represents a major challenge in modern drug discovery and in the development of tools for chemical biology. In recent years, fragment-based approaches have emerged as a new methodology in drug discovery; however, few examples of small molecules that are active against chemotherapeutic targets have been published. Herein, we describe the fragment-based approach of targeting the interaction between the tumour suppressor BRCA2 and the recombination enzyme RAD51; it makes use of a screening pipeline of biophysical techniques that we expect to be more generally applicable to similar targets. Disruption of this interaction in vivo is hypothesised to give rise to cellular hypersensitivity to radiation and genotoxic drugs. We have used protein engineering to create a monomeric form of RAD51 by humanising a thermostable archaeal orthologue, RadA, and used this protein for fragment screening. The initial fragment hits were thoroughly validated biophysically by isothermal titration calorimetry (ITC) and NMR techniques and observed by X-ray crystallography to bind in a shallow surface pocket that is occupied in the native complex by the side chain of a phenylalanine from the conserved FxxA interaction motif found in BRCA2. This represents the first report of fragments or any small molecule binding at this protein-protein interaction site.

    Organizational Affiliation: 

    Department of Chemistry, University of Cambridge, Lensfield Road, Cambridge, CB2 1EW, UK.




Macromolecules

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Entity ID: 1
MoleculeChainsSequence LengthOrganismDetails
DNA REPAIR AND RECOMBINATION PROTEIN RADA
A
231Pyrococcus furiosus (strain ATCC 43587 / DSM 3638 / JCM 8422 / Vc1)Mutation(s): 5 
Gene Names: radA
Find proteins for O74036 (Pyrococcus furiosus (strain ATCC 43587 / DSM 3638 / JCM 8422 / Vc1))
Go to UniProtKB:  O74036
Entity ID: 2
MoleculeChainsSequence LengthOrganismDetails
FHTA TETRAPEPTIDE
C
6N/AMutation(s): 0 
Protein Feature View is not available: No corresponding UniProt sequence found.
Small Molecules
Ligands 1 Unique
IDChainsName / Formula / InChI Key2D Diagram3D Interactions
PO4
Query on PO4
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Download CCD File 
A
PHOSPHATE ION
O4 P
NBIIXXVUZAFLBC-UHFFFAOYSA-K
 Ligand Interaction
Modified Residues  2 Unique
IDChainsTypeFormula2D DiagramParent
NH2
Query on NH2
C
NON-POLYMERH2 N

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ACE
Query on ACE
C
NON-POLYMERC2 H4 O

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Experimental Data & Validation

Experimental Data

  • Method: X-RAY DIFFRACTION
  • Resolution: 1.193 Å
  • R-Value Free: 0.167 
  • R-Value Work: 0.140 
  • Space Group: P 21 21 21
Unit Cell:
Length (Å)Angle (°)
a = 40.227α = 90.00
b = 60.589β = 90.00
c = 87.524γ = 90.00
Software Package:
Software NamePurpose
AMoREphasing
XDSdata reduction
PHENIXrefinement
XDSdata scaling

Structure Validation

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Revision History 

  • Version 1.0: 2013-02-27
    Type: Initial release