8C1M

Aurora A kinase in complex with TPX2-inhibitor 2

• PDB DOI: https://doi.org/10.2210/pdb8C1M/pdb

• Classification: CELL CYCLE
• Organism(s): Homo sapiens
• Expression System: Escherichia coli BL21(DE3)
• Mutation(s): No 


• Deposited: 2022-12-20 Released: 2024-01-10 
• Deposition Author(s): Fischer, G., Rocaboy, M., Blaszczyk, B., Moschetti, T., Wang, X., Scott, D.E., Coyne, A.G., Dagostin, C., Rooney, T., Bayly, A., Feng, J., Asteian, A., Alcaide-Lopez, A., Stockwell, S., Skidmore, J., Venkitaraman, A.R., Abell, C., Blundell, T.L., Hyvonen, M.
• Funding Organization(s): Wellcome Trust

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Experimental Data Snapshot

• Method: X-RAY DIFFRACTION
• Resolution: 2.84 Å
• R-Value Free: 0.269 
• R-Value Work: 0.252 
• R-Value Observed: 0.253 

Literature

Selective inhibitors of the Aurora A-TPX2 protein-protein interaction exhibit in vivo efficacy as targeted anti-mitotic agent

Stockwell, S., Scott, D., Fischer, G., Guarino Almeida, E., Rooney, T., Feng, J., Moschetti, T., Dagostin, C., Alcaide-Lopez, A., Rocaboy, M., Srinivasan, R., Asteian, A., Alza, E., Blaszczyk, B., Wang, X., Rossmann, M., Perrior, T., Blundell, T.L., Spring, D.R., McKenzie, G., Abell, C., Skidmore, J., Venkitaraman, A., Hyvonen, M.

To be published.

Biological Assembly 1  

Global Symmetry: Asymmetric - C1 
Global Stoichiometry: Monomer - A1 

Biological assembly 1 assigned by authors and generated by PISA (software)

Biological Assembly Evidence: gel filtration

Macromolecule Content

• Total Structure Weight: 32.44 kDa 
• Atom Count: 2,211 
• Modelled Residue Count: 263 
• Deposited Residue Count: 273 
• Unique protein chains: 1

Macromolecules

Entity ID: 1
Molecule	Chains	Sequence Length	Organism	Details	Image
Aurora kinase A	A	273	Homo sapiens	Mutation(s): 0  Gene Names: AURKA, AIK, AIRK1, ARK1, AURA, AYK1, BTAK, IAK1, STK15, STK6 EC: 2.7.11.1
UniProt & NIH Common Fund Data Resources
Find proteins for O14965 (Homo sapiens) Explore O14965  Go to UniProtKB:  O14965
PHAROS:  O14965 GTEx:  ENSG00000087586

Small Molecules

Ligands 3 Unique
ID	Chains	Name / Formula / InChI Key	2D Diagram
ADP	E [auth A]	ADENOSINE-5'-DIPHOSPHATE C10 H15 N5 O10 P2 XTWYTFMLZFPYCI-KQYNXXCUSA-N
T4X (Subject of Investigation/LOI)	C [auth A]	3-oxidanyl-5-[4-(trifluoromethyloxy)phenyl]benzoic acid C14 H9 F3 O4 GTYQGKSQYCEYBH-UHFFFAOYSA-N
MG	B [auth A], D [auth A]	MAGNESIUM ION Mg JLVVSXFLKOJNIY-UHFFFAOYSA-N

Modified Residues  1 Unique
ID	Chains	Type	Formula	2D Diagram	Parent
TPO	A	L-PEPTIDE LINKING	C4 H10 N O6 P		THR

Experimental Data & Validation

Experimental Data

• Method: X-RAY DIFFRACTION
• Resolution: 2.84 Å
• R-Value Free: 0.269 
• R-Value Work: 0.252 
• R-Value Observed: 0.253 
• Space Group: P 4₁ 2₁ 2

Unit Cell:

Length ( Å )	Angle ( ˚ )
a = 82.82	α = 90
b = 82.82	β = 90
c = 139	γ = 90

Software Package:

Software Name	Purpose
BUSTER	refinement
XDS	data reduction
autoPROC	data scaling
PHASER	phasing

Structure Validation

Entry History & Funding Information

Deposition Data

• Released Date: 2024-01-10 
Deposition Author(s): Fischer, G., Rocaboy, M., Blaszczyk, B., Moschetti, T., Wang, X., Scott, D.E., Coyne, A.G., Dagostin, C., Rooney, T., Bayly, A., Feng, J., Asteian, A., Alcaide-Lopez, A., Stockwell, S., Skidmore, J., Venkitaraman, A.R., Abell, C., Blundell, T.L., Hyvonen, M.

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Funding Organization	Location	Grant Number
Wellcome Trust	United Kingdom	090340/Z/09/Z "101134/Z/13/Z

Revision History  

• Version 1.0: 2024-01-10
  Type: Initial release