Human dystrophin tandem calponin homology actin-binding domain crystallized in a closed-state conformation.
Streeter, O., Shi, K., Vavra, J., Aihara, H., Ervasti, J.M., Evans 3rd, R., Muretta, J.M.(2025) Acta Crystallogr D Struct Biol 81: 122-129
- PubMed: 40007458 
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.1107/S2059798325001457
- Primary Citation of Related Structures:  
9D58 - PubMed Abstract: 
The structure of the N-terminal actin-binding domain of human dystrophin was determined at 1.94 Å resolution. Each chain in the asymmetric unit exists in a `closed' conformation, with the first and second calponin homology (CH) domains directly interacting via a 2500.6 Å 2 interface. The positioning of the individual CH domains is comparable to the domain-swapped dimer seen in previous human dystrophin and utrophin actin-binding domain 1 structures. The CH1 domain is highly similar to the actin-bound utrophin structure and structural homology suggests that the `closed' single-chain conformation opens during actin binding to mitigate steric clashes between CH2 and actin.
- Department of Biochemistry, Molecular Biology and Biophysics, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN 55455, USA.
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