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1jdh

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1jdh, resolution 1.90Å ()
Resources: FirstGlance, OCA, PDBsum, RCSB
Coordinates: save as pdb, mmCIF, xml



Contents

CRYSTAL STRUCTURE OF BETA-CATENIN AND HTCF-4

Publication Abstract from PubMed

Accumulation of the Wnt pathway effector beta-catenin is a hallmark of a number of cancers, including colon cancer. As beta-catenin accumulates in the cell, it forms a complex with Tcf family transcription factors and activates the transcription of several critical genes involved in cell proliferation. Because Tcf4 is the predominant Tcf factor present in colon cancer cells, drugs that specifically disrupt the beta-catenin-Tcf4 complex could be useful in treating colon cancers. Earlier structural and biochemical studies demonstrated that the central region of the beta-catenin binding domain of Tcf is essential for anchoring Tcf to beta-catenin via two conserved lysines in beta-catenin (called the charged 'buttons'). Here we report the crystal structure of a beta-catenin-Tcf4 complex at 2.0 A resolution. Our structural and mutagenesis studies show that Tcf4 docks specifically to beta-catenin using several distinct conformations in its essential central region. These conformations allow different glutamate residues in the central region of Tcf4 to form a salt bridge with the same critical charged button, Lys 312 of beta-catenin. We propose that this interaction may be the first event in beta-catenin-Tcf4 recognition.

Tcf4 can specifically recognize beta-catenin using alternative conformations., Graham TA, Ferkey DM, Mao F, Kimelman D, Xu W, Nat Struct Biol. 2001 Dec;8(12):1048-52. PMID:11713475

From MEDLINE®/PubMed®, a database of the U.S. National Library of Medicine.

About this Structure

1jdh is a 2 chain structure of Catenin with sequence from Homo sapiens. Full crystallographic information is available from OCA.

See Also

Reference

  • Graham TA, Ferkey DM, Mao F, Kimelman D, Xu W. Tcf4 can specifically recognize beta-catenin using alternative conformations. Nat Struct Biol. 2001 Dec;8(12):1048-52. PMID:11713475 doi:10.1038/nsb718

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