A three-dimensional model of Suppressor Of Cytokine Signalling 1 (SOCS-1)
Fabrizio Giordanetto1, Romano T Kroemer
1Department of Chemistry, Queen Mary, University of London, Mile End Road, London E1 4NS, UK.
Abstract:
Suppressor Of Cytokine Signalling 1 (SOCS-1) is one of the proteins responsible for the negative regulation of the JAK-STAT pathway triggered by many cytokines. This important inhibition involves complex formation between SOCS-1 and JAK2, which requires particular structural domains (KIR, ESS and SH2) on SOCS-1. A three-dimensional theoretical model of SOCS-1 is presented here. The model was generated by the application of different modelling techniques, including threading, structure-based modelling, surface analysis and protein docking. The structure accounts for the interactions between SOCS-1 and two other key proteins in the JAK-STAT pathway, namely JAK2 and Elongin BC. The proposed model for the interaction between SOCS-1 and JAK2 suggests that the SOCS-1 suppress the kinase activity of JAK2 by obstructing the catalytic groove of the tyrosine kinase. Subsequent interaction of the JAK-SOCS complex with Elongin BC was also modelled. A sequence and structural comparison between the SH2 domain of SOCS-1 and the SH2 domains of other proteins highlights key residues that could be responsible for SOCS-1 specificity. Currently available mutational data are evaluated. The results are consistent with the experimental data and they provide deeper insights into the inhibitory function of SOCS-1 at a molecular level.
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