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Determinantes estructurales de la orientación de la unión al péptido y de la especificidad de la secuencia en los

W A Lim¹, F M Richards, R O Fox

¹Department of Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut 06520-8114.

|November 24, 1994

Resumen

El dominio Src-homología-3 (SH3) de la proteína SEM-5 se une a un péptido Sos en una nueva orientación, opuesta a las formas previamente observadas. Este mecanismo de unión de doble modo es crucial para la señalización de la especificidad en las vías que involucran dominios SH3.

Área de la Ciencia:

Biología Molecular Biología Molecular
Biología Estructural Biología estructural.
La señalización celular de las células.

Sus antecedentes:

Los dominios Src-homología-3 (SH3) son cruciales para vincular la activación de la tirosina quinasa del receptor con la activación de Ras.
SEM-5, Grb2 y Drk son proteínas de dominio SH3 conservadas que participan en la transducción de señales.
Estos dominios SH3 se unen a secuencias ricas en prolina en Sos, un factor de intercambio de nucleótidos.

Objetivo del estudio:

Determinar la estructura cristalina del dominio SH3 carboxiterminal SEM-5 complejo con un péptido derivado de Sos.
Para aclarar la orientación de unión y el mecanismo de la interacción del péptido SH3.
Comprender las implicaciones de los nuevos modos de unión para la especificidad de la señalización.

Principales métodos:

Se utilizó la cristalografía de rayos X para determinar la estructura a una resolución de 2.0 A.
El estudio involucró la complejación del dominio SEM-5 SH3 con una secuencia de aminoácidos derivada de mSos (PPPVPPRRR).
Se realizó un análisis estructural y una comparación con los complejos peptídicos SH3 existentes.

Principales resultados:

La estructura cristalina reveló que el péptido Sos se une al dominio SEM-5 SH3 en una orientación "menos".
Esta orientación de unión es precisamente opuesta a la orientación "más" previamente observada en otros complejos peptídicos SH3.
Una cara de unión conservada en el dominio SH3 acomoda péptidos en diferentes orientaciones.

Conclusiones:

El dominio SEM-5 SH3 exhibe una nueva capacidad de unión peptídica de doble modo.
Esta flexibilidad en la orientación de la unión es fundamental para lograr la especificidad de la señalización en las vías mediadas por SH3.
Los hallazgos proporcionan información sobre la base estructural para el reconocimiento del dominio SH3 de diversas secuencias ricas en prolina.

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