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人間のTRAF2の自己結合と受容体認識の構造的基礎
Y C Park1, V Burkitt, A R Villa
1Department of Biochemistry, The Weill Medical College and Graduate School of Medical Sciences of Cornell University, New York, New York 10021, USA.
Nature
|April 17, 1999
まとめ
腫瘍死滅因子 (TNF) 受容体関連因子 (TRAFs) は,重要なアダプタータンパク質です. 彼らのTRAF2ドメイン構造は,トリメアアセンブリを明らかにし,受容体が細胞シグナル伝達のためにTRAFを勧誘する方法を説明します.
科学分野:
- 分子生物学は分子生物学である.
- 構造生物学 構造生物学とは
- 免疫学 免疫学とは
背景:
- 腫瘍死滅因子 (TNF) 受容体関連因子 (TRAFs) は,TNF受容体スーパーファミリーとインタールヒキン-1受容体からの信号伝導に不可欠な細胞質アダプタータンパク質です.
- TRAFは,細胞生存と細胞死を含む重要な細胞プロセスを調節する.
- 自己結合と受容体相互作用に不可欠なカーボキシ末端のTRAFドメインには,巻き回線領域と保存されたTRAF-Cドメインが含まれています.
研究 の 目的:
- 人間のTRAF2のTRAF領域の結晶構造を決定する.
- TRAF2 TRAFドメインとTNF受容体-2 (TNF-R2) のペプチドとの複雑な形成を調査する.
- TRAF2自己結合と受容体結合の構造的基礎を解明する.
主な方法:
- X線結晶学を用いて,ヒトのTRAF2のTRAFドメインの構造を単独で,およびTNF-R2ペプチドとの複合体として決定した.
- 溶液ベースの研究は,結晶構造で観察されたトリメア自己関連性を確認するために使用されました.
主要な成果:
- 結晶構造は,TRAF2 TRAFドメインのトリメア自己結合を明らかにした.
- TRAF-Cドメインは,新しい8鎖のアンチパラレルベータサンドイッチの折り畳みを採用しています.
- TNF-R2ペプチドは,単一のTRAF-Cプロトメアの浅い表面沈殿に結合し,SXXEモチーフは潜在的なTRAF2-結合コンセンサス配列であることを示唆しています.
結論:
- TRAFドメインのトリメア構造は,トリメアリガンドによる受容体オリゴメリゼーションに依存する,TRAF採用のためのアビディティベースのメカニズムを提供します.
- この構造的な洞察は,TNF受容体スーパーファミリーの信号伝達経路を理解するために重要である.
- この発見は,細胞生存と死経路の調節におけるTRAF2の役割の分子基盤を提供する.
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