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ArticleBMC research notes2014

Brefeldin A-inhibited guanine nucleotide-exchange protein 3 (BIG3) is predicted to interact with its partner through an ARM-type α-helical structure.

Yi-An Chen, Yoichi Murakami, Shandar Ahmad, Tetsuro Yoshimaru, Toyomasa Katagiri, Kenji Mizuguchi

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6 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Yi-An Chen
Yoichi Murakami
Shandar Ahmad
Tetsuro Yoshimaru
Toyomasa Katagiri
Kenji MizuguchiNational Institute of Biomedical Innovation, 7-6-8 Saito-asagi, Ibaraki city, Osaka 567-0085, Japan. kenji@nibio.go.jp.
National Institute of Biomedical Innovation, Health and Nutrition · JPTokushima University · JPTohoku University · JP

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundBrefeldin A-inhibited guanine nucleotide-exchange protein 3 (BIG3) has been identified recently as a novel regulator of estrogen signalling in breast cancer cells. Despite being a potential target for new breast cancer treatment, its amino acid sequence suggests no association with any well-characterized protein family and provides little clues as to its molecular function. In this paper, we predicted the structure, function and interactions of BIG3 using a range of bioinformatic tools.

resultsHomology search results showed that BIG3 had distinct features from its paralogues, BIG1 and BIG2, with a unique region between the two shared domains, Sec7 and DUF1981. Although BIG3 contains Sec7 domain, the lack of the conserved motif and the critical glutamate residue suggested no potential guaninyl-exchange factor (GEF) activity. Fold recognition tools predicted BIG3 to adopt an α-helical repeat structure similar to that of the armadillo (ARM) family. Using state-of-the-art methods, we predicted interaction sites between BIG3 and its partner PHB2.

conclusionsThe combined results of the structure and interaction prediction led to a novel hypothesis that one of the predicted helices of BIG3 might play an important role in binding to PHB2 and thereby preventing its translocation to the nucleus. This hypothesis has been subsequently verified experimentally.

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Amino Acid SequenceBinding SitesFemaleGuanine Nucleotide Exchange FactorsHumansMolecular Sequence DataNeoplasm ProteinsProhibitinsProtein BindingProtein Structure, SecondaryProtein Structure, TertiaryRepressor ProteinsSequence AlignmentSequence Homology, Amino AcidARFGEF3 protein, humanGuanine Nucleotide Exchange FactorsNeoplasm ProteinsPHB2 protein, humanProhibitinsRepressor Proteins

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PMID24997568
PMCPMC4096751
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