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ArticleStructure (London, England : 1993)2017

Structural Basis for the Interaction of a Human Small Heat Shock Protein with the 14-3-3 Universal Signaling Regulator.

Nikolai N Sluchanko, Steven Beelen, Alexandra A Kulikova, Stephen D Weeks, Alfred A Antson, Nikolai B Gusev, Sergei V Strelkov

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Article in Structure (London, England : 1993), 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 66 papers.

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66citing papers in PubMed
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3 · Its place in the literature

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66 citing papers in PubMed, 129 citations in OpenAlex.

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  20. Disordered region encodes α-crystallin chaperone activity toward lens client γD-crystallin.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2023
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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 5 institutions in 3 countries.

Nikolai N SluchankoLaboratory of Structural Biochemistry of Proteins, A.N. Bach Institute of Biochemistry, Federal Research Center "Fundamentals of Biotechnology", Russian Academy of Sciences, 119071 Moscow, Russia. Electronic address: nikolai.sluchanko@mail.ru.
Steven BeelenLaboratory for Biocrystallography, Department of Pharmaceutical and Pharmacological Sciences, KU Leuven, 3000 Leuven, Belgium.
Alexandra A KulikovaLaboratory of Protein Conformational Polymorphism in Health and Disease, Engelhardt Institute of Molecular Biology, 119991 Moscow, Russia.
Stephen D WeeksLaboratory for Biocrystallography, Department of Pharmaceutical and Pharmacological Sciences, KU Leuven, 3000 Leuven, Belgium.
Alfred A AntsonYork Structural Biology Laboratory, Department of Chemistry, University of York, York YO10 5YW, UK.
Nikolai B GusevDepartment of Biochemistry, School of Biology, Moscow State University, 119991 Moscow, Russia.
Sergei V StrelkovLaboratory for Biocrystallography, Department of Pharmaceutical and Pharmacological Sciences, KU Leuven, 3000 Leuven, Belgium. Electronic address: sergei.strelkov@kuleuven.be.
KU Leuven · BEEngelhardt Institute of Molecular Biology · RULomonosov Moscow State University · RURussian Academy of Sciences · RUUniversity of York · GB

Funding

Wellcome Trust 098230
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

By interacting with hundreds of protein partners, 14-3-3 proteins coordinate vital cellular processes. Phosphorylation of the small heat shock protein, HSPB6, within its intrinsically disordered N-terminal domain activates its interaction with 14-3-3, ultimately triggering smooth muscle relaxation. After analyzing the binding of an HSPB6-derived phosphopeptide to 14-3-3 using isothermal calorimetry and X-ray crystallography, we have determined the crystal structure of the complete assembly consisting of the 14-3-3 dimer and full-length HSPB6 dimer and further characterized this complex in solution using fluorescence spectroscopy, small-angle X-ray scattering, and limited proteolysis. We show that selected intrinsically disordered regions of HSPB6 are transformed into well-defined conformations upon the interaction, whereby an unexpectedly asymmetric structure is formed. This structure provides the first atomic resolution snapshot of a human small HSP in functional state, explains how 14-3-3 proteins sequester their regulatory partners, and can inform the design of small-molecule interaction modifiers to be used as myorelaxants.

Indexed as

14-3-3 ProteinsAmino Acid MotifsBinding SitesBiomarkers, TumorCloning, MolecularCrystallography, X-RayEscherichia coliExoribonucleasesGene ExpressionHSP20 Heat-Shock ProteinsHumansIntrinsically Disordered ProteinsModels, MolecularPhosphoproteinsPhosphorylationProtein Binding14-3-3 ProteinsBiomarkers, TumorExoribonucleasesHSP20 Heat-Shock ProteinsHSPB6 protein, humanIntrinsically Disordered ProteinsPhosphoproteinsRecombinant ProteinsSFN protein, human14-3-3 proteinsconformational changecrystal structureintrinsically disordered regionsphosphopeptidesprotein-protein interactionregulatory complexsmall-angle X-ray scatteringsmall heat shock proteinssmooth muscle relaxation

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PMID28089448
PMCPMC5321513
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