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ArticleCell2017

Structural Basis for Regulated Proteolysis by the α-Secretase ADAM10.

Tom C M Seegar, Lauren B Killingsworth, Nayanendu Saha, Peter A Meyer, Dhabaleswar Patra, Brandon Zimmerman, Peter W Janes, Eric Rubinstein, Dimitar B Nikolov, Georgios Skiniotis and 2 more

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Article in Cell, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 98 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
98citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
6.4field-weighted citation impact, top 3% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

98 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 165 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

12 authors at 6 institutions in 3 countries.

Tom C M SeegarDepartment of Biological Chemistry and Molecular Pharmacology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA.
Lauren B KillingsworthDepartment of Biological Chemistry and Molecular Pharmacology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA.
Nayanendu SahaStructural Biology Program, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY 10065, USA.
Peter A MeyerSBGrid Initiative, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA.
Dhabaleswar PatraLife Sciences Institute and Department of Biological Chemistry, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, USA.
Brandon ZimmermanDepartment of Biological Chemistry and Molecular Pharmacology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA.
Peter W JanesDepartment of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Monash University, VIC 3800, Australia.
Eric RubinsteinInserm and Université Paris-Sud, Institut André Lwoff, Villejuif, France.
Dimitar B NikolovStructural Biology Program, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY 10065, USA.
Georgios SkiniotisDepartment of Molecular and Cellular Physiology, and Department of Structural Biology, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA 94305, USA.
Andrew C KruseDepartment of Biological Chemistry and Molecular Pharmacology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA.
Stephen C BlacklowDepartment of Biological Chemistry and Molecular Pharmacology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA. Electronic address: stephen_blacklow@hms.harvard.edu.
Harvard University · USMemorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center · USMonash University · AUStanford University · USUniversité Paris-Sud · FRUniversity of Michigan · US

Funding

Overall EvaluationP41GM103403 · NIGMS · CORNELL UNIVERSITY · PI EALICK, STEVEN E · 2012 to 2017
$14.3M
VASCULAR, PULMONARY AND RENAL INJURYT32HL007627 · NHLBI · BRIGHAM AND WOMEN'S HOSPITAL · PI GIMBRONE, MICHAEL A, MITCHELL, RICHARD N · 1985 to 2019
$12.7M
Protein CoreP01CA119070 · NCI · BRIGHAM AND WOMEN'S HOSPITAL · PI ASTER, JON C. · 2006 to 2016
$10.3M
Notch Signaling in CancerR35CA220340 · NCI · HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL · PI BLACKLOW, STEPHEN C. · 2017 to 2023
$7.1M
STRUCTURAL STUDY OF EPH RECEPTORS AND EPHRINSR01NS038486 · NINDS · SLOAN-KETTERING INSTITUTE FOR CANCER RES · PI NIKOLOV, DIMITAR B · 1999 to 2018
$5.9M
Structure and Function in Notch SignalingR01CA092433 · NCI · HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL · PI BLACKLOW, STEPHEN C. · 2002 to 2016
$5.0M
NCI NIH HHS P01 CA119070NCI NIH HHS R01 CA092433NCI NIH HHS R35 CA220340NHLBI NIH HHS T32 HL007627NIGMS NIH HHS P41 GM103403NINDS NIH HHS R01 NS038486
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Cleavage of membrane-anchored proteins by ADAM (a disintegrin and metalloproteinase) endopeptidases plays a key role in a wide variety of biological signal transduction and protein turnover processes. Among ADAM family members, ADAM10 stands out as particularly important because it is both responsible for regulated proteolysis of Notch receptors and catalyzes the non-amyloidogenic α-secretase cleavage of the Alzheimer's precursor protein (APP). We present here the X-ray crystal structure of the ADAM10 ectodomain, which, together with biochemical and cellular studies, reveals how access to the enzyme active site is regulated. The enzyme adopts an unanticipated architecture in which the C-terminal cysteine-rich domain partially occludes the enzyme active site, preventing unfettered substrate access. Binding of a modulatory antibody to the cysteine-rich domain liberates the catalytic domain from autoinhibition, enhancing enzymatic activity toward a peptide substrate. Together, these studies reveal a mechanism for regulation of ADAM activity and offer a roadmap for its modulation.

Indexed as

ProteolysisADAM10 ProteinAmyloid Precursor Protein SecretasesCrystallography, X-RayHumansMembrane ProteinsModels, MolecularReceptors, NotchSignal TransductionADAM10 ProteinADAM10 protein, humanAmyloid Precursor Protein SecretasesMembrane ProteinsReceptors, NotchADAM10amyloid precursor proteinNotch signalingX-ray crystallography

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PMID29224781
PMCPMC5773094
OpenAlexW2775518302

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