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ArticleStructure (London, England : 1993)2020

Cryo-EM Structure of Nucleotide-Bound Tel1

Luke A Yates, Rhys M Williams, Sarem Hailemariam, Rafael Ayala, Peter Burgers, Xiaodong Zhang

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Article in Structure (London, England : 1993), 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 25 papers.

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25citing papers in PubMed
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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

25 citing papers in PubMed, 42 citations in OpenAlex.

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  12. ATM: Functions of ATM Kinase and Its Relevance to Hereditary Tumors.International journal of molecular sciences · 2022
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  15. Novel insights into the mechanism of cell cycle kinases Mec1(ATR) and Tel1(ATM).Critical reviews in biochemistry and molecular biology · 2021
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  16. Molecular basis of human ATM kinase inhibition.Nature structural & molecular biology · 2021
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  17. Biallelic Variants inInternational journal of molecular sciences · 2021
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Luke A YatesSection of Structural and Synthetic Biology, Faculty of Infectious Diseases, Imperial College London, London SW7 2AZ, UK.
Rhys M WilliamsSection of Structural and Synthetic Biology, Faculty of Infectious Diseases, Imperial College London, London SW7 2AZ, UK.
Sarem HailemariamDepartment of Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics, Washington University School of Medicine, St Louis, MO 63110, USA.
Rafael AyalaSection of Structural and Synthetic Biology, Faculty of Infectious Diseases, Imperial College London, London SW7 2AZ, UK.
Peter BurgersDepartment of Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics, Washington University School of Medicine, St Louis, MO 63110, USA.
Xiaodong ZhangSection of Structural and Synthetic Biology, Faculty of Infectious Diseases, Imperial College London, London SW7 2AZ, UK. Electronic address: xiaodong.zhang@imperial.ac.uk.
Imperial College London · GBWashington University in St. Louis · US

Funding

MECHANISMS OF DNA REPLICATION AND MAINTENANCE IN EUKARYOTESR35GM118129 · NIGMS · WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY · PI BURGERS, PETER M · 2016 to 2025
$6.7M
Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research CouncilMedical Research CouncilNIGMS NIH HHS R35 GM118129Wellcome Trust 210658/Z/18/Z
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Yeast Tel1 and its highly conserved human ortholog ataxia-telangiectasia mutated (ATM) are large protein kinases central to the maintenance of genome integrity. Mutations in ATM are found in ataxia-telangiectasia (A-T) patients and ATM is one of the most frequently mutated genes in many cancers. Using cryoelectron microscopy, we present the structure of Tel1 in a nucleotide-bound state. Our structure reveals molecular details of key residues surrounding the nucleotide binding site and provides a structural and molecular basis for its intrinsically low basal activity. We show that the catalytic residues are in a productive conformation for catalysis, but the phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase-related kinase (PIKK) regulatory domain insert restricts peptide substrate access and the N-lobe is in an open conformation, thus explaining the requirement for Tel1 activation. Structural comparisons with other PIKKs suggest a conserved and common allosteric activation mechanism. Our work also provides a structural rationale for many mutations found in A-T and cancer.

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MutationAllosteric RegulationCatalytic DomainCryoelectron MicroscopyCrystallography, X-RayIntracellular Signaling Peptides and ProteinsModels, MolecularProtein ConformationProtein MultimerizationProtein Serine-Threonine KinasesSaccharomyces cerevisiaeSaccharomyces cerevisiae ProteinsIntracellular Signaling Peptides and ProteinsProtein Serine-Threonine KinasesSaccharomyces cerevisiae ProteinsTEL1 protein, S cerevisiaeAtaxia Telangiectasiacryo-EMDNA damage responseDNA double-strand break repairgenome integrityphosphatidylinositol-3-kinase-like kinasephosphorylationSerine/Threonine kinasetelomere maintenance

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PMID31740029
PMCPMC6945111
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