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ArticleStructure (London, England : 1993)2021

Structural basis for recruitment of the CHK1 DNA damage kinase by the CLASPIN scaffold protein.

Matthew Day, Sarah Parry-Morris, Jack Houghton-Gisby, Antony W Oliver, Laurence H Pearl

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Article in Structure (London, England : 1993), 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers.

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8citing papers in PubMed
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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

8 citing papers in PubMed, 17 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Matthew DayCancer Research UK DNA Repair Enzymes Group, Genome Damage and Stability Centre, School of Life Sciences, University of Sussex, Falmer, Brighton BN1 9RQ, UK.
Sarah Parry-MorrisCancer Research UK DNA Repair Enzymes Group, Genome Damage and Stability Centre, School of Life Sciences, University of Sussex, Falmer, Brighton BN1 9RQ, UK.
Jack Houghton-GisbyCancer Research UK DNA Repair Enzymes Group, Genome Damage and Stability Centre, School of Life Sciences, University of Sussex, Falmer, Brighton BN1 9RQ, UK.
Antony W OliverCancer Research UK DNA Repair Enzymes Group, Genome Damage and Stability Centre, School of Life Sciences, University of Sussex, Falmer, Brighton BN1 9RQ, UK. Electronic address: antony.oliver@sussex.ac.uk.
Laurence H PearlCancer Research UK DNA Repair Enzymes Group, Genome Damage and Stability Centre, School of Life Sciences, University of Sussex, Falmer, Brighton BN1 9RQ, UK. Electronic address: laurence.pearl@sussex.ac.uk.
University of Sussex · GB

Funding

Cancer Research UK C302/A14532Cancer Research UK C302/A24386Wellcome Trust
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

CHK1 is a protein kinase that functions downstream of activated ATR to phosphorylate multiple targets as part of intra-S and G2/M DNA damage checkpoints. Its role in allowing cells to survive replicative stress has made it an important target for anti-cancer drug discovery. Activation of CHK1 by ATR depends on their mutual interaction with CLASPIN, a natively unstructured protein that interacts with CHK1 through a cluster of phosphorylation sites in its C-terminal half. We have now determined the crystal structure of the kinase domain of CHK1 bound to a high-affinity motif from CLASPIN. Our data show that CLASPIN engages a conserved site on CHK1 adjacent to the substrate-binding cleft, involved in phosphate sensing in other kinases. The CLASPIN motif is not phosphorylated by CHK1, nor does it affect phosphorylation of a CDC25 substrate peptide, suggesting that it functions purely as a scaffold for CHK1 activation by ATR.

Indexed as

Adaptor Proteins, Signal TransducingAnimalsBinding SitesCheckpoint Kinase 1Crystallography, X-RayHumansModels, MolecularMutationPhosphorylationProtein BindingProtein ConformationProtein DomainsSf9 CellsAdaptor Proteins, Signal TransducingCheckpoint Kinase 1CHEK1 protein, humanCLSPN protein, humancheckpointsDNA damage signalingprotein kinase mechanisms

Identifiers

PMID33789090
PMCPMC8204404
OpenAlexW3142179728

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