Publication Date:
1996-07-12
Description:
Rapamycin, a potent immunosuppressive agent, binds two proteins: the FK506-binding protein (FKBP12) and the FKBP-rapamycin-associated protein (FRAP). A crystal structure of the ternary complex of human FKBP12, rapamycin, and the FKBP12-rapamycin-binding (FRB) domain of human FRAP at a resolution of 2.7 angstroms revealed the two proteins bound together as a result of the ability of rapamycin to occupy two different hydrophobic binding pockets simultaneously. The structure shows extensive interactions between rapamycin and both proteins, but fewer interactions between the proteins. The structure of the FRB domain of FRAP clarifies both rapamycin-independent and -dependent effects observed for mutants of FRAP and its homologs in the family of proteins related to the ataxia-telangiectasia mutant gene product, and it illustrates how a small cell-permeable molecule can mediate protein dimerization.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Choi, J -- Chen, J -- Schreiber, S L -- Clardy, J -- CA59021/CA/NCI NIH HHS/ -- GM38625/GM/NIGMS NIH HHS/ -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 1996 Jul 12;273(5272):239-42.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Department of Chemistry, Baker Laboratory, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853-1301, USA.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/8662507" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
Keywords:
Binding Sites
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Carrier Proteins/chemistry/genetics/*metabolism
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Crystallography, X-Ray
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DNA-Binding Proteins/chemistry/*metabolism
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Heat-Shock Proteins/chemistry/*metabolism
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Humans
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*Immunophilins
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Models, Molecular
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Mutation
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*Phosphotransferases (Alcohol Group Acceptor)
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Polyenes/*chemistry/*metabolism
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*Protein Conformation
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Protein Structure, Secondary
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Protein Structure, Tertiary
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Recombinant Proteins/chemistry/metabolism
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Sirolimus
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TOR Serine-Threonine Kinases
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Tacrolimus Binding Proteins
Print ISSN:
0036-8075
Electronic ISSN:
1095-9203
Topics:
Biology
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Chemistry and Pharmacology
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Computer Science
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Medicine
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Natural Sciences in General
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Physics
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