Structural Basis of 3-Phosphoinositide Recognition by Pleckstrin Homology Domains

Autor: Susan E. Lietzke, David G. Lambright, Thomas Charles Cronin, Jes K. Klarlund, Michael P. Czech, Sahana Bose, Anil Chawla
Rok vydání: 2000
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Zdroj: Molecular Cell. 6(2):385-394
ISSN: 1097-2765
DOI: 10.1016/s1097-2765(00)00038-1
Popis: Lipid second messengers generated by phosphoinositide (PI) 3-kinases regulate diverse cellular functions through interaction with pleckstrin homology (PH) domains in modular signaling proteins. The PH domain of Grp1, a PI 3-kinase-activated exchange factor for Arf GTPases, selectively binds phosphatidylinositol 3,4,5-trisphosphate with high affinity. We have determined the structure of the Grp1 PH domain in the unliganded form and bound to inositol 1,3,4,5-tetraphosphate. A novel mode of phosphoinositide recognition involving a 20-residue insertion within the β6/β7 loop explains the unusually high specificity of the Grp1 PH domain and the promiscuous 3-phosphoinositide binding typical of several PH domains including that of protein kinase B. When compared to other PH domains, general determinants of 3-phosphoinositide recognition and specificity can be deduced.
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