4DRX

GTP-Tubulin in complex with a DARPIN


Experimental Data Snapshot

  • Method: X-RAY DIFFRACTION
  • Resolution: 2.22 Å
  • R-Value Free: 0.194 
  • R-Value Work: 0.159 
  • R-Value Observed: 0.161 

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Literature

A designed ankyrin repeat protein selected to bind to tubulin caps the microtubule plus end.

Pecqueur, L.Duellberg, C.Dreier, B.Jiang, Q.Wang, C.Pluckthun, A.Surrey, T.Gigant, B.Knossow, M.

(2012) Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 109: 12011-12016

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1204129109
  • Primary Citation of Related Structures:  
    4DRX

  • PubMed Abstract: 

    Microtubules are cytoskeleton filaments consisting of αβ-tubulin heterodimers. They switch between phases of growth and shrinkage. The underlying mechanism of this property, called dynamic instability, is not fully understood. Here, we identified a designed ankyrin repeat protein (DARPin) that interferes with microtubule assembly in a unique manner. The X-ray structure of its complex with GTP-tubulin shows that it binds to the β-tubulin surface exposed at microtubule (+) ends. The details of the structure provide insight into the role of GTP in microtubule polymerization and the conformational state of tubulin at the very microtubule end. They show in particular that GTP facilitates the tubulin structural switch that accompanies microtubule assembly but does not trigger it in unpolymerized tubulin. Total internal reflection fluorescence microscopy revealed that the DARPin specifically blocks growth at the microtubule (+) end by a selective end-capping mechanism, ultimately favoring microtubule disassembly from that end. DARPins promise to become designable tools for the dissection of microtubule dynamic properties selective for either of their two different ends.


  • Organizational Affiliation

    Laboratoire d'Enzymologie et Biochimie Structurales, Centre de Recherche de Gif, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, 91198 Gif sur Yvette, France.


Macromolecules
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Entity ID: 1
MoleculeChains Sequence LengthOrganismDetailsImage
Tubulin alpha chain
A, C
437Ovis ariesMutation(s): 0 
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UniProt GroupD0VWZ0
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Entity ID: 2
MoleculeChains Sequence LengthOrganismDetailsImage
Tubulin beta chain
B, D
431Ovis ariesMutation(s): 0 
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Entity ID: 3
MoleculeChains Sequence LengthOrganismDetailsImage
Designed ankyrin repeat protein (DARPIN) D1
E, F
169synthetic constructMutation(s): 0 
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Experimental Data & Validation

Experimental Data

  • Method: X-RAY DIFFRACTION
  • Resolution: 2.22 Å
  • R-Value Free: 0.194 
  • R-Value Work: 0.159 
  • R-Value Observed: 0.161 
  • Space Group: P 1 21 1
Unit Cell:
Length ( Å )Angle ( ˚ )
a = 104.884α = 90
b = 90.596β = 90.02
c = 117.575γ = 90
Software Package:
Software NamePurpose
ADSCdata collection
PHASERphasing
PHENIXrefinement
XDSdata reduction
XSCALEdata scaling

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Entry History 

Deposition Data

Revision History  (Full details and data files)

  • Version 1.0: 2012-07-11
    Type: Initial release
  • Version 1.1: 2012-08-08
    Changes: Database references
  • Version 1.2: 2023-09-13
    Changes: Data collection, Database references, Derived calculations, Refinement description