4IYR

Crystal structure of full-length caspase-6 zymogen


Experimental Data Snapshot

  • Method: X-RAY DIFFRACTION
  • Resolution: 2.70 Å
  • R-Value Free: 0.231 
  • R-Value Work: 0.180 
  • R-Value Observed: 0.182 

Starting Model: experimental
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Literature

The regulatory mechanism of the caspase 6 pro-domain revealed by crystal structure and biochemical assays.

Cao, Q.Wang, X.J.Li, L.F.Su, X.D.

(2014) Acta Crystallogr D Biol Crystallogr 70: 58-67

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1107/S1399004713024218
  • Primary Citation of Related Structures:  
    4IYR

  • PubMed Abstract: 

    Caspase 6 (CASP6) is a neuron degeneration-related protease and is widely considered to be a potential drug-design target against neurodegenerative diseases such as Huntington's disease and Alzheimer's disease. The N-terminal pro-peptide of CASP6, also referred to as the pro-domain, contains 23 residues and its functional role remains elusive. In this study, the crystal structure of a full-length CASP6 zymogen mutant, proCASP6H121A, was solved. Although the pro-domain was flexible in the crystal, without visible electron density, structural analyses combined with biochemical assays revealed that the pro-domain inhibited CASP6 auto-activation by inhibiting intramolecular cleavage at the intersubunit cleavage site TEVD(193) and also by preventing this site from intermolecular cleavage at low protein concentration through a so-called `suicide-protection' mechanism. Further experiments showed that the length of the pro-domain and the side chain of Asn18 played critical roles in suicide protection. These results disclosed a new inhibitory mechanism of CASP6 and shed light on the pathogenesis and therapeutically relevant study of CASP6-related neurodegenerative diseases.


  • Organizational Affiliation

    State Key Laboratory of Protein and Plant Gene Research, and Biodynamic Optical Imaging Center (BIOPIC), School of Life Sciences, Peking University, Beijing 100871, People's Republic of China.


Macromolecules
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Entity ID: 1
MoleculeChains Sequence LengthOrganismDetailsImage
Caspase-6
A, B
304Homo sapiensMutation(s): 1 
Gene Names: CASP6
EC: 3.4.22.59
UniProt & NIH Common Fund Data Resources
Find proteins for P55212 (Homo sapiens)
Explore P55212 
Go to UniProtKB:  P55212
PHAROS:  P55212
GTEx:  ENSG00000138794 
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UniProt GroupP55212
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Experimental Data & Validation

Experimental Data

  • Method: X-RAY DIFFRACTION
  • Resolution: 2.70 Å
  • R-Value Free: 0.231 
  • R-Value Work: 0.180 
  • R-Value Observed: 0.182 
  • Space Group: I 41 2 2
Unit Cell:
Length ( Å )Angle ( ˚ )
a = 158.062α = 90
b = 158.062β = 90
c = 126.94γ = 90
Software Package:
Software NamePurpose
HKL-2000data collection
PHENIXmodel building
PHENIXrefinement
HKL-2000data reduction
SCALAdata scaling
PHENIXphasing

Structure Validation

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Entry History 

Deposition Data

Revision History  (Full details and data files)

  • Version 1.0: 2014-01-15
    Type: Initial release
  • Version 1.1: 2020-01-01
    Changes: Database references
  • Version 1.2: 2023-11-08
    Changes: Data collection, Database references, Refinement description