Crystal structure of the amino-terminal domain of N-ethylmaleimide-sensitive fusion protein.
May, A.P., Misura, K.M., Whiteheart, S.W., Weis, W.I.(1999) Nat Cell Biol 1: 175-182
- PubMed: 10559905 
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/11097
- Primary Citation of Related Structures:  
1QDN - PubMed Abstract: 
The cytosolic ATPase N-ethylmaleimide-sensitive fusion protein (NSF) disassembles complexes of membrane-bound proteins known as SNAREs, an activity essential for vesicular trafficking. The amino-terminal domain of NSF (NSF-N) is required for the interaction of NSF with the SNARE complex through the adaptor protein alpha-SNAP. The crystal structure of NSF-N reveals two subdomains linked by a single stretch of polypeptide. A polar interface between the two subdomains indicates that they can move with respect to one another during the catalytic cycle of NSF. Structure-based sequence alignments indicate that in addition to NSF orthologues, the p97 family of ATPases contain an amino-terminal domain of similar structure.
Organizational Affiliation: 
Department of Structural Biology, Stanford University School of Medicine, California 94305, USA.