3P4K

The third conformation of p38a MAP kinase observed in phosphorylated p38a and in solution

• PDB DOI: https://doi.org/10.2210/pdb3P4K/pdb

• Classification: TRANSFERASE
• Organism(s): Mus musculus
• Expression System: Escherichia coli BL21(DE3)
• Mutation(s): Yes 


• Deposited: 2010-10-06 Released: 2011-01-05 
• Deposition Author(s): Akella, R., Min, X., Wu, Q., Gardner, K.H., Goldsmith, E.J.

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Experimental Data Snapshot

• Method: X-RAY DIFFRACTION
• Resolution: 2.30 Å
• R-Value Free: 0.239 
• R-Value Work: 0.176 
• R-Value Observed: 0.179 

Starting Model: experimental

Literature

The third conformation of p38a MAP kinase observed in phosphorylated p38a and in solution

Akella, R., Min, X., Wu, Q., Gardner, K.H., Goldsmith, E.J.

(2010) Structure 18: 1571-1578

• PubMed: 21134636 
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.str.2010.09.015
• Primary Citation of Related Structures:  
  3P4K


• PubMed Abstract: 
  

  MAPKs engage substrates, MAP2Ks, and phosphatases via a docking groove in the C-terminal domain of the kinase. Prior crystallographic studies on the unphosphorylated MAPKs p38α and ERK2 defined the docking groove and revealed long-range conformational changes affecting the activation loop and active site of the kinase induced by peptide. Solution NMR data presented here for unphosphorylated p38α with a MEK3b-derived peptide (p38α/pepMEK3b) validate these findings. Crystallograhic data from doubly phosphorylated active p38α (p38α/T∗GY∗/pepMEK3b) reveal a structure similar to unphosphorylated p38α/MEK3b, and distinct from phosphorylated p38γ (p38γ/T∗GY∗) and ERK2 (ERK2/T∗EY∗). The structure supports the idea that MAP kinases adopt three distinct conformations: unphosphorylated, phosphorylated, and a docking peptide-induced form.

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Organizational Affiliation: 

Department of Biochemistry, The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas, 5323 Harry Hines Boulevard, Dallas, TX 75390-8816, USA.

Biological Assembly 1  

Global Symmetry: Asymmetric - C1 
Global Stoichiometry: Hetero 2-mer - A1B1 

Biological assembly 1 assigned by authors and generated by PISA (software)

Macromolecule Content

• Total Structure Weight: 43.73 kDa 
• Atom Count: 3,037 
• Modelled Residue Count: 349 
• Deposited Residue Count: 381 
• Unique protein chains: 2

Macromolecules

Entity ID: 1
Molecule	Chains	Sequence Length	Organism	Details	Image
Mitogen-activated protein kinase 14	A	370	Mus musculus	Mutation(s): 1  Gene Names: Mapk14, Crk1, Csbp1, Csbp2 EC: 2.7.11.24
UniProt
Find proteins for P47811 (Mus musculus) Explore P47811  Go to UniProtKB:  P47811

Entity ID: 2
Molecule	Chains	Sequence Length	Organism	Details	Image
MAP kinase 14	B [auth P]	11	N/A	Mutation(s): 0

Experimental Data & Validation

Experimental Data

• Method: X-RAY DIFFRACTION
• Resolution: 2.30 Å
• R-Value Free: 0.239 
• R-Value Work: 0.176 
• R-Value Observed: 0.179 
• Space Group: P 3₁ 2 1

Unit Cell:

Length ( Å )	Angle ( ˚ )
a = 82.641	α = 90
b = 82.641	β = 90
c = 123.64	γ = 120

Software Package:

Software Name	Purpose
HKL-2000	data collection
AMoRE	phasing
REFMAC	refinement
HKL-2000	data reduction
SCALEPACK	data scaling

Structure Validation

Entry History 

Deposition Data

• Released Date: 2011-01-05 
Deposition Author(s): Akella, R., Min, X., Wu, Q., Gardner, K.H., Goldsmith, E.J.

Revision History  

• Version 1.0: 2011-01-05
  Type: Initial release
  
• Version 1.1: 2011-07-13
  Changes: Version format compliance
• Version 1.2: 2023-09-06
  Changes: Data collection, Database references, Refinement description
• Version 1.3: 2024-10-09
  Changes: Structure summary