1c4z
STRUCTURE OF E6AP: INSIGHTS INTO UBIQUITINATION PATHWAY
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OverviewOverview
The E6AP ubiquitin-protein ligase (E3) mediates the human papillomavirus-induced degradation of the p53 tumor suppressor in cervical cancer and is mutated in Angelman syndrome, a neurological disorder. The crystal structure of the catalytic hect domain of E6AP reveals a bilobal structure with a broad catalytic cleft at the junction of the two lobes. The cleft consists of conserved residues whose mutation interferes with ubiquitin-thioester bond formation and is the site of Angelman syndrome mutations. The crystal structure of the E6AP hect domain bound to the UbcH7 ubiquitin-conjugating enzyme (E2) reveals the determinants of E2-E3 specificity and provides insights into the transfer of ubiquitin from the E2 to the E3.
DiseaseDisease
Known disease associated with this structure: Angelman syndrome OMIM:[601623]
About this StructureAbout this Structure
1C4Z is a Protein complex structure of sequences from Homo sapiens. Active as Ubiquitin--protein ligase, with EC number 6.3.2.19 Full crystallographic information is available from OCA.
ReferenceReference
Structure of an E6AP-UbcH7 complex: insights into ubiquitination by the E2-E3 enzyme cascade., Huang L, Kinnucan E, Wang G, Beaudenon S, Howley PM, Huibregtse JM, Pavletich NP, Science. 1999 Nov 12;286(5443):1321-6. PMID:10558980
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