BETA-CATENIN/E-CADHERIN COMPLEXBETA-CATENIN/E-CADHERIN COMPLEX

Structural highlights

1i7x is a 4 chain structure with sequence from Mus musculus. The March 2008 RCSB PDB Molecule of the Month feature on Cadherin by David S. Goodsell is 10.2210/rcsb_pdb/mom_2008_3. Full crystallographic information is available from OCA. For a guided tour on the structure components use FirstGlance.
Related:1i7w, 2bct, 3bct, 1g3j
Gene:CATNB (Mus musculus), CDH1 (Mus musculus)
Resources:FirstGlance, OCA, RCSB, PDBsum

Evolutionary Conservation

 

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Publication Abstract from PubMed

As a component of adherens junctions and the Wnt signaling pathway, beta-catenin binds cadherins, Tcf family transcription factors, and the tumor suppressor APC. We have determined the crystal structures of both unphosphorylated and phosphorylated E-cadherin cytoplasmic domain complexed with the arm repeat region of beta-catenin. The interaction spans all 12 arm repeats, and features quasi-independent binding regions that include helices which interact with both ends of the arm repeat domain and an extended stretch of 14 residues which closely resembles a portion of XTcf-3. Phosphorylation of E-cadherin results in interactions with a hydrophobic patch of beta-catenin that mimics the binding of an amphipathic XTcf-3 helix. APC contains sequences homologous to the phosphorylated region of cadherin, and is likely to bind similarly.

The structure of the beta-catenin/E-cadherin complex and the molecular basis of diverse ligand recognition by beta-catenin.,Huber AH, Weis WI Cell. 2001 May 4;105(3):391-402. PMID:11348595[1]

From MEDLINE®/PubMed®, a database of the U.S. National Library of Medicine.

See Also

References

  1. Huber AH, Weis WI. The structure of the beta-catenin/E-cadherin complex and the molecular basis of diverse ligand recognition by beta-catenin. Cell. 2001 May 4;105(3):391-402. PMID:11348595

1i7x, resolution 3.00Å

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