Crystal structure at 2.2 A resolution of the pleckstrin homology domain from human dynamin

Cell. 1994 Oct 21;79(2):199-209. doi: 10.1016/0092-8674(94)90190-2.

Abstract

The X-ray crystal structure of the pleckstrin homology (PH) domain from human dynamin has been refined to 2.2 A resolution. A seven-stranded beta sandwich of two orthogonal antiparallel beta sheets is closed at one corner by a C-terminal alpha helix. Opposite this helix are the three loops that vary most among PH domains. The basic fold is very similar to that of two other PH domains recently determined by nuclear magnetic resonance, confirming that PH domain with known structure is electrostatically polarized, with the three variable loops forming a positively charged surface. This surface includes the position of the X-linked immunodeficiency mutation in the Btk PH domain and may serve as a ligand-binding surface.

Publication types

  • Comparative Study
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
  • Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.

MeSH terms

  • Amino Acid Sequence
  • Blood Proteins / chemistry
  • Crystallography, X-Ray
  • Dynamins
  • Electrochemistry
  • GTP Phosphohydrolases / ultrastructure*
  • Humans
  • Molecular Sequence Data
  • Phosphoproteins*
  • Protein Structure, Tertiary
  • Recombinant Proteins
  • Sequence Alignment
  • Sequence Homology, Amino Acid
  • Solubility

Substances

  • Blood Proteins
  • Phosphoproteins
  • Recombinant Proteins
  • platelet protein P47
  • GTP Phosphohydrolases
  • Dynamins