Crystal structure of the tubulin tyrosine carboxypeptidase complex VASH1–SVBP

  • Athanassios Adamopoulos
  • , Lisa Landskron
  • , Tatjana Heidebrecht
  • , Foteini Tsakou
  • , Onno B. Bleijerveld
  • , Maarten Altelaar
  • , Joppe Nieuwenhuis
  • , Patrick H.N. Celie
  • , Thijn R. Brummelkamp
  • , Anastassis Perrakis*
  • *Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

The cyclic enzymatic removal and ligation of the C-terminal tyrosine of α-tubulin generates heterogeneous microtubules and affects their functions. Here we describe the crystal and solution structure of the tubulin carboxypeptidase complex between vasohibin (VASH1) and small vasohibin-binding protein (SVBP), which folds in a long helix, which stabilizes the VASH1 catalytic domain. This structure, combined with molecular docking and mutagenesis experiments, reveals which residues are responsible for recognition and cleavage of the tubulin C-terminal tyrosine.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)567-570
Number of pages4
JournalNature Structural and Molecular Biology
Volume26
Issue number7
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 1 Jul 2019

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