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SUBMITTER: Tooley JE
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3212442 | biostudies-literature | 2011 Nov
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Tooley James E JE Khangulov Victor V Lees Jonathan P B JP Schlessman Jamie L JL Bewley Maria C MC Heroux Annie A Bosch Jürgen J Hill R Blake RB
Acta crystallographica. Section F, Structural biology and crystallization communications 20111025 Pt 11
Fis1 mediates mitochondrial and peroxisomal fission. It is tail-anchored to these organelles by a transmembrane domain, exposing a soluble cytoplasmic domain. Previous studies suggested that Fis1 is autoinhibited by its N-terminal region. Here, a 1.75 Å resolution crystal structure of the Fis1 cytoplasmic domain from Saccharomyces cerevisiae is reported which adopts a tetratricopeptide-repeat fold. It is observed that this fold creates a concave surface important for fission, but is sterically o ...[more]