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Structural convergence for tubulin binding of CPAP and vinca domain microtubule inhibitors.


ABSTRACT: Microtubule dynamics is regulated by various cellular proteins and perturbed by small-molecule compounds. To what extent the mechanism of the former resembles that of the latter is an open question. We report here structures of tubulin bound to the PN2-3 domain of CPAP, a protein controlling the length of the centrioles. We show that an α-helix of the PN2-3 N-terminal region binds and caps the longitudinal surface of the tubulin β subunit. Moreover, a PN2-3 N-terminal stretch lies in a β-tubulin site also targeted by fungal and bacterial peptide-like inhibitors of the vinca domain, sharing a very similar binding mode with these compounds. Therefore, our results identify several characteristic features of cellular partners that bind to this site and highlight a structural convergence of CPAP with small-molecule inhibitors of microtubule assembly.

SUBMITTER: Campanacci V 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9171608 | biostudies-literature | 2022 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Structural convergence for tubulin binding of CPAP and vinca domain microtubule inhibitors.

Campanacci Valérie V   Urvoas Agathe A   Ammar Khodja Liza L   Aumont-Nicaise Magali M   Noiray Magali M   Lachkar Sylvie S   Curmi Patrick A PA   Minard Philippe P   Gigant Benoît B  

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 20220504 19


Microtubule dynamics is regulated by various cellular proteins and perturbed by small-molecule compounds. To what extent the mechanism of the former resembles that of the latter is an open question. We report here structures of tubulin bound to the PN2-3 domain of CPAP, a protein controlling the length of the centrioles. We show that an α-helix of the PN2-3 N-terminal region binds and caps the longitudinal surface of the tubulin β subunit. Moreover, a PN2-3 N-terminal stretch lies in a β-tubulin  ...[more]

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