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- Yohendran Baskaran
(Institute of Molecular and Cell Biology, A*STAR (Agency for Science, Technology and Research), Biopolis, Proteos Building, 61 Biopolis Drive, 8-15, Singapore 138673, Singapore)
- Khay C. Ang
(Institute of Molecular and Cell Biology, A*STAR (Agency for Science, Technology and Research), Biopolis, Proteos Building, 61 Biopolis Drive, 8-15, Singapore 138673, Singapore
Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore)
- Praju V. Anekal
(Institute of Molecular and Cell Biology, A*STAR (Agency for Science, Technology and Research), Biopolis, Proteos Building, 61 Biopolis Drive, 8-15, Singapore 138673, Singapore)
- Wee L. Chan
(Institute of Molecular and Cell Biology, A*STAR (Agency for Science, Technology and Research), Biopolis, Proteos Building, 61 Biopolis Drive, 8-15, Singapore 138673, Singapore)
- Jonathan M. Grimes
(Wellcome Trust Centre for Human Genetics, University of Oxford
Diamond Light Source Ltd., Diamond House, Harwell Science and Innovation Campus, Didcot)
- Ed Manser
(Institute of Molecular and Cell Biology, A*STAR (Agency for Science, Technology and Research), Biopolis, Proteos Building, 61 Biopolis Drive, 8-15, Singapore 138673, Singapore
Institute of Medical Biology, A*STAR, Biopolis
Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore)
- Robert C. Robinson
(Institute of Molecular and Cell Biology, A*STAR (Agency for Science, Technology and Research), Biopolis, Proteos Building, 61 Biopolis Drive, 8-15, Singapore 138673, Singapore
Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore)
Abstract
PAK4 is a metazoan-specific kinase acting downstream of Cdc42. Here we describe the structure of human PAK4 in complex with Inka1, a potent endogenous kinase inhibitor. Using single mammalian cells containing crystals 50 μm in length, we have determined the in cellulo crystal structure at 2.95 Å resolution, which reveals the details of how the PAK4 catalytic domain binds cellular ATP and the Inka1 inhibitor. The crystal lattice consists only of PAK4–PAK4 contacts, which form a hexagonal array with channels of 80 Å in diameter that run the length of the crystal. The crystal accommodates a variety of other proteins when fused to the kinase inhibitor. Inka1–GFP was used to monitor the process crystal formation in living cells. Similar derivatives of Inka1 will allow us to study the effects of PAK4 inhibition in cells and model organisms, to allow better validation of therapeutic agents targeting PAK4.
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Yohendran Baskaran & Khay C. Ang & Praju V. Anekal & Wee L. Chan & Jonathan M. Grimes & Ed Manser & Robert C. Robinson, 2015.
"An in cellulo-derived structure of PAK4 in complex with its inhibitor Inka1,"
Nature Communications, Nature, vol. 6(1), pages 1-11, December.
Handle:
RePEc:nat:natcom:v:6:y:2015:i:1:d:10.1038_ncomms9681
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms9681
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- Dandan Wu & Hwang Chan Yu & Hye-Na Cha & Soyoung Park & Yoonji Lee & Sun-Jung Yoon & So-Young Park & Byung-Hyun Park & Eun Ju Bae, 2024.
"PAK4 phosphorylates and inhibits AMPKα to control glucose uptake,"
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- Robert Schönherr & Juliane Boger & J. Mia Lahey-Rudolph & Mareike Harms & Jacqueline Kaiser & Sophie Nachtschatt & Marla Wobbe & Rainer Duden & Peter König & Gleb Bourenkov & Thomas R. Schneider & Lar, 2024.
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