Armadillo repeat

Armadillo repeat domain

Structure of the armadillo domain of beta-catenin.[1]
Identifiers
Symbol Arm
Pfam PF00514
Pfam clan CL0020
InterPro IPR000225
SMART SM00185
PROSITE PS50176
SCOP 3bct
SUPERFAMILY 3bct
CDD cd00020

An armadillo repeat is the name of a characteristic, repetitive amino acid sequence of about 40 residues in length that is found in many proteins. Proteins that contain armadillo repeats typically contain several tandemly repeated copies.[2][3] Each Armadillo repeat is composed of a pair of alpha helices that form a hairpin structure. Multiple copies of the repeat form what is known as an alpha solenoid structure.

Examples of proteins that contain armadillo repeats include β-catenin, α-importin,[4] plakoglobin,[5] adenomatous polyposis coli (APC),[6] and many others.

The term armadillo derives from the historical name of the β-catenin gene in the fruitfly Drosophila where the armadillo repeat was first discovered. Although β-catenin was previosuly believed to be a protein involved in linking cadherin cell adhesion proteins to the cytoskeleton, recent work indicates that β-catenin regulates the homodimerization of alpha-catenin, which in turn controls act branching and bundling [7]. But, the armadillo repeat is found in a wide range of proteins with other functions. This type of protein domain is important in transducing WNT signals during embryonic development.

Structure

The 3-dimensional fold of an armadillo repeat was first observed in the crystal structure of beta-catenin, where the 12 repeats form a superhelix of alpha helices with three helices per unit.[1] The cylindrical structure features a positively charged groove, which presumably interacts with the acidic surfaces of the known interaction partners of beta-catenin.[8]

References

  1. 1 2 Huber AH, Nelson WJ, Weis WI (September 1997). "Three-dimensional structure of the armadillo repeat region of beta-catenin". Cell. 90 (5): 871–82. PMID 9298899. doi:10.1016/S0092-8674(00)80352-9.
  2. ↑ Peifer M, Berg S, Reynolds AB (1994). "A repeating amino acid motif shared by proteins with diverse cellular roles". Cell. 76 (5): 789–91. PMID 7907279. doi:10.1016/0092-8674(94)90353-0.
  3. ↑ Groves MR, Barford D (1999). "Topological characteristics of helical repeat proteins". Current Opinion in Structural Biology. 9 (3): 383–9. PMID 10361086. doi:10.1016/S0959-440X(99)80052-9.
  4. ↑ Herold A, Truant R, Wiegand H, Cullen BR (October 1998). "Determination of the functional domain organization of the importin alpha nuclear import factor". J. Cell Biol. 143 (2): 309–18. PMC 2132842 Freely accessible. PMID 9786944. doi:10.1083/jcb.143.2.309.
  5. ↑ McCrea PD, Turck CW, Gumbiner B (November 1991). "A homolog of the armadillo protein in Drosophila (plakoglobin) associated with E-cadherin". Science. 254 (5036): 1359–61. PMID 1962194. doi:10.1126/science.1962194.
  6. ↑ Hirschl D, Bayer P, Müller O (March 1996). "Secondary structure of an armadillo single repeat from the APC protein". FEBS Lett. 383 (1-2): 31–6. PMID 8612785. doi:10.1016/0014-5793(96)00215-3.
  7. ↑ Nusse, Roel, and Hans Clevers. “Wnt/β-Catenin Signaling, Disease, and Emerging Therapeutic Modalities.” Cell, vol. 169, no. 6, 1 June 2017, pp. 985–999., doi:10.1016/j.cell.2017.05.016.
  8. ↑ "Armadillo (IPR000225)". InterPro. EMBL-EBI.


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