The structure of the PDZ3-SH3-GuK tandem of ZO-1 protein suggests a supramodular organization of the membrane-associated guanylate kinase (MAGUK) family scaffold protein core

J Biol Chem. 2011 Nov 18;286(46):40069-74. doi: 10.1074/jbc.C111.293084. Epub 2011 Sep 29.

Abstract

Membrane-associated guanylate kinases (MAGUKs) are a large family of scaffold proteins that play essential roles in tethering membrane receptors, adhesion molecules, and macromolecular signaling complexes for tissue developments, cell-cell communications, and intracellular signal transductions. The defining feature of the MAGUK family scaffolds is that each member contains a conserved core consisting of a PSD-95/Dlg/ZO-1 (PDZ) domain, an Src homology 3 (SH3) domain, and a catalytically inactive guanylate kinase (GuK) domain arranged in tandem, although the structural features and functional implications of the PDZ-SH3-GuK tandem arrangement are unclear. The structure of the ZO-1 PDZ3-SH3-GuK tandem solved in this study reveals that the PDZ domain directly interacts with the SH3-GuK module, forming a structural supramodule with distinct target binding properties with respect to the isolated domains. Structure-based sequence analysis suggests that the PDZ-SH3-GuK tandems of other members of the MAGUK family also form supramodules.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Crystallography, X-Ray
  • Guanylate Cyclase / chemistry*
  • Guanylate Cyclase / genetics
  • Guanylate Cyclase / metabolism
  • Humans
  • Membrane Proteins / chemistry*
  • Membrane Proteins / genetics
  • Membrane Proteins / metabolism
  • Phosphoproteins / chemistry*
  • Phosphoproteins / genetics
  • Phosphoproteins / metabolism
  • Structure-Activity Relationship
  • Zonula Occludens-1 Protein
  • src Homology Domains

Substances

  • Membrane Proteins
  • Phosphoproteins
  • TJP1 protein, human
  • Zonula Occludens-1 Protein
  • Guanylate Cyclase

Associated data

  • PDB/3SHU
  • PDB/3SHW