Crystal structure of inhibitor of κB kinase β

Guozhou Xu, Yu-Chih Lo, Qiubai Li, Gennaro Napolitano, Xuefeng Wu, Xuliang Jiang, Michel Dreano, Michael Karin and Hao Wu ()
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Guozhou Xu: Weill Cornell Medical College
Yu-Chih Lo: Weill Cornell Medical College
Qiubai Li: Weill Cornell Medical College
Gennaro Napolitano: University of California at San Diego
Xuefeng Wu: University of California at San Diego
Xuliang Jiang: EMD Serono Research Institute
Michel Dreano: Merck Serono, Geneva 1211, Switzerland
Michael Karin: University of California at San Diego
Hao Wu: Weill Cornell Medical College

Nature, 2011, vol. 472, issue 7343, 325-330

Abstract: Abstract Inhibitor of κB (IκB) kinase (IKK) phosphorylates IκB proteins, leading to their degradation and the liberation of nuclear factor κB for gene transcription. Here we report the crystal structure of IKKβ in complex with an inhibitor, at a resolution of 3.6 Å. The structure reveals a trimodular architecture comprising the kinase domain, a ubiquitin-like domain (ULD) and an elongated, α-helical scaffold/dimerization domain (SDD). Unexpectedly, the predicted leucine zipper and helix–loop–helix motifs do not form these structures but are part of the SDD. The ULD and SDD mediate a critical interaction with IκBα that restricts substrate specificity, and the ULD is also required for catalytic activity. The SDD mediates IKKβ dimerization, but dimerization per se is not important for maintaining IKKβ activity and instead is required for IKKβ activation. Other IKK family members, IKKα, TBK1 and IKK-i, may have a similar trimodular architecture and function.

Date: 2011
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