Dajani, Rana, Fraser, Elizabeth, Roe, S. Mark, Young, Neville, Good, Valerie, Dale, Trevor Clive ![]() |
Abstract
Glycogen synthase kinase 3β (GSK3β) plays a key role in insulin and Wnt signaling, phosphorylating downstream targets by default, and becoming inhibited following the extracellular signaling event. The crystal structure of human GSK3β shows a catalytically active conformation in the absence of activation-segment phosphorylation, with the sulphonate of a buffer molecule bridging the activation-segment and N-terminal domain in the same way as the phosphate group of the activation-segment phospho-Ser/Thr in other kinases. The location of this oxyanion binding site in the substrate binding cleft indicates direct coupling of P+4 phosphate-primed substrate binding and catalytic activation, explains the ability of GSK3β to processively hyperphosphorylate substrates with Ser/Thr pentad-repeats, and suggests a mechanism for autoinhibition in which the phosphorylated N terminus binds as a competitive pseudosubstrate with phospho-Ser 9 occupying the P+4 site.
Item Type: | Article |
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Date Type: | Publication |
Status: | Published |
Schools: | Biosciences European Cancer Stem Cell Research Institute (ECSCRI) |
Subjects: | Q Science > QH Natural history > QH301 Biology |
ISSN: | 00928674 |
Last Modified: | 22 Jun 2023 10:01 |
URI: | https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/1087 |
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