Biology:NHL repeat

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NHL repeat
PDB 1q7f EBI.jpg
Structure of the brain tumor-Pumilio translation repressor complex.[1]
Identifiers
SymbolNHL
PfamPF01436
Pfam clanCL0186
InterProIPR001258
SCOP21q7f / SCOPe / SUPFAM
CDDcd05819

The NHL repeat, named after ncl-1, HT2A and lin-41, is an amino acid sequence found largely in a large number of eukaryotic and prokaryotic proteins. For example, the repeat is found in a variety of enzymes of the copper type II, ascorbate-dependent monooxygenase family which catalyse the C-terminus alpha-amidation of biological peptides.[2] In many it occurs in tandem arrays, for example in the RING finger beta-box, coiled-coil (RBCC) eukaryotic growth regulators.[3] The arthropod 'Brain Tumor' protein (Brat; Q8MQJ9) is one such growth regulator that contains a 6-bladed NHL-repeat beta-propeller.[1][4]

The NHL repeats are also found in serine/threonine protein kinase (STPK) in diverse range of pathogenic bacteria. These STPK are transmembrane receptors with an intracellular N-terminal kinase domain and extracellular C-terminal sensor domain. In the STPK, PknD, from Mycobacterium tuberculosis, the sensor domain forms a rigid, six-bladed b-propeller composed of NHL repeats with a flexible tether to the transmembrane domain.

The NHL repeat has also been used to design a family of fully symmetrical 6-blade beta-propeller proteins called "Pizza".[5] These proteins can also be engineered to bind mineral nanocrystals.[6]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 "Model of the brain tumor-Pumilio translation repressor complex". Genes Dev. 17 (20): 2508–2513. October 2003. doi:10.1101/gad.1119403. PMID 14561773. 
  2. "Tripartite motif protein 32 facilitates cell growth and migration via degradation of Abl-interactor 2". Cancer Res. 68 (14): 5572–5580. July 2008. doi:10.1158/0008-5472.CAN-07-6231. PMID 18632609. 
  3. "A novel repeat domain that is often associated with RING finger and B-box motifs". Trends Biochem. Sci. 23 (12): 474–5. December 1998. doi:10.1016/S0968-0004(98)01299-7. PMID 9868369. 
  4. "Structure of Pumilio reveals similarity between RNA and peptide binding motifs". Cell 105 (2): 281–9. April 2001. doi:10.1016/S0092-8674(01)00318-X. PMID 11336677. 
  5. Tame, Jeremy R. H.; Zhang, Kam Y. J.; Park, Sam-Yong; Unzai, Satoru; Terada, Daiki; Simoncini, David; Addy, Christine; Noguchi, Hiroki et al. (21 October 2014). "Computational design of a self-assembling symmetrical β-propeller protein" (in en). Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 111 (42): 15102–15107. doi:10.1073/pnas.1412768111. ISSN 0027-8424. PMID 25288768. Bibcode2014PNAS..11115102V. 
  6. Voet, AR; Noguchi, H; Addy, C; Zhang, KY; Tame, JR (17 August 2015). "Biomineralization of a Cadmium Chloride Nanocrystal by a Designed Symmetrical Protein.". Angewandte Chemie International Edition 54 (34): 9857–60. doi:10.1002/anie.201503575. PMID 26136355. 
This article incorporates text from the public domain Pfam and InterPro: IPR001258