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FERM domain of EPB41L3 (DAL-1)

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PDB Code 2HE7 Target Class Lipid signalling Target EPB41L3 Alias 4.1B, DAL-1, DAL1, EPB41L3, FLJ37633, KIAA0987 Disease Area/Function cancer Date Deposited Jun 21 2006 Authors B.M.HALLBERG, R.D.BUSAM, C.ARROWSMITH, H.BERGLUND, R.COLLINS, A.EDWARDS, M.EHN, S.FLODIN, A.FLORES, S.GRASLUND, M.HAMMARSTROM, L.H.SCHIAVONE, I.JOHANSSON, M.HOGBOM, T.KARLBERG, T.KOTENYOVA, J.NILVEBRANDT, P.NORBERG, P.STENMARK, P.NORDLUND, P.NILSSON-EHLE, T.NYMAN, D.OGG, J.SAGEMARK, M.SUNDSTROM, J.UPPENBERG, S.VANDEN BERG, J.WEIGELT, C.PERSSON, A.G.THORSELL, STRUCTURALGENOMICS CONSORTIUM (SGC) Related Structure 3BIN

About this structure

DAL-1/4.1B is known to suppress growth in meningiomas and can be lost in about 60% of sporadic meningiomas as an early event in tumorigenesis; it is a critical growth regulator in the pathogenesis of neoplastic transformation. Loss of DAL-1/4.1B has also been observed at high frequency in non-small-cell lung carcinomas. The protein belongs to the protein 4.1 superfamily. The members of this family are characterized by an N-terminal FERM domain, which localizes to the plasma membrane and links membrane associated proteins with the cytoskeleton. DAL-1/4.1B has been shown to bind tumor suppressor in lung cancer-1 (TSLC1) and connect this protein to the actin cytoskeleton. It was recently shown that DAL-1/4.1B binds and inhibits the action of a protein arginine N-methyltransferases 3. Recent results suggest that protein methylation cooperates with DAL-1/4.1B associated caspase 8-specific activation to induce apoptosis in breast cancer cells.

We have also solved a follow-up structure of Human DAL-1 in complex with TSLC1 (3BIN).

References

Sun CX, Robb VA, Gutmann DH. Protein 4.1 tumor suppressors: getting a FERM grip on growth regulation. J Cell Sci. 2002 Nov 1;115(Pt 21):3991-4000.

Heller G, Fong KM, Girard L, Seidl S, End-Pfutzenreuter A, Lang G, Gazdar AF, Minna JD, Zielinski CC, Zochbauer-Muller S. Expression and methylation pattern of TSLC1 cascade genes in lung carcinomas. Oncogene. 2006 Feb 9;25(6):959-68.

Gutmann DH, Donahoe J, Perry A, Lemke N, Gorse K, Kittiniyom K, Rempel SA, Gutierrez JA, Newsham IF. Loss of DAL-1, a protein 4.1-related tumor suppressor, is an important early event in the pathogenesis of meningiomas. Hum Mol Genet. 2000 Jun 12;9(10):1495-500.

Singh V, Miranda TB, Jiang W, Frankel A, Roemer ME, Robb VA, Gutmann DH, Herschman HR, Clarke S, Newsham IF. DAL-1/4.1B tumor suppressor interacts with protein arginine N-methyltransferase 3 (PRMT3) and inhibits its ability to methylate substrates in vitro and in vivo. Oncogene. 2004 Oct 14;23(47):7761-71.

Jiang W, Newsham IF. The tumor suppressor DAL-1/4.1B and protein methylation cooperate in inducing apoptosis in MCF-7 breast cancer cells. Mol Cancer. 2006 Jan 18;5(1):4