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Sci. STKE, 14 September 2004
Vol. 2004, Issue 250, p. tw328
[DOI: 10.1126/stke.2502004tw328]

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PHOSPHORYLATION Structural Analyses of Inositol 1,4,5-Trisphosphate 3-Kinase

Two separate groups, González et al. and Miller and Hurley, described the three-dimensional structure of the catalytic region of inositol 1,4,5-trisphosphate 3-kinase (IP3-3K), which catalyzes the transfer of phosphate from ATP to the second messenger inositol 1,4,5-trisphosphate (IP3) to produce inositol 1,4,5,6-tetrakisphosphate. González et al. crystallized residues 187 to 461 of the human IP3-3K A isoform, whereas Miller and Hurley crystallized residues 185 to 459 of the rat IP3-3K A isoform. Both groups described N- and C-terminal lobes with a cleft in between where ATP binds, which resembles the structures of other protein kinases, and a unique four-helix substrate-binding domain that determines IP3-3K's substrate specificity and its inability to phosphorylate membrane-associated phosphoinositides.

B. González, M. J. Schell, A. J. Letcher, D. B. Veprintsev, R. F. Irvine, R. L. Williams, Structure of a human inositol 1,4,5-trisphosphate 3-kinase: Substrate binding reveals why it is not a phosphoinositide 3-kinase. Mol. Cell 15, 689-701 (2004). [Online Journal]

G. J. Miller, J. H. Hurley, Crystal structure of the catalytic core of inositol 1,4,5-trisphosphate 3-kinase. Mol. Cell 15, 703-711 (2004). [Online Journal]

Citation: Structural Analyses of Inositol 1,4,5-Trisphosphate 3-Kinase. Sci. STKE 2004, tw328 (2004).

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