Cell and Molecular Biology Graduate Program, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, USA.
Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, USA.
Structure. 2021 Apr 1;29(4):307-309. doi: 10.1016/j.str.2021.03.006.
Jecrois et al. (2020) use cryoelectron microscopy to illuminate the tetrameric conformation of the CtBP2 transcriptional corepressor, a protein frequently overexpressed in human cancers. The in vivo functional characterization of tetramer-destabilizing mutants indicates that tetramerization is a physiologically important process, critical for CtBP control of gene regulation and cell migration.
Jecrois 等人(2020 年)使用冷冻电子显微镜阐明了 CtBP2 转录共抑制因子的四聚体构象,该蛋白在人类癌症中经常过表达。对四聚体不稳定突变体的体内功能特征分析表明,四聚化是一个生理上重要的过程,对于 CtBP 控制基因调控和细胞迁移至关重要。