Biochemical and structural studies on the molecular interaction between P53 transcriptional activation domain and anti-apoptotic protein BCL-XL

This is due to its critical role in the regulation of apoptosis and control of cancer formation. p53 is believed to be the most important tumor suppressor protein and abnormality of p53 causes cancers and many other diseases. Functional studies revealed that p53 is an important transcriptional acti...

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Main Author: Xu, Huibin
Other Authors: Yoon, Ho Sup
Format: Thesis
Language:English
Published: 2009
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Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/10356/18852
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description This is due to its critical role in the regulation of apoptosis and control of cancer formation. p53 is believed to be the most important tumor suppressor protein and abnormality of p53 causes cancers and many other diseases. Functional studies revealed that p53 is an important transcriptional activator. It initiates transcription of many pro-apoptosis genes, which activate multiple apoptotic pathways and finally induce cell death. Besides its transcription-dependent apoptosis activity, the apoptotic activity of p53 out of the nuclei was also observed and draws attention. p53 interacts with the anti-apoptotic proteins, Bcl-2/XL, and induces mitochondria-mediated apoptosis. The transcription activity of p53 is not involved in this pathway, suggesting transcription-independent mechanism of p53. The p53/Bcl-2 and p53/Bcl-XL interaction were then investigated by different groups. The DNS binding domain of p53 was believed to be the binding site in the p53/Bcl-XL interaction. However, there is no detail structure information of the complex so far. In this study, we identified a novel binding site on p53 N-terminal domain (NTD) for Bcl-XL. The p53 NTD/ Bcl-XL complex was observed and obtained in a co-expression system in E.coli. NMR study also confirmed this physical interaction in vitro. We also showed their interaction in mammalian cells using FRET assay. A preliminary binding interface on Bcl-XL was suggested according to the 1H-15N 2D HSQC NMR titration experiments.
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spelling ntu-10356/188522023-02-28T18:46:02Z Biochemical and structural studies on the molecular interaction between P53 transcriptional activation domain and anti-apoptotic protein BCL-XL Xu, Huibin Yoon, Ho Sup School of Biological Sciences DRNTU::Science::Biological sciences::Biochemistry This is due to its critical role in the regulation of apoptosis and control of cancer formation. p53 is believed to be the most important tumor suppressor protein and abnormality of p53 causes cancers and many other diseases. Functional studies revealed that p53 is an important transcriptional activator. It initiates transcription of many pro-apoptosis genes, which activate multiple apoptotic pathways and finally induce cell death. Besides its transcription-dependent apoptosis activity, the apoptotic activity of p53 out of the nuclei was also observed and draws attention. p53 interacts with the anti-apoptotic proteins, Bcl-2/XL, and induces mitochondria-mediated apoptosis. The transcription activity of p53 is not involved in this pathway, suggesting transcription-independent mechanism of p53. The p53/Bcl-2 and p53/Bcl-XL interaction were then investigated by different groups. The DNS binding domain of p53 was believed to be the binding site in the p53/Bcl-XL interaction. However, there is no detail structure information of the complex so far. In this study, we identified a novel binding site on p53 N-terminal domain (NTD) for Bcl-XL. The p53 NTD/ Bcl-XL complex was observed and obtained in a co-expression system in E.coli. NMR study also confirmed this physical interaction in vitro. We also showed their interaction in mammalian cells using FRET assay. A preliminary binding interface on Bcl-XL was suggested according to the 1H-15N 2D HSQC NMR titration experiments. DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY (SBS) 2009-07-20T06:55:37Z 2009-07-20T06:55:37Z 2008 2008 Thesis Xu, H. B. (2008). Biochemical and structural studies on the molecular interaction between P53 transcriptional activation domain and anti-apoptotic protein BCL-XL. Doctoral thesis, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore. https://hdl.handle.net/10356/18852 10.32657/10356/18852 en 210 p. application/pdf
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Biochemical and structural studies on the molecular interaction between P53 transcriptional activation domain and anti-apoptotic protein BCL-XL
title Biochemical and structural studies on the molecular interaction between P53 transcriptional activation domain and anti-apoptotic protein BCL-XL
title_full Biochemical and structural studies on the molecular interaction between P53 transcriptional activation domain and anti-apoptotic protein BCL-XL
title_fullStr Biochemical and structural studies on the molecular interaction between P53 transcriptional activation domain and anti-apoptotic protein BCL-XL
title_full_unstemmed Biochemical and structural studies on the molecular interaction between P53 transcriptional activation domain and anti-apoptotic protein BCL-XL
title_short Biochemical and structural studies on the molecular interaction between P53 transcriptional activation domain and anti-apoptotic protein BCL-XL
title_sort biochemical and structural studies on the molecular interaction between p53 transcriptional activation domain and anti apoptotic protein bcl xl
topic DRNTU::Science::Biological sciences::Biochemistry
url https://hdl.handle.net/10356/18852
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