Pack a STRIPAK with hubs inside a hub

Nat Struct Mol Biol. 2021 Mar;28(3):232-233. doi: 10.1038/s41594-021-00571-z.

Abstract

The highly conserved striatin-interacting phosphatase and kinase (STrIPAK) multimeric complex regulates the hippo signaling pathway through phosphatase activity. A recent structure of the core STrIPAK hub reveals how striatins tetramerize to serve as a scaffolding platform for the assembly of an intricate architecture, which is distinct from that of all other protein phosphatase 2A (PP2A) complexes.

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Calmodulin-Binding Proteins / chemistry
  • Calmodulin-Binding Proteins / metabolism
  • Calmodulin-Binding Proteins / ultrastructure
  • Cryoelectron Microscopy
  • Hippo Signaling Pathway
  • Humans
  • Membrane Proteins / chemistry
  • Membrane Proteins / metabolism
  • Membrane Proteins / ultrastructure
  • Models, Molecular
  • Multienzyme Complexes / chemistry*
  • Multienzyme Complexes / metabolism*
  • Multienzyme Complexes / ultrastructure
  • Nerve Tissue Proteins / chemistry
  • Nerve Tissue Proteins / metabolism
  • Nerve Tissue Proteins / ultrastructure
  • Protein Multimerization*
  • Protein Phosphatase 2 / chemistry*
  • Protein Phosphatase 2 / metabolism*
  • Protein Phosphatase 2 / ultrastructure
  • Protein Serine-Threonine Kinases / chemistry
  • Protein Serine-Threonine Kinases / metabolism
  • Protein Subunits / chemistry
  • Protein Subunits / metabolism
  • Signal Transduction

Substances

  • Calmodulin-Binding Proteins
  • Membrane Proteins
  • Multienzyme Complexes
  • Nerve Tissue Proteins
  • Protein Subunits
  • STRN protein, human
  • Protein Serine-Threonine Kinases
  • Protein Phosphatase 2