Structural biology of the tumor suppressor p53

AC Joerger, AR Fersht - Annu. Rev. Biochem., 2008 - annualreviews.org
The tumor suppressor protein p53 induces or represses the expression of a variety of target
genes involved in cell cycle control, senescence, and apoptosis in response to oncogenic or …

Master regulatory role of p63 in epidermal development and disease

E Soares, H Zhou - Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences, 2018 - Springer
The transcription factor p63 is a master regulator of epidermal development. Mutations in
p63 give rise to human developmental diseases that often manifest epidermal defects. In this …

Structural diversity of p63 and p73 isoforms

C Osterburg, V Dötsch - Cell death & differentiation, 2022 - nature.com
The p53 protein family is the most studied protein family of all. Sequence analysis and
structure determination have revealed a high similarity of crucial domains between p53, p63 …

p53 contains large unstructured regions in its native state

S Bell, C Klein, L Müller, S Hansen… - Journal of molecular …, 2002 - Elsevier
The human tumor suppressor protein p53 is understood only to some extent on a structural
level. We performed a comprehensive biochemical and biophysical structure–function …

WT p53, but not tumor-derived mutants, bind to Bcl2 via the DNA binding domain and induce mitochondrial permeabilization

Y Tomita, N Marchenko, S Erster, A Nemajerova… - Journal of Biological …, 2006 - ASBMB
The induction of apoptosis by p53 in response to cellular stress is its most conserved
function and crucial for p53 tumor suppression. We recently reported that p53 directly …

Fibrillar aggregates of the tumor suppressor p53 core domain

D Ishimaru, LR Andrade, LSP Teixeira… - Biochemistry, 2003 - ACS Publications
Alzheimer's disease, Parkinson's disease, cystic fibrosis, prion diseases, and many types of
cancer are considered to be protein conformation diseases. Most of them are also known as …

Differential recognition of response elements determines target gene specificity Forp53 and P63

M Osada, HL Park, Y Nagakawa… - … and cellular biology, 2005 - Am Soc Microbiol
Abstract p63 is a member of the p53 tumor suppressor gene family, which regulates
downstream target gene expression by binding to sequence-specific response elements …

Structure of the p53 Core Domain Dimer Bound to DNA*♦

WC Ho, MX Fitzgerald, R Marmorstein - Journal of Biological Chemistry, 2006 - ASBMB
The p53 tumor suppressor protein binds to DNA as a dimer of dimers to regulate
transcription of genes that mediate responses to cellular stress. We have prepared a cross …

ΔNp63α functions as both a positive and a negative transcriptional regulator and blocks in vitro differentiation of murine keratinocytes

KE King, RM Ponnamperuma, T Yamashita, T Tokino… - Oncogene, 2003 - nature.com
ΔNp63 is overexpressed in squamous carcinomas where it is associated with proliferation
and is believed to enhance cell growth by blocking p53-mediated transactivation. In normal …

The functional domains in p53 family proteins exhibit both common and distinct properties.

KL Harms, X Chen - Cell Death & Differentiation, 2006 - search.ebscohost.com
The article focuses on a study that examines the functional domains in p53 family proteins.
The recent study shows that p53 family proteins are comprised of several functional domains …