Atomic Structure of Clathrin: A β Propeller Terminal Domain Joins an α Zigzag 
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ter Haar, Ernst; Musacchio, Andrea; Harrison, Stephen C.; Kirchhausen, Tomas

doi:10.1016/S0092-8674(00)81623-2

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Atomic Structure of Clathrin: A β Propeller Terminal Domain Joins an α Zigzag Linker

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Musacchio, Andrea
Abt. I:Mechanistische Zellbiologie, Max Planck Institute of Molecular Physiology, Max Planck Society;

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ter Haar, E., Musacchio, A., Harrison, S. C., & Kirchhausen, T. (1998). Atomic Structure of Clathrin: A β Propeller Terminal Domain Joins an α Zigzag Linker. CELL, 95(4), 563-573. doi:10.1016/S0092-8674(00)81623-2.

Cite as: https://hdl.handle.net/11858/00-001M-0000-0015-3B29-B

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Clathrin triskelions form the lattice that organizes recruitment of proteins to coated pits and helps drive Vesiculation of the lipid bilayer. We report the crystal structure at 2.6 Angstrom resolution of a 55 kDa N-terminal fragment from the 190 kDa clathrin heavy chain. The structure comprises the globular "terminal domain" and the linker that joins it to the end of a triskelion leg. The terminal domain is a seven-blade beta propeller, a structure well adapted to interaction with multiple partners, such as the AP-1 and AP-2 sorting adaptor complexes and the nonvisual arrestins. The linker is an alpha-helical zigzag emanating from the propeller domain. We propose that this simple motif may extend into the rest of the clathrin leg.