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Activating Mutations in TOR Are in Similar Structures As Oncogenic Mutations in PI3KCalpha
JournalArticle (Originalarbeit in einer wissenschaftlichen Zeitschrift)
 
ID 153744
Author(s) Sturgill, T. W.; Hall, M. N.
Author(s) at UniBasel Hall, Michael N.
Year 2009
Title Activating Mutations in TOR Are in Similar Structures As Oncogenic Mutations in PI3KCalpha
Journal ACS Chemical Biology
Volume 4
Number 12
Pages / Article-Number 999-1015
Abstract

TOR (Target of Rapamycin) is a highly conserved Ser/Thr kinase and a central controller of cell growth. Using the crystal structure of the related lipid kinase PI3KCgamma, we built a model of the catalytic region of TOR, from the FAT domain to near the end of the FATC domain. The model reveals that activating mutations in TOR, identified in yeast in a genetic selection for Rheb-independence, correspond to hotspots for oncogenic mutations in PI3KCalpha. The activating mutations are in the catalytic domain (helices kalpha3, kalpha9, kalpha11) and the helical domain of TOR. Docking studies with small molecule inhibitors (PP242, NVP-BEZ235, and Ku-0063794) show that drugs currently in development utilize a novel pharmacophore space to achieve specificity. Thus, our model provides insight on the regulation of TOR and may be useful in the design of new anticancer drugs.

Publisher American Chemical Society
ISSN/ISBN 1554-8929
edoc-URL http://edoc.unibas.ch/dok/A5258126
Full Text on edoc No
Digital Object Identifier DOI 10.1021/cb900193e
PubMed ID http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19902965
ISI-Number WOS:000272845900005
Document type (ISI) Journal Article
 
   

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