SSF49854

Spermadhesin, CUB domain

SUPERFAMILY entry
Member databaseSUPERFAMILY
SUPERFAMILY typehomologous superfamily

Description
Imported from IPR035914

The CUB domain (for complement C1r/C1s, Uegf, Bmp1) is a structural motif of approximately 110 residues found almost exclusively in extracellular and plasma membrane-associated proteins, many of which are developmentally regulated
[2, 4]
. These proteins are involved in a diverse range of functions, including complement activation, developmental patterning, tissue repair, axon guidance and angiogenesis, cell signalling, fertilisation, haemostasis, inflammation, neurotransmission, receptor-mediated endocytosis, and tumour suppression
[1]
. Many CUB-containing proteins are peptidases belonging to MEROPS peptidase families M12A (astacin) and S1A (chymotrypsin). Proteins containing a CUB domain include:


 * Mammalian complement subcomponents C1s/C1r, which form the calcium-dependent complex C1, the first component of the classical pathway of the complement system.
 * Cricetidae sp. (Hamster) serine protease Casp, which degrades type I and IV collagen and fibronectin in the presence of calcium.
 * Mammalian complement-activating component of Ra-reactive factor (RARF), a protease that cleaves the C4 component of complement.
 * Vertebrate enteropeptidase (
3.4.21.9
), a type II membrane protein of the intestinal brush border, which activates trypsinogen.
 * Vertebrate bone morphogenic protein 1 (BMP-1), a protein which induces cartilage and bone formation and expresses metalloendopeptidase activity.
 * Sea urchin blastula proteins BP10 and SpAN.
 * Caenorhabditis elegans hypothetical proteins F42A10.8 and R151.5.
 * Neuropilin (A5 antigen), a calcium-independent cell adhesion molecule that functions during the formation of certain neuronal circuits.
 * Fibropellins I and III from Strongylocentrotus purpuratus (Purple sea urchin).
 * Mammalian hyaluronate-binding protein TSG-6 (or PS4), a serum and growth factor induced protein.
 * Mammalian spermadhesins.
 * Xenopus laevis embryonic protein UVS.2, which is expressed during dorsoanterior development.


Several of the above proteins consist of a catalytic domain together with several CUB domains interspersed by calcium-binding EGF domains. Some CUB domains appear to be involved in oligomerisation and/or recognition of substrates and binding partners. For example, in the complement proteases, the CUB domains mediate dimerisation and binding to collagen-like regions of target proteins (e.g. C1q for C1r/C1s). The structure of CUB domains consists of a β-sandwich with a jelly-roll fold. Almost all CUB domains contain four conserved cysteines that probably form two disulphide bridges (C1-C2, C3-C4). The CUB1 domains of C1s and Map19 have calcium-binding sites
[3]
.

Structurally, the spermadhesins consist of a CUB domain
[2]
.

References
Imported from IPR035914

1.Expression of the CUB domain containing protein 1 (CDCP1) gene in colorectal tumour cells. Perry SE, Robinson P, Melcher A, Quirke P, Buhring HJ, Cook GP, Blair GE. FEBS Lett. 581, 1137-42, (2007). View articlePMID: 17335815

2.The CUB domain. A widespread module in developmentally regulated proteins. Bork P, Beckmann G. J. Mol. Biol. 231, 539-45, (1993). View articlePMID: 8510165

3.Insights into how CUB domains can exert specific functions while sharing a common fold: conserved and specific features of the CUB1 domain contribute to the molecular basis of procollagen C-proteinase enhancer-1 activity. Blanc G, Font B, Eichenberger D, Moreau C, Ricard-Blum S, Hulmes DJ, Moali C. J. Biol. Chem. 282, 16924-33, (2007). View articlePMID: 17446170

4.Complement components C1r/C1s, bone morphogenic protein 1 and Xenopus laevis developmentally regulated protein UVS.2 share common repeats. Bork P. FEBS Lett. 282, 9-12, (1991). View articlePMID: 2026272

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