Method for crystallizing human GSK3 and novel crystal structure thereof

• Main Authors: BUSSIERE DIRKSEN E, LE VINCENT P
• Format: Patent
• Language: English
• Published: 25.01.2007
• Subjects: BEER; BIOCHEMISTRY; CALCULATING; CHEMISTRY; COMPOSITIONS OR TEST PAPERS THEREFOR; COMPOSITIONS THEREOF; COMPUTING; CONDITION-RESPONSIVE CONTROL IN MICROBIOLOGICAL ORENZYMOLOGICAL PROCESSES; COUNTING; CULTURE MEDIA; ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING; ENZYMOLOGY; INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY [ICT] SPECIALLY ADAPTEDFOR SPECIFIC APPLICATION FIELDS; INVESTIGATING OR ANALYSING MATERIALS BY DETERMINING THEIRCHEMICAL OR PHYSICAL PROPERTIES; MEASURING; MEASURING OR TESTING PROCESSES INVOLVING ENZYMES, NUCLEICACIDS OR MICROORGANISMS; METALLURGY; MICROBIOLOGY; MICROORGANISMS OR ENZYMES; MUTATION OR GENETIC ENGINEERING; ORGANIC CHEMISTRY; PEPTIDES; PHYSICS; PROCESSES OF PREPARING SUCH COMPOSITIONS; PROPAGATING, PRESERVING OR MAINTAINING MICROORGANISMS; SPIRITS; TESTING; VINEGAR; WINE

The invention provides the three-dimensional structure of a construct of human glycogen synthase kinase 3 (GSK3); crystals of a construct of human glycogen synthase kinase 3-beta (GSK3-beta) containing the protein's catalytic kinase domain; a method for crystallizing the protein construct to provide a GSK3 crystal sufficient for structure determination; and a method for using the GSK3 construct's three-dimensional structure for the identification of possible therapeutic compounds in the treatment of various disease conditions mediated by GSK3 activity.'