Nature Communications (Mar 2016)

Haem-dependent dimerization of PGRMC1/Sigma-2 receptor facilitates cancer proliferation and chemoresistance

  • Yasuaki Kabe,
  • Takanori Nakane,
  • Ikko Koike,
  • Tatsuya Yamamoto,
  • Yuki Sugiura,
  • Erisa Harada,
  • Kenji Sugase,
  • Tatsuro Shimamura,
  • Mitsuyo Ohmura,
  • Kazumi Muraoka,
  • Ayumi Yamamoto,
  • Takeshi Uchida,
  • So Iwata,
  • Yuki Yamaguchi,
  • Elena Krayukhina,
  • Masanori Noda,
  • Hiroshi Handa,
  • Koichiro Ishimori,
  • Susumu Uchiyama,
  • Takuya Kobayashi,
  • Makoto Suematsu

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms11030
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 7, no. 1
pp. 1 – 13

Abstract

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PGRMC1 binds to EGFR and cytochromes P450, and is known to be involved in cancer proliferation and in drug resistance. Here, the authors determine the structure of the cytosolic domain of PGRMC1, which forms a dimer via haem–haem stacking, and propose how this interaction could be involved in its function.