%0 Journal Article %@ 1072-8368 %A Kishan, K V Radha %A Scita, G %A Wong, W T %A Di Fiore, P P %A Newcomer, M E %D 1997 %F open:771 %I NPG %J Nature structural biology %N 9 %P 739-43 %T The SH3 domain of Eps8 exists as a novel intertwined dimer. %U http://crdd.osdd.net/open/771/ %V 4 %X SH3 domains are structurally well-characterized as monomeric modular units of protein structure that mediate protein-protein recognition in numerous signal transduction proteins. The X-ray crystallographic structure of the Eps8 SH3 domain reveals a novel variation of the canonical SH3 fold: the SH3 domain from Eps8 is a dimer formed by strand interchange. In addition, co-immunoprecipitation experiments show that intact Eps8 is multimeric in vivo. Hence, the SH3 domain of Eps8 may represent a dimerization motif. %Z Copyright of this article belongs to NPG.