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==X-ray structure of the complex between human alpha thrombin and NU172, a duplex/quadruplex 26-mer DNA aptamer, in the presence of potassium ions.== | ==X-ray structure of the complex between human alpha thrombin and NU172, a duplex/quadruplex 26-mer DNA aptamer, in the presence of potassium ions.== | ||
| - | <StructureSection load='6evv' size='340' side='right' caption='[[6evv]], [[Resolution|resolution]] 2.50Å' scene=''> | + | <StructureSection load='6evv' size='340' side='right'caption='[[6evv]], [[Resolution|resolution]] 2.50Å' scene=''> |
== Structural highlights == | == Structural highlights == | ||
<table><tr><td colspan='2'>[[6evv]] is a 3 chain structure with sequence from [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homo_sapiens Homo sapiens]. Full crystallographic information is available from [http://oca.weizmann.ac.il/oca-bin/ocashort?id=6EVV OCA]. For a <b>guided tour on the structure components</b> use [http://oca.weizmann.ac.il/oca-docs/fgij/fg.htm?mol=6EVV FirstGlance]. <br> | <table><tr><td colspan='2'>[[6evv]] is a 3 chain structure with sequence from [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homo_sapiens Homo sapiens]. Full crystallographic information is available from [http://oca.weizmann.ac.il/oca-bin/ocashort?id=6EVV OCA]. For a <b>guided tour on the structure components</b> use [http://oca.weizmann.ac.il/oca-docs/fgij/fg.htm?mol=6EVV FirstGlance]. <br> | ||
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== Function == | == Function == | ||
[[http://www.uniprot.org/uniprot/THRB_HUMAN THRB_HUMAN]] Thrombin, which cleaves bonds after Arg and Lys, converts fibrinogen to fibrin and activates factors V, VII, VIII, XIII, and, in complex with thrombomodulin, protein C. Functions in blood homeostasis, inflammation and wound healing.<ref>PMID:2856554</ref> | [[http://www.uniprot.org/uniprot/THRB_HUMAN THRB_HUMAN]] Thrombin, which cleaves bonds after Arg and Lys, converts fibrinogen to fibrin and activates factors V, VII, VIII, XIII, and, in complex with thrombomodulin, protein C. Functions in blood homeostasis, inflammation and wound healing.<ref>PMID:2856554</ref> | ||
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| + | == Publication Abstract from PubMed == | ||
| + | Despite aptamers are very promising alternative to antibodies, very few of them are under clinical trials or are used as drugs. Among them, NU172 is currently in Phase II as anticoagulant in heart disease treatments. It inhibits thrombin activity much more effectively than TBA, the best-known thrombin binding aptamer. The crystal structure of thrombin-NU172 complex reveals a bimodular duplex/quadruplex architecture for the aptamer, which binds thrombin exosite I through a highly complementary surface involving all three loops of the G-quadruplex module. Although the duplex domain does not interact directly with thrombin, the features of the duplex/quadruplex junction and the solution data on two newly designed NU172 mutants indicate that the duplex moiety is important for the optimization of the protein-ligand interaction and for the inhibition of the enzyme activity. Our work discloses the structural features determining the inhibition of thrombin by NU172 and put the basis for the design of mutants with improved properties. | ||
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| + | Several structural motifs cooperate in determining the highly effective anti-thrombin activity of NU172 aptamer.,Troisi R, Napolitano V, Spiridonova V, Russo Krauss I, Sica F Nucleic Acids Res. 2018 Oct 24. pii: 5144158. doi: 10.1093/nar/gky990. PMID:30357392<ref>PMID:30357392</ref> | ||
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| + | From MEDLINE®/PubMed®, a database of the U.S. National Library of Medicine.<br> | ||
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== References == | == References == | ||
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</StructureSection> | </StructureSection> | ||
[[Category: Homo sapiens]] | [[Category: Homo sapiens]] | ||
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[[Category: Thrombin]] | [[Category: Thrombin]] | ||
[[Category: Krauss, I Russo]] | [[Category: Krauss, I Russo]] | ||
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X-ray structure of the complex between human alpha thrombin and NU172, a duplex/quadruplex 26-mer DNA aptamer, in the presence of potassium ions.
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