Structural highlights
Function
[FGF2_HUMAN] Plays an important role in the regulation of cell survival, cell division, angiogenesis, cell differentiation and cell migration. Functions as potent mitogen in vitro.[1] [2]
Evolutionary Conservation
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Publication Abstract from PubMed
The three-dimensional structure of the 146-residue form of human basic fibroblast growth factor (bFGF), expressed as a recombinant protein in yeast, has been determined by x-ray crystallography to a resolution of 1.8 A. bFGF is composed entirely of beta-sheet structure, comprising a three-fold repeat of a four-stranded antiparallel beta-meander. The topology of bFGF is identical to that of interleukin 1 beta, showing that although the two proteins share only 10% sequence identity, bFGF, interleukin 1, and their homologs comprise a family of structurally related mitogenic factors. Analysis of the three-dimensional structure in light of functional studies of bFGF suggests that the receptor binding site and the positively charged heparin binding site correspond to adjacent but separate loci on the beta-barrel.
Three-dimensional structure of human basic fibroblast growth factor, a structural homolog of interleukin 1 beta.,Zhang JD, Cousens LS, Barr PJ, Sprang SR Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1991 Apr 15;88(8):3446-50. PMID:1849658[3]
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See Also
References
- ↑ Shimoyama Y, Gotoh M, Ino Y, Sakamoto M, Kato K, Hirohashi S. Characterization of high-molecular-mass forms of basic fibroblast growth factor produced by hepatocellular carcinoma cells: possible involvement of basic fibroblast growth factor in hepatocarcinogenesis. Jpn J Cancer Res. 1991 Nov;82(11):1263-70. PMID:1721615
- ↑ Ornitz DM, Xu J, Colvin JS, McEwen DG, MacArthur CA, Coulier F, Gao G, Goldfarb M. Receptor specificity of the fibroblast growth factor family. J Biol Chem. 1996 Jun 21;271(25):15292-7. PMID:8663044
- ↑ Zhang JD, Cousens LS, Barr PJ, Sprang SR. Three-dimensional structure of human basic fibroblast growth factor, a structural homolog of interleukin 1 beta. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1991 Apr 15;88(8):3446-50. PMID:1849658
