1oeh
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| + | |RESOURCES=<span class='plainlinks'>[http://oca.weizmann.ac.il/oca-docs/fgij/fg.htm?mol=1oeh FirstGlance], [http://oca.weizmann.ac.il/oca-bin/ocaids?id=1oeh OCA], [http://www.ebi.ac.uk/pdbsum/1oeh PDBsum], [http://www.rcsb.org/pdb/explore.do?structureId=1oeh RCSB]</span> | ||
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==Overview== | ==Overview== | ||
Structural studies of mammalian prion protein at pH values between 4.5 and 5.5 established that the N-terminal 100 residue domain is flexibly disordered. Here, we show that at pH values between 6.5 and 7.8, i.e. the pH at the cell membrane, the octapeptide repeats in recombinant human prion protein hPrP(23-230) encompassing the highly conserved amino acid sequence PHGGGWGQ are structured. The nuclear magnetic resonance solution structure of the octapeptide repeats at pH 6.2 reveals a new structural motif that causes a reversible pH-dependent PrP oligomerization. Within the aggregation motif the segments HGGGW and GWGQ adopt a loop conformation and a beta-turn-like structure, respectively. Comparison with the crystal structure of HGGGW-Cu(2+) indicates that the binding of copper ions induces a conformational transition that presumably modulates PrP aggregation. The knowledge that the cellular prion protein is immobilized on the cell surface along with our results suggests a functional role of aggregation in endocytosis or homophilic cell adhesion. | Structural studies of mammalian prion protein at pH values between 4.5 and 5.5 established that the N-terminal 100 residue domain is flexibly disordered. Here, we show that at pH values between 6.5 and 7.8, i.e. the pH at the cell membrane, the octapeptide repeats in recombinant human prion protein hPrP(23-230) encompassing the highly conserved amino acid sequence PHGGGWGQ are structured. The nuclear magnetic resonance solution structure of the octapeptide repeats at pH 6.2 reveals a new structural motif that causes a reversible pH-dependent PrP oligomerization. Within the aggregation motif the segments HGGGW and GWGQ adopt a loop conformation and a beta-turn-like structure, respectively. Comparison with the crystal structure of HGGGW-Cu(2+) indicates that the binding of copper ions induces a conformational transition that presumably modulates PrP aggregation. The knowledge that the cellular prion protein is immobilized on the cell surface along with our results suggests a functional role of aggregation in endocytosis or homophilic cell adhesion. | ||
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| - | ==Disease== | ||
| - | Known diseases associated with this structure: Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease OMIM:[[http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/dispomim.cgi?id=176640 176640]], Gerstmann-Straussler disease OMIM:[[http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/dispomim.cgi?id=176640 176640]], Huntington disease-like 1 OMIM:[[http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/dispomim.cgi?id=176640 176640]], Insomnia, fatal familial OMIM:[[http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/dispomim.cgi?id=176640 176640]], Prion disease with protracted course OMIM:[[http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/dispomim.cgi?id=176640 176640]], Retinitis pigmentosa-11 OMIM:[[http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/dispomim.cgi?id=606419 606419]] | ||
==About this Structure== | ==About this Structure== | ||
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[[Category: Single protein]] | [[Category: Single protein]] | ||
[[Category: Zahn, R.]] | [[Category: Zahn, R.]] | ||
| - | [[Category: brain]] | ||
| - | [[Category: disease mutation]] | ||
[[Category: nmr structure]] | [[Category: nmr structure]] | ||
[[Category: octapeptide repeat]] | [[Category: octapeptide repeat]] | ||
| - | [[Category: ph-dependent conformation]] | + | [[Category: ph-dependent conformation,brain,disease mutation]] |
[[Category: prion protein]] | [[Category: prion protein]] | ||
[[Category: protein aggregation]] | [[Category: protein aggregation]] | ||
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Revision as of 19:44, 30 March 2008
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| Resources: | FirstGlance, OCA, PDBsum, RCSB | ||||||
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HUMAN PRION PROTEIN 61-68
Overview
Structural studies of mammalian prion protein at pH values between 4.5 and 5.5 established that the N-terminal 100 residue domain is flexibly disordered. Here, we show that at pH values between 6.5 and 7.8, i.e. the pH at the cell membrane, the octapeptide repeats in recombinant human prion protein hPrP(23-230) encompassing the highly conserved amino acid sequence PHGGGWGQ are structured. The nuclear magnetic resonance solution structure of the octapeptide repeats at pH 6.2 reveals a new structural motif that causes a reversible pH-dependent PrP oligomerization. Within the aggregation motif the segments HGGGW and GWGQ adopt a loop conformation and a beta-turn-like structure, respectively. Comparison with the crystal structure of HGGGW-Cu(2+) indicates that the binding of copper ions induces a conformational transition that presumably modulates PrP aggregation. The knowledge that the cellular prion protein is immobilized on the cell surface along with our results suggests a functional role of aggregation in endocytosis or homophilic cell adhesion.
About this Structure
1OEH is a Single protein structure of sequence from Homo sapiens. Full crystallographic information is available from OCA.
Reference
The octapeptide repeats in mammalian prion protein constitute a pH-dependent folding and aggregation site., Zahn R, J Mol Biol. 2003 Nov 28;334(3):477-88. PMID:14623188
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