1ik0
From Proteopedia
Solution Structure of Human IL-13
Overview
Interleukin-13 has been implicated as a key factor in asthma, allergy, atopy and inflammatory response, establishing the protein as a valuable therapeutic target. The high-resolution solution structure of human IL-13 has been determined by multidimensional NMR. The resulting structure is consistent with previous short-chain left-handed four-helix bundles, where a significant similarity in the folding topology between IL-13 and IL-4 was observed. IL-13 shares a significant overlap in biological function with IL-4, a result of the common alpha chain component (IL-4Ralpha) in their respective receptors. Based on the available structural and mutational data, an IL-13/IL-4Ralpha model and a sequential mechanism for forming the signaling heterodimer is proposed for IL-13.
About this Structure
1IK0 is a Single protein structure of sequence from Homo sapiens. Full crystallographic information is available from OCA.
Reference
Solution structure of human IL-13 and implication for receptor binding., Moy FJ, Diblasio E, Wilhelm J, Powers R, J Mol Biol. 2001 Jun 29;310(1):219-30. PMID:11419948 Page seeded by OCA on Fri May 2 20:05:07 2008
