Structural highlights
Function
[AACT_HUMAN] Although its physiological function is unclear, it can inhibit neutrophil cathepsin G and mast cell chymase, both of which can convert angiotensin-1 to the active angiotensin-2.[1]
Evolutionary Conservation
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Publication Abstract from PubMed
The crystal structure of proteolytically modified human alpha 1-antichymotrypsin (ACT), a member of the serpin superfamily, has been solved by Paterson search techniques and refined to an R-factor of 18.0% at 2.7 A resolution with mean deviations from standard bond lengths and angles of 0.013 A and 3.1 degrees, respectively. The final model consists of 374 amino acid residues, 126 solvent molecules and five sugar residues. Asn70 could be identified unambiguously as a glycosylation site and Asn104 is probably also glycosylated. The structure of cleaved ACT is compared with cleaved alpha 1-antitrypsin (alpha 1 PI) and with plakalbumin, which are prototypical models for cleaved and intact serpins, respectively. Cleaved ACT is very similar to cleaved alpha 1 PI; in particular, it has strand s4A, which is liberated by proteolysis, inserted as the middle strand in beta-sheet A. ACT and alpha 1 PI differ locally only at sites of insertions, except at the segment s3C-turn-s4C, which is displaced by several angstrom units. This region of ACT is involved in DNA binding.
Crystal structure of cleaved human alpha 1-antichymotrypsin at 2.7 A resolution and its comparison with other serpins.,Baumann U, Huber R, Bode W, Grosse D, Lesjak M, Laurell CB J Mol Biol. 1991 Apr 5;218(3):595-606. PMID:2016749[2]
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See Also
References
- ↑ Rubin H, Wang ZM, Nickbarg EB, McLarney S, Naidoo N, Schoenberger OL, Johnson JL, Cooperman BS. Cloning, expression, purification, and biological activity of recombinant native and variant human alpha 1-antichymotrypsins. J Biol Chem. 1990 Jan 15;265(2):1199-207. PMID:2404007
- ↑ Baumann U, Huber R, Bode W, Grosse D, Lesjak M, Laurell CB. Crystal structure of cleaved human alpha 1-antichymotrypsin at 2.7 A resolution and its comparison with other serpins. J Mol Biol. 1991 Apr 5;218(3):595-606. PMID:2016749
