Structural highlights
Function
[FCERA_HUMAN] Binds to the Fc region of immunoglobulins epsilon. High affinity receptor. Responsible for initiating the allergic response. Binding of allergen to receptor-bound IgE leads to cell activation and the release of mediators (such as histamine) responsible for the manifestations of allergy. The same receptor also induces the secretion of important lymphokines.
Evolutionary Conservation
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Publication Abstract from PubMed
Two structurally distinct classes of peptides were recently identified by phage display that bind the high-affinity IgE receptor, FcepsilonRI, and block IgE binding and subsequent receptor activation. Both classes adopt highly stable structures in solution, one forming a beta hairpin, with the other forming a helical "zeta" structure. Despite these differences, the two classes bind competitively to the same site on the receptor. Structural analyses of both peptide-receptor complexes by NMR spectroscopy and/or X-ray crystallography reveal that the unrelated peptide scaffolds have nevertheless converged to present a similar three-dimensional surface to interact with FcepsilonRI and that their modes of interaction share a key feature of the IgE-FcepsilonRI complex, the proline/tryptophan sandwich.
Convergent recognition of the IgE binding site on the high-affinity IgE receptor.,Stamos J, Eigenbrot C, Nakamura GR, Reynolds ME, Yin J, Lowman HB, Fairbrother WJ, Starovasnik MA Structure. 2004 Jul;12(7):1289-301. PMID:15242605[1]
From MEDLINE®/PubMed®, a database of the U.S. National Library of Medicine.
References
- ↑ Stamos J, Eigenbrot C, Nakamura GR, Reynolds ME, Yin J, Lowman HB, Fairbrother WJ, Starovasnik MA. Convergent recognition of the IgE binding site on the high-affinity IgE receptor. Structure. 2004 Jul;12(7):1289-301. PMID:15242605 doi:10.1016/j.str.2004.04.015
