Structural highlights
Function
[IFNG_RABIT] Produced by lymphocytes activated by specific antigens or mitogens. IFN-gamma, in addition to having antiviral activity, has important immunoregulatory functions. It is a potent activator of macrophages, it has antiproliferative effects on transformed cells and it can potentiate the antiviral and antitumor effects of the type I interferons.
Evolutionary Conservation
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Publication Abstract from PubMed
The crystal structure of recombinant rabbit interferon-gamma was solved by the multiple isomorphous replacement technique at 2.7-A resolution and refined to a crystallographic R-factor of 26.2%. The interferon crystallizes with one-half of the functional dimer in the asymmetric unit, with the two polypeptide chains of the dimer related by a crystallographic 2-fold symmetry axis. The structure is predominantly alpha-helical with extensive interdigitation of the alpha-helical segments of the two polypeptide chains.
Crystal structure of recombinant rabbit interferon-gamma at 2.7-A resolution.,Samudzi CT, Burton LE, Rubin JR J Biol Chem. 1991 Nov 15;266(32):21791-7. PMID:1939201[1]
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References
- ↑ Samudzi CT, Burton LE, Rubin JR. Crystal structure of recombinant rabbit interferon-gamma at 2.7-A resolution. J Biol Chem. 1991 Nov 15;266(32):21791-7. PMID:1939201
