1hut
From Proteopedia
THE STRUCTURE OF ALPHA-THROMBIN INHIBITED BY A 15-MER SINGLE-STRANDED DNA APTAMER
Overview
The structure of a complex between human alpha-thrombin and a GGTTGGTGTGGTTGG 15-nucleotide consensus sequence has been solved by x-ray crystallography and refined at 2.9-A resolution to an R value of 0.159. As in solution, in the complex the single-stranded DNA folds into a structure with two G-quartets. The DNA is sandwiched between two different positively charged regions of two symmetry-related thrombin molecules in the crystal structure making ionic and hydrophobic interactions. One region is the fibrinogen recognition exosite and the other, the putative heparin binding site. The lack of inhibition of fibrinogen clotting and platelet activation by the DNA 15-mer with the Arg75-->Glu mutant of thrombin is consistent with the several salt bridges of the DNA in the fibrinogen exosite. The association of DNA with the heparin site of a neighboring molecule appears to simply compensate residual charge. Differences in the 15-mer loop conformations between the complex and NMR solution structures can be attributed to conformational changes upon thrombin binding. Although G-quadruplexes are favored in the presence of monovalent cations, there is no evidence of the latter in the thrombin complex.
About this Structure
1HUT is a Single protein structure of sequence from Homo sapiens. Full crystallographic information is available from OCA.
Reference
The structure of alpha-thrombin inhibited by a 15-mer single-stranded DNA aptamer., Padmanabhan K, Padmanabhan KP, Ferrara JD, Sadler JE, Tulinsky A, J Biol Chem. 1993 Aug 25;268(24):17651-4. PMID:8102368 Page seeded by OCA on Fri May 2 19:15:01 2008
