1inr
From Proteopedia
CYTOKINE SYNTHESIS
Overview
The crystal structure of recombinant human interleukin 10 (rhIL-10) has been determined by X-ray crystallography at 2.0 A resolution. Interleukin 10 is a dimer composed of identical polypeptide chains related by a 2-fold axis. The molecule is predominantly alpha-helical. The main-chain fold resembles that of interferon gamma (IFN-gamma) in which the structural integrity of each domain is dependent on the intertwining of helices from each peptide chain. Comparison of rhIL-10 and IFN-gamma reveals differences in helix lengths and orientations of the 2-fold related domains. Interleukin 10 and IFN-gamma contain several conserved residues in their internal cores which suggest a possible "fingerprint" for detection of other members of this fold.
About this Structure
1INR is a Single protein structure of sequence from Homo sapiens. Full crystallographic information is available from OCA.
Reference
Crystal structure of interleukin 10 reveals an interferon gamma-like fold., Walter MR, Nagabhushan TL, Biochemistry. 1995 Sep 26;34(38):12118-25. PMID:7547951 Page seeded by OCA on Fri May 2 20:11:50 2008
