2vr3
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STRUCTURAL AND BIOCHEMICAL CHARACTERIZATION OF FIBRINOGEN BINDING TO CLFA FROM STAPHYLOCCCUS AUREUS
Template:ABSTRACT PUBMED 19043557
Disease
[FIBG_HUMAN] Defects in FGG are a cause of congenital afibrinogenemia (CAFBN) [MIM:202400]. This rare autosomal recessive disorder is characterized by bleeding that varies from mild to severe and by complete absence or extremely low levels of plasma and platelet fibrinogen. Note=Patients with congenital fibrinogen abnormalities can manifest different clinical pictures. Some cases are clinically silent, some show a tendency toward bleeding and some show a predisposition for thrombosis with or without bleeding.
Function
[FIBG_HUMAN] Fibrinogen has a double function: yielding monomers that polymerize into fibrin and acting as a cofactor in platelet aggregation.
About this Structure
2vr3 is a 4 chain structure with sequence from Staphylococcus aureus. Full crystallographic information is available from OCA.
See Also
Reference
- Ganesh VK, Rivera JJ, Smeds E, Ko YP, Bowden MG, Wann ER, Gurusiddappa S, Fitzgerald JR, Hook M. A structural model of the Staphylococcus aureus ClfA-fibrinogen interaction opens new avenues for the design of anti-staphylococcal therapeutics. PLoS Pathog. 2008 Nov;4(11):e1000226. Epub 2008 Nov 28. PMID:19043557 doi:10.1371/journal.ppat.1000226
