2g31
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Human Nogo-A functional domain: nogo60
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Overview
The inability to determine the structure of the buffer-insoluble Nogo extracellular domain retarded further design of Nogo receptor (NgR) antagonists to treat CNS axonal injuries. Very surprisingly, we recently discovered that Nogo-60 was soluble and structured in salt-free water, thus allowing the determination of the first Nogo structure by heteronuclear NMR spectroscopy. Nogo-60 adopts an unusual helical structure with the N- and C-terminal helices connected by a long middle helix. While the N-helix has no contact with the rest of the molecule, the C-helix flips back to pack against the 20-residue middle helix. This packing appears to trigger the formation of the stable Nogo-60 structure because Nogo-40 with the last helix truncated is unstructured. The Nogo-60 structure offered us rationales for further design of the structured and buffer-soluble Nogo-54, which may be used as a novel NgR antagonist. Furthermore, our discovery may imply a general solution to solubilizing a category of buffer-insoluble proteins for urgent structural investigations.
Disease
Known diseases associated with this structure: Schizophrenia, susceptibility to OMIM:[605566]
About this Structure
2G31 is a Single protein structure of sequence from Homo sapiens. Full crystallographic information is available from OCA.
Reference
Nogo goes in the pure water: solution structure of Nogo-60 and design of the structured and buffer-soluble Nogo-54 for enhancing CNS regeneration., Li M, Liu J, Song J, Protein Sci. 2006 Aug;15(8):1835-41. PMID:16877707
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Categories: Homo sapiens | Single protein | Li, M F. | Liu, J X. | Song, J X. | Helix | Nogo
