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Disease
[ALBU_HUMAN] Defects in ALB are a cause of familial dysalbuminemic hyperthyroxinemia (FDH) [MIM:103600]. FDH is a form of euthyroid hyperthyroxinemia that is due to increased affinity of ALB for T(4). It is the most common cause of inherited euthyroid hyperthyroxinemia in Caucasian population.[1] [2] [3] [4]
Function
[ALBU_HUMAN] Serum albumin, the main protein of plasma, has a good binding capacity for water, Ca(2+), Na(+), K(+), fatty acids, hormones, bilirubin and drugs. Its main function is the regulation of the colloidal osmotic pressure of blood. Major zinc transporter in plasma, typically binds about 80% of all plasma zinc.[5]
Publication Abstract from PubMed
Cyclic peptides, with unique structural features, have emerged as new candidates for drug discovery; their association with human serum albumin (HSA; long blood half-life) is crucial to improve drug delivery and avoid renal clearance. Here, we present the crystal structure of HSA complexed with dalbavancin, a clinically used cyclic peptide. Small-angle X-ray scattering and isothermal titration calorimetry experiments showed that the HSA-dalbavancin complex exists in a monomeric state; dalbavancin is only bound to the subdomain IA of HSA in solution. Structural analysis and MD simulation revealed that the swing of Phe70 and movement of the helix near dalbavancin were necessary for binding. The flip of Leu251 promoted the formation of the binding pocket with an induced-fit mechanism; moreover, the movement of the loop region including Glu60 increased the number of noncovalent interactions with HSA. These findings may support the development of new cyclic peptides for clinical use, particularly the elucidation of their binding mechanism to HSA.
Structural Basis for the Binding Mechanism of Human Serum Albumin Complexed with Cyclic Peptide Dalbavancin.,Ito S, Senoo A, Nagatoishi S, Ohue M, Yamamoto M, Tsumoto K, Wakui N J Med Chem. 2020 Nov 25;63(22):14045-14053. doi: 10.1021/acs.jmedchem.0c01578., Epub 2020 Nov 13. PMID:33183011[6]
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References
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- ↑ Rushbrook JI, Becker E, Schussler GC, Divino CM. Identification of a human serum albumin species associated with familial dysalbuminemic hyperthyroxinemia. J Clin Endocrinol Metab. 1995 Feb;80(2):461-7. PMID:7852505
- ↑ Wada N, Chiba H, Shimizu C, Kijima H, Kubo M, Koike T. A novel missense mutation in codon 218 of the albumin gene in a distinct phenotype of familial dysalbuminemic hyperthyroxinemia in a Japanese kindred. J Clin Endocrinol Metab. 1997 Oct;82(10):3246-50. PMID:9329347
- ↑ Sunthornthepvarakul T, Likitmaskul S, Ngowngarmratana S, Angsusingha K, Kitvitayasak S, Scherberg NH, Refetoff S. Familial dysalbuminemic hypertriiodothyroninemia: a new, dominantly inherited albumin defect. J Clin Endocrinol Metab. 1998 May;83(5):1448-54. PMID:9589637
- ↑ Lu J, Stewart AJ, Sadler PJ, Pinheiro TJ, Blindauer CA. Albumin as a zinc carrier: properties of its high-affinity zinc-binding site. Biochem Soc Trans. 2008 Dec;36(Pt 6):1317-21. doi: 10.1042/BST0361317. PMID:19021548 doi:10.1042/BST0361317
- ↑ Ito S, Senoo A, Nagatoishi S, Ohue M, Yamamoto M, Tsumoto K, Wakui N. Structural Basis for the Binding Mechanism of Human Serum Albumin Complexed with Cyclic Peptide Dalbavancin. J Med Chem. 2020 Nov 25;63(22):14045-14053. doi: 10.1021/acs.jmedchem.0c01578., Epub 2020 Nov 13. PMID:33183011 doi:http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acs.jmedchem.0c01578
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