Structural highlights
Function
CR1L_RAT Acts as a cofactor for complement factor I, a serine protease which protects autologous cells against complement-mediated injury by cleaving C3b and C4b deposited on host tissue. Also acts as a decay-accelerating factor, preventing the formation of C4b2a and C3bBb, the amplification convertases of the complement cascade. Seems to act as a costimulatory factor for T-cells. May play a crucial role in early embryonic development by maintaining fetomaternal tolerance.[1] [2] [3]
Publication Abstract from PubMed
Complement receptor 1-related protein Y (CrrY) is an important cell-surface regulator of complement that is unique to rodent species. The structure of rat CrrY domains 1-4 has been determined in two distinct crystal forms and reveals a 70 degrees bend between domains 3 and 4. Comparisons of this structure with those of other complement regulators suggests that rearrangement of this interface may occur on forming the regulatory complex with C3b.
Structures of the rat complement regulator CrrY.,Roversi P, Johnson S, Caesar JJ, McLean F, Leath KJ, Tsiftsoglou SA, Morgan BP, Harris CL, Sim RB, Lea SM Acta Crystallogr Sect F Struct Biol Cryst Commun. 2011 Jul 1;67(Pt 7):739-43., Epub 2011 Jun 23. PMID:21795784[4]
From MEDLINE®/PubMed®, a database of the U.S. National Library of Medicine.
References
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- ↑ Quigg RJ, Holers VM, Morgan BP, Sneed AE 3rd. Crry and CD59 regulate complement in rat glomerular epithelial cells and are inhibited by the nephritogenic antibody of passive Heymann nephritis. J Immunol. 1995 Apr 1;154(7):3437-43 PMID:7534798
- ↑ Takizawa H, Okada N, Okada H. Complement inhibitor of rat cell membrane resembling mouse Crry/p65. J Immunol. 1994 Mar 15;152(6):3032-8 PMID:8144902
- ↑ Roversi P, Johnson S, Caesar JJ, McLean F, Leath KJ, Tsiftsoglou SA, Morgan BP, Harris CL, Sim RB, Lea SM. Structures of the rat complement regulator CrrY. Acta Crystallogr Sect F Struct Biol Cryst Commun. 2011 Jul 1;67(Pt 7):739-43., Epub 2011 Jun 23. PMID:21795784 doi:http://dx.doi.org/10.1107/S1744309111016551
