The two polypeptide chains in fibronectin are joined in antiparallel fashion: NMR structural characterization.
The two polypeptide chains in fibronectin are joined in antiparallel fashion: NMR structural characterization.
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纤连蛋白中的两条多肽链以反平行方式连接:NMR 结构表征。
DOI:
10.1021/bi00156a010
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发表时间:
1992
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影响因子:
2.9
通讯作者:
Llinás,M
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作者:
An,SS;Jiménez-Barbero,J;Petersen,TE;Llinás,M
Revised Manuscript Received July 23, 1992 abstract: The fibronectin C-terminal interchain disulfide-linked heptapeptide dimer (Val-Asn-Cys-Pro-Ile-Glu-Cys) 2 has been investigated via'H NMR spectroscopy in both water and dimethyl sulfoxide (DMSO) solutions. Proton Overhauser experiments in DMSO indicateunambiguously that thetwo fibronectin polypeptide chains are linked head-to-tail (N-terminus to C-terminus), in an antiparallel fashion. It is found that the structure of the peptide is extended. From the ‘H NMR interproton distanceand angle constraints, the preferred mean (time-averaged) conformations in both H2O and DMSO were derived using distance geometry and molecular mechanics algorithms. The two conformations, althoughsignificantly dissimilar, exhibit the common feature of a structurally parallel (as opposed to chemically antiparallel) fibronectin a/0 chain array.Fibronectin is a two-chain glycoprotein of~ 440 000 M, found in blood plasma, cell surfaces, intratissue connective matrix, blood vessels, andbasement membranes (McDonagh, 1985; Vartio & Vahari, 1983; Mosher, 1989; Ruoslahti, 1988). The two chains, a and 0, are highly homologousand are each composed of a tandem array of repeated globular modules, generically known as type I, type II, and type III domains (Skorstengaard et al., 1986). Fibronectin is an adhesive multifunctional protein, which recognizes a wide spectrum of substrates, including fibrin, heparin, gelatin, collagen, and cell surfaces. As such, it is involved in a variety of cellular