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2g31
From Proteopedia
| 2g31, 20 NMR models () | |||||||||
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| Gene: | NOGO (Homo sapiens) | ||||||||
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| Resources: | FirstGlance, OCA, RCSB, PDBsum | ||||||||
| Coordinates: | save as pdb, mmCIF, xml | ||||||||
Human Nogo-A functional domain: nogo60
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.
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
From MEDLINE®/PubMed®, a database of the U.S. National Library of Medicine.
About this Structure
2g31 is a 1 chain structure with sequence from Homo sapiens. Full experimental information is available from OCA.
Reference
- Li M, Liu J, Song J. 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. Protein Sci. 2006 Aug;15(8):1835-41. PMID:16877707 doi:15/8/1835
Categories: Homo sapiens | Li, M F. | Liu, J X. | Song, J X. | Helix | Nogo | Signaling protein

