6rv6
From Proteopedia
Structure of properdin lacking TSR3 based on anomalous data
Structural highlights
Disease[PROP_HUMAN] Defects in CFP are the cause of properdin deficiency (PFD) [MIM:312060]. PFD results in higher susceptibility to bacterial infections; especially to meningococcal infections. Three phenotypes have been reported: complete deficiency (type I), incomplete deficiency (type II), and dysfunction of properdin (type III).[1] [2] [3] Function[PROP_HUMAN] A positive regulator of the alternate pathway of complement. It binds to and stabilizes the C3- and C5-convertase enzyme complexes. Publication Abstract from PubMedThe 54 kDa protein properdin, also known as factor P (FP), plays a major role in the complement system through the stabilization of the alternative pathway convertases. FP circulates in the blood as cyclic dimers, trimers and tetramers, and this heterogeneity challenges detailed structural insight into the mechanism of convertase stabilization by FP. Here, the generation of an intact FP monomer and a variant monomer with the third thrombospondin repeat liberated is described. Both FP monomers were excised from recombinant full-length FP containing internal cleavage sites for TEV protease. These FP monomers could be crystallized, and complete data sets extending to 2.8 A resolution for the intact FP monomer and to 3.5 A resolution for the truncated variant were collected. The principle of specific monomer excision and domain removal by the insertion of a protease cleavage site may be broadly applicable to structural studies of oligomeric, flexible and modular proteins. Crystallization and X-ray analysis of monodisperse human properdin.,Pedersen DV, Revel M, Gadeberg TAF, Andersen GR Acta Crystallogr F Struct Biol Commun. 2019 Feb 1;75(Pt 2):0. doi:, 10.1107/S2053230X18018150. Epub 2019 Jan 23. PMID:30713161[4] From MEDLINE®/PubMed®, a database of the U.S. National Library of Medicine. References
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