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MEMBRANE-BINDING PEPTIDE FROM THE C2 DOMAIN OF FACTOR VIII FORMS AN AMPHIPATHIC STRUCTURE AS DETERMINED BY NMR SPECTROSCOPY

spinqualitylabelsall models 1cfg Show:Asymmetric Unit Biological Assembly Drag the structure with the mouse to rotate   Export Animated Image   Print3D Structural highlights 1cfg is a 1 chain structure with sequence from Homo sapiens. Full experimental information is available from OCA. For a guided tour on the structure components use FirstGlance. Method: Solution NMR Resources: FirstGlance, OCA, PDBe, RCSB, PDBsum, ProSAT Disease FA8_HUMAN Defects in F8 are the cause of hemophilia A (HEMA) [MIM:306700. A disorder of blood coagulation characterized by a permanent tendency to hemorrhage. About 50% of patients have severe hemophilia resulting in frequent spontaneous bleeding into joints, muscles and internal organs. Less severe forms are characterized by bleeding after trauma or surgery. Note=Of particular interest for the understanding of the function of F8 is the category of CRM (cross-reacting material) positive patients (approximately 5%) that have considerable amount of F8 in their plasma (at least 30% of normal), but the protein is non-functional; i.e. the F8 activity is much less than the plasma protein level. CRM-reduced is another category of patients in which the F8C antigen and activity are reduced to approximately the same level. Most mutations are CRM negative, and probably affect the folding and stability of the protein. Function FA8_HUMAN Factor VIII, along with calcium and phospholipid, acts as a cofactor for factor IXa when it converts factor X to the activated form, factor Xa. Publication Abstract from PubMed Factor VIII binds to cell membranes prior to assembling with the serine protease, factor IXa, to form the factor X-activating enzyme complex. In order to better understand the interaction between factor VIII and phosphatidylserine-containing membranes, we have synthesized the membrane-binding peptide from the C2 domain of factor VIII, corresponding to residues 2303-2324. The peptide, fVIII2303-24, with a primary structure of TRYLRIHPQSWVHQIALRMEVL, aggregates at concentrations above 2 microM at pH 7 but is soluble at pH 6. fVIII2303-24 competes with fluorescein-labeled factor VIII (Ki = 3 microM) for binding sites on synthetic phosphatidylserine-containing membranes and for binding sites on stimulated platelets. Circular dichroism spectra indicate that fVIII2303-24 is predominantly a random coil in aqueous solution but adopts a predominantly helical conformation upon interaction with SDS micelles. 1H NMR spectroscopy in the presence of SDS micelles allowed estimation of interproton distances from the nuclear Overhauser effect and estimation of torsion angles from coupling constants indicated by splitting of resonance lines. The distance and angle estimates, processed by distance geometry/simulated annealing software, indicate that fVIII2303-24 has an alpha-helical segment encompassing residues P8-E20 and an extended segment encompassing residues L4-P8. The location of six hydrophobic residues on one face of the structure suggests that hydrophobic interactions contribute to membrane-binding. In addition, two arginines penetrate the hydrophobic plane suggesting that they interact with phosphate moieties in a phospholipid bilayer. Membrane-binding peptide from the C2 domain of factor VIII forms an amphipathic structure as determined by NMR spectroscopy.,Gilbert GE, Baleja JD Biochemistry. 1995 Mar 7;34(9):3022-31. PMID:7893714 From MEDLINE®/PubMed®, a database of the U.S. National Library of Medicine. See Also Factor VIII

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