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==The Molecular Basis of Vitamin E Retention: Structure of Human Alpha-Tocopherol Transfer Protein==
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== Structural highlights ==
<table><tr><td colspan='2'>[[1oiz]] is a 2 chain structure with sequence from [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homo_sapiens Homo sapiens]. Full crystallographic information is available from [http://oca.weizmann.ac.il/oca-bin/ocashort?id=1OIZ OCA]. For a <b>guided tour on the structure components</b> use [https://proteopedia.org/fgij/fg.htm?mol=1OIZ FirstGlance]. <br>
</td></tr><tr id='method'><td class="sblockLbl"><b>[[Empirical_models|Method:]]</b></td><td class="sblockDat" id="methodDat">X-ray diffraction, [[Resolution|Resolution]] 1.88&#8491;</td></tr>
<tr id='ligand'><td class="sblockLbl"><b>[[Ligand|Ligands:]]</b></td><td class="sblockDat" id="ligandDat"><scene name='pdbligand=TRT:FRAGMENT+OF+TRITON+X-100'>TRT</scene></td></tr>
<tr id='resources'><td class="sblockLbl"><b>Resources:</b></td><td class="sblockDat"><span class='plainlinks'>[https://proteopedia.org/fgij/fg.htm?mol=1oiz FirstGlance], [http://oca.weizmann.ac.il/oca-bin/ocaids?id=1oiz OCA], [https://pdbe.org/1oiz PDBe], [https://www.rcsb.org/pdb/explore.do?structureId=1oiz RCSB], [https://www.ebi.ac.uk/pdbsum/1oiz PDBsum], [https://prosat.h-its.org/prosat/prosatexe?pdbcode=1oiz ProSAT]</span></td></tr>
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== Disease ==
[https://www.uniprot.org/uniprot/TTPA_HUMAN TTPA_HUMAN] Defects in TTPA are the cause of ataxia with isolated vitamin E deficiency (AVED) [MIM:[https://omim.org/entry/277460 277460]. AVED is an autosomal recessive disease characterized by spinocerebellar degeneration. It causes ataxia and peripheral neuropathy that resembles Friedreich ataxia. AVED patients have markedly reduced plasma levels of vitamin E.<ref>PMID:8602747</ref> <ref>PMID:9463307</ref> <ref>PMID:7719340</ref> <ref>PMID:7566022</ref> <ref>PMID:15065857</ref> <ref>PMID:15300460</ref> 
== Function ==
[https://www.uniprot.org/uniprot/TTPA_HUMAN TTPA_HUMAN] Binds alpha-tocopherol and enhances its transfer between separate membranes.
== Evolutionary Conservation ==
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== Publication Abstract from PubMed ==
Alpha-tocopherol transfer protein (alpha-TTP) is a liver protein responsible for the selective retention of alpha-tocopherol from dietary vitamin E, which is a mixture of alpha, beta, gamma, and delta-tocopherols and the corresponding tocotrienols. The alpha-TTP-mediated transfer of alpha-tocopherol into nascent VLDL is the major determinant of plasma alpha-tocopherol levels in humans. Mutations in the alpha-TTP gene have been detected in patients suffering from low plasma alpha-tocopherol and ataxia with isolated vitamin E deficiency (AVED). The crystal structure of alpha-TTP reveals two conformations. In its closed tocopherol-charged form, a mobile helical surface segment seals the hydrophobic binding pocket. In the presence of detergents, an open conformation is observed, which probably represents the membrane-bound form. The selectivity of alpha-TTP for RRR-alpha-tocopherol is explained from the van der Waals contacts occurring in the lipid-binding pocket. Mapping the known mutations leading to AVED onto the crystal structure shows that no mutations occur directly in the binding pocket.

The molecular basis of vitamin E retention: structure of human alpha-tocopherol transfer protein.,Meier R, Tomizaki T, Schulze-Briese C, Baumann U, Stocker A J Mol Biol. 2003 Aug 15;331(3):725-34. PMID:12899840<ref>PMID:12899840</ref>

From MEDLINE&reg;/PubMed&reg;, a database of the U.S. National Library of Medicine.<br>
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== References ==
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[[Category: Homo sapiens]]
[[Category: Large Structures]]
[[Category: Baumann U]]
[[Category: Meier R]]
[[Category: Schulze-Briese C]]
[[Category: Stocker A]]
[[Category: Tomizaki T]]