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You may include any references to papers as in: the use of JSmol in Proteopedia <ref>DOI 10.1002/ijch.201300024</ref> or to the article describing Jmol <ref>PMID:21638687</ref> to the rescue.

~~== Function ==~~

Fibrillin-1 (PDB ID: 2W86) is a protein which is encoded in human bodies by the gene FBN1 situated on chromosome 15. Fibrillin-1 is a single protein chain from the class of glycoproteins with a mass of 350 kDa and it forms microfibrils located in the extracellular matrix. Thus, fibrillin-1 has a role in the structural support of cells in elastic and nonelastic connective tissue in the human body.

== Structure ==

The protein contains multiple subunits called epidermal growth factor (EGF) and transforming growth factor β binding protein-like domain (7 TGF-bp). EGF are repeated in tandem along the whole protein which represents about 75% of the total fibrillin-1 and they are interrupted by the insertion of TGF-bp unit. In total, there are 47 motifs of EGF in one fibrillin-1, but only 43 of them contain calcium binding sequences. In consequence, these EGF are named cb-EGF for their ability to bind calcium cations (Proteopedia 3D visualization of two tandem cb-EGF). Each of cb-EGF contain 6 residues of cysteine which form 3 disulfide bridges (Proteopedia 3D visualization of disulfide bridges) stabilizing the secondary structure of the protein and a Ca2+ binding site D/N-x-D/N-E/Q-xm-D/N-xn-Y/F where x, xm, et xn represent certain number of amino acids between amino acids included directly in Ca2+ binding. Amino acids which participate in the Ca2+ binding D, N, E, Q containing oxygen in their lateral chains and Y with F which contain an aromatic cycle. Oxygen atoms of D/N/Q/E are involved in the Ca2+ binding and create the binding site with the pentagonal bipyramidal geometry.

== Disease ==

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 You may include any references to papers as in: the use of JSmol in Proteopedia <ref>DOI 10.1002/ijch.201300024</ref> or to the article describing Jmol <ref>PMID:21638687</ref> to the rescue.
-== Function ==
+Fibrillin-1 (PDB ID: 2W86) is a protein which is encoded in human bodies by the gene FBN1 situated on chromosome 15. Fibrillin-1 is a single protein chain from the class of glycoproteins with a mass of 350 kDa and it forms microfibrils located in the extracellular matrix. Thus, fibrillin-1 has a role in the structural support of cells in elastic and nonelastic connective tissue in the human body.
+== Structure ==
+The protein contains multiple subunits called epidermal growth factor (EGF) and transforming growth factor β binding protein-like domain (7 TGF-bp). EGF are repeated in tandem along the whole protein which represents about 75% of the total fibrillin-1 and they are interrupted by the insertion of TGF-bp unit. In total, there are 47 motifs of EGF in one fibrillin-1, but only 43 of them contain calcium binding sequences. In consequence, these EGF are named cb-EGF for their ability to bind calcium cations (Proteopedia 3D visualization of two tandem cb-EGF). Each of cb-EGF contain 6 residues of cysteine which form 3 disulfide bridges (Proteopedia 3D visualization of disulfide bridges) stabilizing the secondary structure of the protein and a Ca2+ binding site D/N-x-D/N-E/Q-xm-D/N-xn-Y/F where x, xm, et xn represent certain number of amino acids between amino acids included directly in Ca2+ binding. Amino acids which participate in the Ca2+ binding D, N, E, Q containing oxygen in their lateral chains and Y with F which contain an aromatic cycle. Oxygen atoms of D/N/Q/E are involved in the Ca2+ binding and create the binding site with the pentagonal bipyramidal geometry.
 == Disease ==