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Bovine pancreatic ribonuclease (RNase A) forms two types of dimers (a major and a minor component) upon concentration in mild acid. These two dimers exhibit different biophysical and biochemical properties. Earlier we reported that the minor dimer forms by swapping its N-terminal alpha-helix with that of an identical molecule. Here we find that the major dimer forms by swapping its C-terminal beta-strand, thus revealing the first example of three-dimensional (3D) domain swapping taking place in different parts of the same protein. This feature permits RNase A to form tightly bonded higher oligomers. The hinge loop of the major dimer, connecting the swapped beta-strand to the protein core, resembles a short segment of the polar zipper proposed by Perutz and suggests a model for aggregate formation by 3D domain swapping with a polar zipper.

1F0V is a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Single_protein Single protein] structure of sequence from [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bos_taurus Bos taurus] with <scene name='pdbligand=PO4:'>PO4</scene> and <scene name='pdbligand=GOL:'>GOL</scene> as [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ligands ligands]. Active as [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pancreatic_ribonuclease Pancreatic ribonuclease], with EC number [http://www.brenda-enzymes.info/php/result_flat.php4?ecno=3.1.27.5 3.1.27.5] Full crystallographic information is available from [http://oca.weizmann.ac.il/oca-bin/ocashort?id=1F0V OCA].  

[[Category: Eisenberg, D S.]]

[[Category: Liu, Y S.]]

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