2vk3

Crystal structure of rat profilin 2a

spinqualitylabelsall models 2vk3, resolution 1.70Å Show:Asymmetric Unit Biological Assembly Drag the structure with the mouse to rotate   Export Animated Image   Print3D Structural highlights 2vk3 is a 1 chain structure with sequence from Rattus norvegicus. Full crystallographic information is available from OCA. For a guided tour on the structure components use FirstGlance. Method: X-ray diffraction, Resolution 1.7Å Ligands: DTU, GOL, SO4 Resources: FirstGlance, OCA, PDBe, RCSB, PDBsum, ProSAT Function PROF2_RAT Binds to actin and affects the structure of the cytoskeleton. At high concentrations, profilin prevents the polymerization of actin, whereas it enhances it at low concentrations. By binding to PIP2, it inhibits the formation of IP3 and DG (By similarity). Evolutionary Conservation Check, as determined by ConSurfDB. You may read the explanation of the method and the full data available from ConSurf. Publication Abstract from PubMed Profilins are key regulators of the actin microfilament system and in neuronal tissues the profilin 2a isoform is the most abundant and important profilin. The high-resolution crystal structure of rat profilin 2a has been determined in the absence of ligands. By comparing the structure with those of peptide-liganded profilin 2a and unliganded profilin 2b, it can be concluded that the binding site for proline-rich peptides is pre-organized. The C-terminus of profilin 2a is also well ordered in the absence of ligand peptide, in contrast to the 2b isoform which is generated by alternative splicing. Covalent modifications of four cysteine residues were also detected in profilin 2a, as well as a number of other modifications in profilin 2 from rat brain; such modifications could significantly affect the function of profilin. It was also shown that profilin 2a binds to the neuronal protein palladin, including a synthetic palladin peptide; peptides from another profilin ligand, dynamin 1, failed to interact with both profilin 1 and profilin 2a. These results allow a better understanding of the structure-function relationships and ligand binding of mammalian profilin 2a. Structure, modifications and ligand-binding properties of rat profilin 2a.,Haikarainen T, Chen WQ, Lubec G, Kursula P Acta Crystallogr D Biol Crystallogr. 2009 Apr;65(Pt 4):303-11. Epub 2009, Mar 19. PMID:19307711 From MEDLINE®/PubMed®, a database of the U.S. National Library of Medicine. See Also Profilin 3D Structures

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