1fqq | pdb_00001fqq
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SOLUTION STRUCTURE OF HUMAN BETA-DEFENSIN-2
Overview
Human beta-defensin-2 (HBD-2) is a member of the defensin family of, antimicrobial peptides. HBD-2 was first isolated from inflamed skin where, it is posited to participate in the killing of invasive bacteria and in, the recruitment of cells of the adaptive immune response. Static light, scattering and two-dimensional proton nuclear magnetic resonance, spectroscopy have been used to assess the physical state and structure of, HBD-2 in solution. At concentrations of < or = 2.4 mM, HBD-2 is monomeric., The structure is amphiphilic with a nonuniform surface distribution of, positive charge and contains several key structural elements, including a, triple-stranded, antiparallel beta-sheet with strands 2 and 3 in a, beta-hairpin conformation. A beta-bulge in the second strand occurs at, Gly28, a position conserved in the entire defensin family. In solution, HBD-2 exhibits an alpha-helical segment near the N-terminus that has not, been previously ascribed to solution structures of alpha-defensins or to, the beta-defensin BNBD-12. This novel structural element may be a factor, contributing to the specific microbicidal or chemokine-like properties of, HBD-2.
Disease
Known diseases associated with this structure: Crohn disease, susceptibility to OMIM:[602215]
About this Structure
1FQQ is a Single protein structure of sequence from Homo sapiens. Full crystallographic information is available from OCA.
Reference
The NMR structure of human beta-defensin-2 reveals a novel alpha-helical segment., Sawai MV, Jia HP, Liu L, Aseyev V, Wiencek JM, McCray PB Jr, Ganz T, Kearney WR, Tack BF, Biochemistry. 2001 Apr 3;40(13):3810-6. PMID:11300761
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