2lh8

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Syrian hamster prion protein with thiamine

Structural highlights

2lh8 is a 1 chain structure with sequence from Mesocricetus auratus. Full experimental information is available from OCA. For a guided tour on the structure components use FirstGlance.
Method:Solution NMR
Ligands:VIB
Resources:FirstGlance, OCA, PDBe, RCSB, PDBsum, ProSAT

Disease

PRIO_MESAU Note=Found in high quantity in the brain of humans and animals infected with degenerative neurological diseases such as kuru, Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (CJD), Gerstmann-Straussler syndrome (GSS), scrapie, bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE), transmissible mink encephalopathy (TME), etc.

Function

PRIO_MESAU May play a role in neuronal development and synaptic plasticity. May be required for neuronal myelin sheath maintenance. May play a role in iron uptake and iron homeostasis. Soluble oligomers are toxic to cultured neuroblastoma cells and induce apoptosis (in vitro). Association with GPC1 (via its heparan sulfate chains) targets PRNP to lipid rafts. Also provides Cu(2+) or ZN(2+) for the ascorbate-mediated GPC1 deaminase degradation of its heparan sulfate side chains (By similarity).[1]

See Also

References

  1. Juanes ME, Elvira G, Garcia-Grande A, Calero M, Gasset M. Biosynthesis of prion protein nucleocytoplasmic isoforms by alternative initiation of translation. J Biol Chem. 2009 Jan 30;284(5):2787-94. doi: 10.1074/jbc.M804051200. Epub 2008, Dec 5. PMID:19059915 doi:10.1074/jbc.M804051200

Contents


PDB ID 2lh8

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