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Cytokine PDB id
1ilk
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Protein chain
151 a.a. *
Waters ×128
* Residue conservation analysis
PDB id:
1ilk
Name: Cytokine
Title: Interleukin-10 crystal structure reveals the functional dime unexpected topological similarity to interferon gamma
Structure: Interleukin-10. Chain: a. Engineered: yes
Source: Homo sapiens. Human. Organism_taxid: 9606. Expressed in: escherichia coli. Expression_system_taxid: 562
Biol. unit: Dimer (from PQS)
Resolution:
1.80Å     R-factor:   0.156    
Authors: A.Zdanov,C.Schalk-Hihi,A.Gustchina,A.Wlodawer
Key ref:
A.Zdanov et al. (1995). Crystal structure of interleukin-10 reveals the functional dimer with an unexpected topological similarity to interferon gamma. Structure, 3, 591-601. PubMed id: 8590020 DOI: 10.1016/S0969-2126(01)00193-9
Date:
21-Apr-95     Release date:   10-Jul-95    
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Protein chain
Pfam   ArchSchema ?
P22301  (IL10_HUMAN) -  Interleukin-10
Seq:
Struc:
178 a.a.
151 a.a.
Key:    PfamA domain  Secondary structure  CATH domain

 Gene Ontology (GO) functional annotation 
  GO annot!
  Cellular component     extracellular region   3 terms 
  Biological process     negative regulation of growth of symbiont in host   51 terms 
  Biochemical function     cytokine activity     3 terms  

 

 
DOI no: 10.1016/S0969-2126(01)00193-9 Structure 3:591-601 (1995)
PubMed id: 8590020  
 
 
Crystal structure of interleukin-10 reveals the functional dimer with an unexpected topological similarity to interferon gamma.
A.Zdanov, C.Schalk-Hihi, A.Gustchina, M.Tsang, J.Weatherbee, A.Wlodawer.
 
  ABSTRACT  
 
BACKGROUND: Interleukin (IL)-10 is a cytokine that inhibits production of other regulatory factors, including interferon gamma (IFN-gamma) and IL-2. A dimer of IL-10 is present in solution and is presumed to participate in receptor binding, but the nature of the dimer has not been previously reported. An atomic model is necessary to interpret biological activity of IL-10 and to design mutants with agonistic or antagonistic properties. RESULTS: The X-ray crystal structure of a recombinant form of human IL-10 has been solved at 1.8 A resolution and refined to a crystallographic R-factor of 0.156. The molecule is a tight dimer made of two interpenetrating subunits, forming a V-shaped structure. Each half of the structure consists of a six alpha-helices, four originating from one subunit and two from the other. Four of the helices form a classical 'up-up-down-down' bundle observed in all other helical cytokines. The overall topology of the helices bears close resemblance to IFN gamma, although the similarity is less striking when examined in greater detail. CONCLUSIONS: The topological similarity of IL-10 to IFN gamma was totally unexpected, and may be a reflection of the close relationship between the biological effects of these two cytokines. The structure of IL-10 provides insights into the possible modes of conversion of the dimer into monomers, and of putative sites of receptor interactions. The good level of refinement and high resolution of this structure show that the internal disorder often associated with other helical cytokines is not an essential feature of this class of proteins.
 
  Selected figure(s)  
 
Figure 4.
Figure 4. Electron-density map (2F[o]−F[c]) for the connecting strand between helices D and E, contoured at the 1.5σ level. The density for the side chains of Lys117 and Lys119 is not seen. Figure 4. Electron-density map (2F[o]−F[c]) for the connecting strand between helices D and E, contoured at the 1.5σ level. The density for the side chains of Lys117 and Lys119 is not seen. (Figure prepared with the program CHAIN [[3]50].)
Figure 7.
Figure 7. Comparison of a domain of IL-10 with long-chain cytokines. (a) Superposition of the Cα coordinates of IL-10 (green) and bG-CSF (red). (b) Superposition of Cα coordinates of IL-10 (green) and hGH (red). Receptor-binding sites of hGH are marked in orange (site 1) and in blue (site 2). Figure 7. Comparison of a domain of IL-10 with long-chain cytokines. (a) Superposition of the Cα coordinates of IL-10 (green) and bG-CSF (red). (b) Superposition of Cα coordinates of IL-10 (green) and hGH (red). Receptor-binding sites of hGH are marked in orange (site 1) and in blue (site 2). (Figure prepared with the program CHAIN [[4]50].)
 
  The above figures are reprinted by permission from Cell Press: Structure (1995, 3, 591-601) copyright 1995.  
  Figures were selected by an automated process.  

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