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Cytokine PDB id
1jtz
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Protein chains
155 a.a. *
Waters ×147
* Residue conservation analysis
PDB id:
1jtz
Name: Cytokine
Title: Crystal structure of trance/rankl cytokine.
Structure: Tumor necrosis factor ligand superfamily member 11. Chain: x, y, z. Fragment: c-terminal receptor-binding ectodomain, residues 156-316. Synonym: tnf-related activation-induced cytokine, trance, receptor activator of nf-kappa-b ligand, rankl, osteoclast differentiation factor, odf, osteoprotegerin ligand, opgl, tnfsf11.
Source: Mus musculus. House mouse. Organism_taxid: 10090. Gene: rankl. Expressed in: escherichia coli bl21(de3). Expression_system_taxid: 469008.
Biol. unit: Trimer (from PQS)
Resolution:
2.60Å     R-factor:   0.235     R-free:   0.286
Authors: C.A.Nelson,D.H.Fremont
Key ref: J.Lam et al. (2001). Crystal structure of the TRANCE/RANKL cytokine reveals determinants of receptor-ligand specificity. J Clin Invest, 108, 971-979. PubMed id: 11581298 Ref: Full text
Date:
23-Aug-01     Release date:   12-Sep-01    
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Protein chains
Pfam   ArchSchema ?
O35235  (TNF11_MOUSE) -  Tumor necrosis factor ligand superfamily member 11
Seq:
Struc:
316 a.a.
155 a.a.
Key:    PfamA domain  Secondary structure  CATH domain

 Gene Ontology (GO) functional annotation 
  GO annot!
  Cellular component     membrane   1 term 
  Biological process     immune response   1 term 
  Biochemical function     tumor necrosis factor receptor binding     1 term  

 

 
Full text J Clin Invest 108:971-979 (2001)
PubMed id: 11581298  
 
 
Crystal structure of the TRANCE/RANKL cytokine reveals determinants of receptor-ligand specificity.
J.Lam, C.A.Nelson, F.P.Ross, S.L.Teitelbaum, D.H.Fremont.
 
  ABSTRACT  
 
RANK, the receptor activator of NF-kappaB, and its ligand RANKL (initially termed TRANCE, also termed ODF and OPGL), are a TNF superfamily receptor-ligand pair that govern the development and function of osteoclasts, lymphoid tissue, and mammary epithelium. While TNF family cytokines share a common structural scaffold, individual receptor-ligand pairs associate with high specificity. Given the low level of amino acid conservation among members of the TNF superfamily, the means by which these molecules achieve specificity cannot be completely understood without knowledge of their three-dimensional structures. To determine the elements of RANKL that mediate RANK activation, we have crystallized the ectodomain of murine RANKL and solved its structure to a resolution of 2.6 A. RANKL self-associates as a homotrimer with four unique surface loops that distinguish it from other TNF family cytokines. Mutagenesis of selected residues in these loops significantly modulates RANK activation, as evidenced by in vitro osteoclastogenesis, thereby establishing their necessity in mediating the biological activities of RANKL. Such structural determinants of RANKL-RANK specificity may be of relevance in the pharmacologic design of compounds to ameliorate osteopenic disorders of bone.
 

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