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Hormone/growth factor PDB id
1xwd
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Contents
Protein chains
90 a.a. *
105 a.a. *
242 a.a. *
Ligands
NAG ×6
SO4 ×3
NAG-NAG
NAG-NAG-BMA
Waters ×50
* Residue conservation analysis
PDB id:
1xwd
Name: Hormone/growth factor
Title: Crystal structure of human follicle stimulating hormone comp its receptor
Structure: Glycoprotein hormones alpha chain. Chain: a, d. Synonym: follitropin alpha chain, follicle-stimulating horm chain, fsh-alpha, lutropin alpha chain, luteinizing hormone chain, lsh-alpha, thyrotropin alpha chain, thyroid-stimulat hormone alpha chain, tsh-alpha, choriogonadotropin alpha ch chorionic gonadotrophin alpha subunit, cg-alpha. Engineered: yes. Follitropin beta chain.
Source: Homo sapiens. Human. Organism_taxid: 9606. Gene: cga. Expressed in: trichoplusia ni. Expression_system_taxid: 7111. Expression_system_cell_line: high 5. Gene: fshb. Gene: fshr.
Biol. unit: Trimer (from PQS)
Resolution:
2.92Å     R-factor:   0.221     R-free:   0.259
Authors: Q.R.Fan,W.A.Hendrickson
Key ref:
Q.R.Fan and W.A.Hendrickson (2005). Structure of human follicle-stimulating hormone in complex with its receptor. Nature, 433, 269-277. PubMed id: 15662415 DOI: 10.1038/nature03206
Date:
30-Oct-04     Release date:   25-Jan-05    
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Protein chains
Pfam   ArchSchema ?
P01215  (GLHA_HUMAN) -  Glycoprotein hormones alpha chain
Seq:
Struc: 		116 a.a.
90 a.a.
Protein chains
Pfam   ArchSchema ?
P01225  (FSHB_HUMAN) -  Follitropin subunit beta
Seq:
Struc: 		129 a.a.
105 a.a.
Protein chains
Pfam   ArchSchema ?
P23945  (FSHR_HUMAN) -  Follicle-stimulating hormone receptor
Seq:
Struc: 		 
Seq:
Struc: 		695 a.a.
242 a.a.
Key:    PfamA domain  Secondary structure  CATH domain

 Gene Ontology (GO) functional annotation 
  GO annot!
  Cellular component     extracellular region   4 terms 
  Biological process     developmental growth   21 terms 
  Biochemical function     protein binding     5 terms  

 

 
DOI no: 10.1038/nature03206 Nature 433:269-277 (2005)
PubMed id: 15662415  
 
 
Structure of human follicle-stimulating hormone in complex with its receptor.
Q.R.Fan, W.A.Hendrickson.
 
  ABSTRACT  
 
Follicle-stimulating hormone (FSH) is central to reproduction in mammals. It acts through a G-protein-coupled receptor on the surface of target cells to stimulate testicular and ovarian functions. We present here the 2.9-A-resolution structure of a partially deglycosylated complex of human FSH bound to the extracellular hormone-binding domain of its receptor (FSHR(HB)). The hormone is bound in a hand-clasp fashion to an elongated, curved receptor. The buried interface of the complex is large (2,600 A2) and has a high charge density. Our analysis suggests that all glycoprotein hormones bind to their receptors in this mode and that binding specificity is mediated by key interaction sites involving both the common alpha- and hormone-specific beta-subunits. On binding, FSH undergoes a concerted conformational change that affects protruding loops implicated in receptor activation. The FSH-FSHR(HB) complexes form dimers in the crystal and at high concentrations in solution. Such dimers may participate in transmembrane signal transduction.
 
  Selected figure(s)  
 
Figure 1.
Figure 1: Crystal structure of human FSH bound to FSHR[HB]. a, b, Ribbon diagram of the complex structure shown in two views related by a 90° rotation about the vertical axis. FSH -chains and -chains are in green and cyan, respectively. FSHR[HB] is in red. The observed N-linked carbohydrates at N52 and N78 of FSH- , N7 and N24 of FSH- , and N191 of FSHR[HB] are in yellow. Disulphide bonds are in black. c, Schematic diagram of the topology of FSHR[HB] structure. -Strands are shown as arrows. Red represents strands located at the concave face of FSHR[HB]; pink represents strands on the convex face. 		Figure 3.
Figure 3: Interactions at the receptor-ligand interface. a, Ribbon diagram showing the top view of the FSH-FSHR[HB] complex. The view in the right panel is tilted to highlight the regions of FSHR[HB] (red), and FSH- (green) and FSH- (cyan) chains that are involved in direct contacts at the receptor-ligand interface. Dashed circles mark the locations of L55 and K179 in the FSHR[HB] structure. b, Detailed views of the interactions at the specificity pockets for L55 and K179 of FSHR[HB]. The dotted molecular surface of FSH is shown in cyan in each panel. c, Close-up stereo view of the interactions between the C-terminal region of FSH- and FSHR[HB].
 
  The above figures are reprinted by permission from Macmillan Publishers Ltd: Nature (2005, 433, 269-277) copyright 2005.  
  Figures were selected by the author.  

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