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PDBsum entry 4um9

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Immune system PDB id
4um9
Contents
Protein chains
594 a.a.
448 a.a.
11 a.a.
13 a.a.
Ligands
NAG-NAG ×6
NAG-NAG-BMA-MAN
NAG-NAG-BMA-MAN-
MAN-MAN
×2
NAG-NAG-BMA
SO4 ×6
NAG ×8
MAN
Metals
_CA ×12
_MG ×2
Waters ×230

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Key reference
Title Structural determinants of integrin β-Subunit specificity for latent tgf-β.
Authors X.Dong, N.E.Hudson, C.Lu, T.A.Springer.
Ref. Nat Struct Biol, 2014, 21, 1091-1096. [DOI no: 10.1038/nsmb.2905]
PubMed id 25383667
Abstract
Eight integrin α-β heterodimers recognize ligands with an Arg-Gly-Asp (RGD) motif. However, the structural mechanism by which integrins differentiate among extracellular proteins with RGD motifs is not understood. Here, crystal structures, mutations and peptide-affinity measurements show that αVβ6 binds with high affinity to a RGDLXXL/I motif within the prodomains of TGF-β1 and TGF-β3. The LXXL/I motif forms an amphipathic α-helix that binds in a hydrophobic pocket in the β6 subunit. Elucidation of the basis for ligand binding specificity by the integrin β subunit reveals contributions by three different βI-domain loops, which we designate specificity-determining loops (SDLs) 1, 2 and 3. Variation in a pair of single key residues in SDL1 and SDL3 correlates with the variation of the entire β subunit in integrin evolution, thus suggesting a paradigmatic role in overall β-subunit function.
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