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PDBsum entry 4ma8

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Immune system PDB id
4ma8

 

 

 

 

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Protein chains
108 a.a.
218 a.a.
213 a.a.
Ligands
Z80
Waters ×444
PDB id:
4ma8
Name: Immune system
Title: Crystal structure of mouse prion protein complexed with chlorpromazine
Structure: Major prion protein. Chain: c. Fragment: unp residues 116-229. Synonym: prp, prp27-30, prp33-35c. Engineered: yes. Pom1 heavy chain. Chain: h. Fragment: fab. Engineered: yes.
Source: Mus musculus. Mouse. Organism_taxid: 10090. Gene: prnp, prn-p, prp. Expressed in: escherichia coli. Expression_system_taxid: 562. Cell: hybridoma. Cell: hybridoma
Resolution:
2.20Å     R-factor:   0.197     R-free:   0.236
Authors: P.K.Baral,M.Swayampakula,M.N.G.James
Key ref: P.K.Baral et al. (2014). Structural basis of prion inhibition by phenothiazine compounds. Structure, 22, 291-303. PubMed id: 24373770 DOI: 10.1016/j.str.2013.11.009
Date:
15-Aug-13     Release date:   22-Jan-14    
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Protein chain
Pfam   ArchSchema ?
P04925  (PRIO_MOUSE) -  Major prion protein from Mus musculus
Seq:
Struc:
254 a.a.
108 a.a.
Protein chain
No UniProt id for this chain
Struc: 218 a.a.
Protein chain
No UniProt id for this chain
Struc: 213 a.a.
Key:    PfamA domain  Secondary structure  CATH domain

 

 
DOI no: 10.1016/j.str.2013.11.009 Structure 22:291-303 (2014)
PubMed id: 24373770  
 
 
Structural basis of prion inhibition by phenothiazine compounds.
P.K.Baral, M.Swayampakula, M.K.Rout, N.N.Kav, L.Spyracopoulos, A.Aguzzi, M.N.James.
 
  ABSTRACT  
 
Conformational transitions of the cellular form of the prion protein, PrP(C), into an infectious isoform, PrP(Sc), are considered to be central events in the progression of fatal neurodegenerative diseases known as transmissible spongiform encephalopathies. Tricyclic phenothiazine compounds exhibit antiprion activity; however, the underlying molecular mechanism of PrP(Sc) inhibition remains elusive. We report the molecular structures of two phenothiazine compounds, promazine and chlorpromazine bound to a binding pocket formed at the intersection of the structured and the unstructured domains of the mouse prion protein. Promazine binding induces structural rearrangement of the unstructured region proximal to β1, through the formation of a "hydrophobic anchor." We demonstrate that these molecules, promazine in particular, allosterically stabilize the misfolding initiator-motifs such as the C terminus of α2, the α2-α3 loop, as well as the polymorphic β2-α2 loop. Hence, the stabilization effects of the phenothiazine derivatives on initiator-motifs induce a PrP(C) isoform that potentially resists oligomerization.
 

 

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