1IFA

THREE-DIMENSIONAL CRYSTAL STRUCTURE OF RECOMBINANT MURINE INTERFERON-BETA

Summary for 1IFA

• Entry DOI: 10.2210/pdb1ifa/pdb
• Descriptor: INTERFERON-BETA, ASPARAGINE (2 entities in total)
• Functional Keywords: glycoprotein
• Biological source: Mus musculus (house mouse)
• Total number of polymer chains: 1
• Total formula weight: 19551.68

Authors

Mitsui, Y.,Senda, T.,Matsuda, S.,Kawano, G.,Nakamura, K.T.,Shimizu, H. (deposition date: 1991-10-29, release date: 1994-01-31, Last modification date: 2024-02-07)

Primary citation

Senda, T.,Shimazu, T.,Matsuda, S.,Kawano, G.,Shimizu, H.,Nakamura, K.T.,Mitsui, Y.
Three-dimensional crystal structure of recombinant murine interferon-beta.
EMBO J., 11:3193-3201, 1992

PubMed Abstract: The crystal structure of recombinant murine interferon-beta (IFN-beta) has been solved by the multiple isomorphous replacement method and refined to an R-factor of 20.5% against 2.6 A X-ray diffraction data. The structure shows a variant of the alpha-helix bundle with a new chain-folding topology, which seems to represent a basic structural framework of all the IFN-alpha and IFN-beta molecules belonging to the type I family. Functionally important segments of the polypeptide chain, as implied through numerous gene manipulation studies carried out so far, are spatially clustered indicating the binding site(s) to the receptor(s). Comparison of the present structure with those of other alpha-helical cytokine proteins, including porcine growth hormone, interleukin 2 and interferon gamma, indicated either a topological similarity in chain folding or a similar spatial arrangement of the alpha-helices.

PubMed: 1505514

Experimental method

X-RAY DIFFRACTION (2.6 Å)