2JSJ

Obestatin in water solution

Summary for 2JSJ

• Entry DOI: 10.2210/pdb2jsj/pdb
• Related: 2JSH 2JSI
• Descriptor: Appetite-regulating hormone, Obestatin (1 entity in total)
• Functional Keywords: obestatin, water solution, alternative splicing, amidation, hormone, lipoprotein, secreted
• Cellular location: Secreted: Q9EQX0
• Total number of polymer chains: 1
• Total formula weight: 2518.83

Authors

D'Ursi, A.M.,Scrima, M.,Esposito, C.,Campiglia, P. (deposition date: 2007-07-05, release date: 2008-10-21, Last modification date: 2022-03-16)

Primary citation

Scrima, M.,Campiglia, P.,Esposito, C.,Gomez-Monterrey, I.,Novellino, E.,D'Ursi, A.M.
Obestatin conformational features: a strategy to unveil obestatin's biological role?
Biochem.Biophys.Res.Commun., 363:500-505, 2007

PubMed Abstract: Obestatin and its derivative Ob(11-23) are recently discovered peptides produced in the rat stomach. They have proven to be involved in the regulation of energy balance, inhibiting feeding, causing reductions in food intake, body weight and jejunal contraction in rodents. The G-protein coupled receptor, GPR39, was originally proposed as being an obestatin target receptor, but this remains controversial. As such, the molecular mechanism for obestatin's effects in vivo is still uncertain. Here we report the CD and NMR conformational analysis of obestatin and Ob(11-23). Both peptides assume a regular secondary structure in the C-terminal region of the molecule. In this region, structural elements similar to other GPCR binding neuropeptides support the identity of obestatin as a new and functionally autonomous GPCR ligand. Conversely sequence and conformational specificity point to a new farmacoforic structure, on which innovative derivatives with a potential role in the treatment of obesity can be designed and synthetized.

PubMed: 17904104
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2007.08.200

Experimental method

SOLUTION NMR