4YOL

Human fibroblast growth factor-1 C16S/A66C/C117A/P134A

Summary for 4YOL

• Entry DOI: 10.2210/pdb4yol/pdb
• Related: 1JQZ 1RG8 2AFG 3FJK 3HOM 4Q9G 4QAL
• Descriptor: Fibroblast growth factor 1, CITRATE ANION, IMIDAZOLE, ... (4 entities in total)
• Functional Keywords: fibroblast growth factor-1, cysteine-free mutant, fgf-1, intramolecular disulfide, protein binding
• Biological source: Homo sapiens (Human)
• Total number of polymer chains: 2
• Total formula weight: 33998.97

Authors

Xia, X.,Blaber, M. (deposition date: 2015-03-11, release date: 2016-03-16, Last modification date: 2024-10-16)

Primary citation

Xia, X.,Kumru, O.S.,Blaber, S.I.,Middaugh, C.R.,Li, L.,Ornitz, D.M.,Sutherland, M.A.,Tenorio, C.A.,Blaber, M.
Engineering a Cysteine-Free Form of Human Fibroblast Growth Factor-1 for "Second Generation" Therapeutic Application.
J.Pharm.Sci., 105:1444-1453, 2016

PubMed Abstract: Human fibroblast growth factor-1 (FGF-1) has broad therapeutic potential in regenerative medicine but has undesirable biophysical properties of low thermostability and 3 buried cysteine (Cys) residues (at positions 16, 83, and 117) that interact to promote irreversible protein unfolding under oxidizing conditions. Mutational substitution of such Cys residues eliminates reactive buried thiols but cannot be accomplished simultaneously at all 3 positions without also introducing further substantial instability. The mutational introduction of a novel Cys residue (Ala66Cys) that forms a stabilizing disulfide bond (i.e., cystine) with one of the extant Cys residues (Cys83) effectively eliminates one Cys while increasing overall stability. This increase in stability offsets the associated instability of remaining Cys substitution mutations and permits production of a Cys-free form of FGF-1 (Cys16Ser/Ala66Cys/Cys117Ala) with only minor overall instability. The addition of a further stabilizing mutation (Pro134Ala) creates a Cys-free FGF-1 mutant with essentially wild-type biophysical properties. The elimination of buried free thiols in FGF-1 can substantially increase the protein half-life in cell culture. Here, we show that the effective cell survival/mitogenic functional activity of a fully Cys-free form is also substantially increased and is equivalent to wild-type FGF-1 formulated in the presence of heparin sulfate as a stabilizing agent. The results identify this Cys-free FGF-1 mutant as an advantageous "second generation" form of FGF-1 for therapeutic application.

PubMed: 27019961
DOI: 10.1016/j.xphs.2016.02.010

Experimental method

X-RAY DIFFRACTION (1.97 Å)