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Deposition Date 2005-10-25
Release Date 2006-10-03
Last Version Date 2024-05-01
Entry Detail
PDB ID:
2ERM
Title:
Solution structure of a biologically active human FGF-1 monomer, complexed to a hexasaccharide heparin-analogue
Biological Source:
Source Organism:
Homo sapiens (Taxon ID: 9606)
Method Details:
Experimental Method:
Conformers Calculated:
30
Conformers Submitted:
20
Selection Criteria:
structures with the lowest energy
Macromolecular Entities
Structures with similar UniProt ID
Protein Blast
Polymer Type:polypeptide(L)
Molecule:Heparin-binding growth factor 1
Gene (Uniprot):FGF1
Chain IDs:A
Chain Length:139
Number of Molecules:1
Biological Source:Homo sapiens
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Abstact

The 3D structure of a complex formed by the acidic fibroblast growth factor (FGF-1) and a specifically designed synthetic heparin hexasaccharide has been determined by NMR spectroscopy. This hexasaccharide can substitute natural heparins in FGF-1 mitogenesis assays, in spite of not inducing any apparent dimerization of the growth factor. The use of this well defined synthetic heparin analogue has allowed us to perform a detailed NMR structural analysis of the heparin-FGF interaction, overcoming the limitations of NMR to deal with the high molecular mass and heterogeneity of the FGF-1 oligomers formed in the presence of natural heparin fragments. Our results confirm that glycosaminoglycans induced FGF-1 dimerization either in a cis or trans disposition with respect to the heparin chain is not an absolute requirement for biological activity.

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