1BMZ

HUMAN TRANSTHYRETIN (PREALBUMIN)


Experimental Data Snapshot

  • Method: X-RAY DIFFRACTION
  • Resolution: 2.00 Å
  • R-Value Free: 0.244 
  • R-Value Work: 0.183 
  • R-Value Observed: 0.183 

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Literature

Inhibiting transthyretin conformational changes that lead to amyloid fibril formation.

Peterson, S.A.Klabunde, T.Lashuel, H.A.Purkey, H.Sacchettini, J.C.Kelly, J.W.

(1998) Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 95: 12956-12960

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.95.22.12956
  • Primary Citation of Related Structures:  
    1BM7, 1BMZ

  • PubMed Abstract: 

    Insoluble protein fibrils resulting from the self-assembly of a conformational intermediate are implicated as the causative agent in several severe human amyloid diseases, including Alzheimer's disease, familial amyloid polyneuropathy, and senile systemic amyloidosis. The latter two diseases are associated with transthyretin (TTR) amyloid fibrils, which appear to form in the acidic partial denaturing environment of the lysosome. Here we demonstrate that flufenamic acid (Flu) inhibits the conformational changes of TTR associated with amyloid fibril formation. The crystal structure of TTR complexed with Flu demonstrates that Flu mediates intersubunit hydrophobic interactions and intersubunit hydrogen bonds that stabilize the normal tetrameric fold of TTR. A small-molecule inhibitor that stabilizes the normal conformation of a protein is desirable as a possible approach to treat amyloid diseases. Molecules such as Flu also provide the means to rigorously test the amyloid hypothesis, i.e., the apparent causative role of amyloid fibrils in amyloid disease.


  • Organizational Affiliation

    Department of Chemistry and Skaggs Institute of Chemical Biology, Scripps Research Institute, 10550 North Torrey Pines Road MB 12, La Jolla, CA 92037, USA.


Macromolecules
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Entity ID: 1
MoleculeChains Sequence LengthOrganismDetailsImage
PROTEIN (TRANSTHYRETIN)
A, B
127Homo sapiensMutation(s): 0 
UniProt & NIH Common Fund Data Resources
Find proteins for P02766 (Homo sapiens)
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Go to UniProtKB:  P02766
PHAROS:  P02766
GTEx:  ENSG00000118271 
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UniProt GroupP02766
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Experimental Data & Validation

Experimental Data

  • Method: X-RAY DIFFRACTION
  • Resolution: 2.00 Å
  • R-Value Free: 0.244 
  • R-Value Work: 0.183 
  • R-Value Observed: 0.183 
  • Space Group: P 21 21 2
Unit Cell:
Length ( Å )Angle ( ˚ )
a = 42.85α = 90
b = 85.8β = 90
c = 64.8γ = 90
Software Package:
Software NamePurpose
X-PLORrefinement
DENZOdata reduction
SCALEPACKdata scaling

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Entry History 

Deposition Data

Revision History  (Full details and data files)

  • Version 1.0: 1998-08-05
    Type: Initial release
  • Version 1.1: 2008-04-27
    Changes: Version format compliance
  • Version 1.2: 2011-07-13
    Changes: Version format compliance
  • Version 1.3: 2024-02-07
    Changes: Data collection, Database references