5UHM

Apo-Structure of Mature Growth Differentiation Factor 11

• PDB DOI: https://doi.org/10.2210/pdb5UHM/pdb

• Classification: SIGNALING PROTEIN
• Organism(s): Homo sapiens
• Expression System: Escherichia coli
• Mutation(s): No 


• Deposited: 2017-01-11 Released: 2017-03-22 
• Deposition Author(s): Goebel, E., Thompson, T.

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Experimental Data Snapshot

• Method: X-RAY DIFFRACTION
• Resolution: 1.90 Å
• R-Value Free: 0.258 
• R-Value Work: 0.217 
• R-Value Observed: 0.219 

Literature

Structural basis for potency differences between GDF8 and GDF11.

Walker, R.G., Czepnik, M., Goebel, E.J., McCoy, J.C., Vujic, A., Cho, M., Oh, J., Aykul, S., Walton, K.L., Schang, G., Bernard, D.J., Hinck, A.P., Harrison, C.A., Martinez-Hackert, E., Wagers, A.J., Lee, R.T., Thompson, T.B.

(2017) BMC Biol 15: 19-19

• PubMed: 28257634 
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1186/s12915-017-0350-1
• Primary Citation of Related Structures:  
  5JHW, 5JI1, 5UHM


• PubMed Abstract: 
  

  Growth/differentiation factor 8 (GDF8) and GDF11 are two highly similar members of the transforming growth factor β (TGFβ) family. While GDF8 has been recognized as a negative regulator of muscle growth and differentiation, there are conflicting studies on the function of GDF11 and whether GDF11 has beneficial effects on age-related dysfunction. To address whether GDF8 and GDF11 are functionally identical, we compared their signaling and structural properties.

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Organizational Affiliation: 

Department of Molecular Genetics, Biochemistry, and Microbiology, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH, 45267, USA.

Biological Assembly 1  

Global Symmetry: Cyclic - C2  (Explore in 3D)
Global Stoichiometry: Homo 2-mer - A2 

Biological assembly 1 assigned by authors and generated by PISA (software)

Macromolecule Content

• Total Structure Weight: 24.94 kDa 
• Atom Count: 1,438 
• Modelled Residue Count: 174 
• Deposited Residue Count: 218 
• Unique protein chains: 1

Macromolecules

Entity ID: 1
Molecule	Chains	Sequence Length	Organism	Details	Image
Growth/differentiation factor 11	A, B	109	Homo sapiens	Mutation(s): 0  Gene Names: GDF11, BMP11
UniProt & NIH Common Fund Data Resources
Find proteins for O95390 (Homo sapiens) Explore O95390  Go to UniProtKB:  O95390
PHAROS:  O95390 GTEx:  ENSG00000135414

Experimental Data & Validation

Experimental Data

• Method: X-RAY DIFFRACTION
• Resolution: 1.90 Å
• R-Value Free: 0.258 
• R-Value Work: 0.217 
• R-Value Observed: 0.219 
• Space Group: P 3₂ 2 1

Unit Cell:

Length ( Å )	Angle ( ˚ )
a = 65.16	α = 90
b = 65.16	β = 90
c = 101.942	γ = 120

Software Package:

Software Name	Purpose
Aimless	data scaling
PHENIX	refinement
PDB_EXTRACT	data extraction
PHASER	phasing
iMOSFLM	data reduction

Structure Validation

Entry History 

Deposition Data

• Released Date: 2017-03-22 
Deposition Author(s): Goebel, E., Thompson, T.

Revision History  

• Version 1.0: 2017-03-22
  Type: Initial release
  
• Version 1.1: 2023-10-04
  Changes: Data collection, Database references, Derived calculations, Refinement description