6GN7

X-ray structure of the complex between human alpha thrombin and NU172, a duplex/quadruplex 26-mer DNA aptamer, in the presence of sodium ions.


Experimental Data Snapshot

  • Method: X-RAY DIFFRACTION
  • Resolution: 2.80 Å
  • R-Value Free: 0.203 
  • R-Value Work: 0.159 
  • R-Value Observed: 0.161 

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Literature

Several structural motifs cooperate in determining the highly effective anti-thrombin activity of NU172 aptamer.

Troisi, R.Napolitano, V.Spiridonova, V.Russo Krauss, I.Sica, F.

(2018) Nucleic Acids Res 46: 12177-12185

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1093/nar/gky990
  • Primary Citation of Related Structures:  
    6EVV, 6GN7

  • PubMed Abstract: 

    Despite aptamers are very promising alternative to antibodies, very few of them are under clinical trials or are used as drugs. Among them, NU172 is currently in Phase II as anticoagulant in heart disease treatments. It inhibits thrombin activity much more effectively than TBA, the best-known thrombin binding aptamer. The crystal structure of thrombin-NU172 complex reveals a bimodular duplex/quadruplex architecture for the aptamer, which binds thrombin exosite I through a highly complementary surface involving all three loops of the G-quadruplex module. Although the duplex domain does not interact directly with thrombin, the features of the duplex/quadruplex junction and the solution data on two newly designed NU172 mutants indicate that the duplex moiety is important for the optimization of the protein-ligand interaction and for the inhibition of the enzyme activity. Our work discloses the structural features determining the inhibition of thrombin by NU172 and put the basis for the design of mutants with improved properties.


  • Organizational Affiliation

    Department of Chemical Sciences, University of Naples 'Federico II', Naples 80126, Italy.


Macromolecules

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Entity ID: 1
MoleculeChains Sequence LengthOrganismDetailsImage
ProthrombinA [auth L]36Homo sapiensMutation(s): 0 
EC: 3.4.21.5
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Go to UniProtKB:  P00734
PHAROS:  P00734
GTEx:  ENSG00000180210 
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UniProt GroupP00734
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MoleculeChains Sequence LengthOrganismDetailsImage
ProthrombinB [auth H]259Homo sapiensMutation(s): 0 
EC: 3.4.21.5
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PHAROS:  P00734
GTEx:  ENSG00000180210 
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Entity ID: 3
MoleculeChains LengthOrganismImage
NU172, DNA (26-MER)C [auth E]26synthetic construct
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Entity ID: 4
MoleculeChains Length2D Diagram Glycosylation3D Interactions
N-acetyl-alpha-neuraminic acid-(2-6)-beta-D-galactopyranose-(1-4)-2-acetamido-2-deoxy-beta-D-glucopyranose-(1-2)-alpha-D-mannopyranose-(1-6)-beta-D-mannopyranose-(1-4)-2-acetamido-2-deoxy-beta-D-glucopyranose-(1-4)-2-acetamido-2-deoxy-beta-D-glucopyranoseD [auth A]7N-Glycosylation
Glycosylation Resources
GlyTouCan:  G08394CG
GlyCosmos:  G08394CG
GlyGen:  G08394CG
Biologically Interesting Molecules (External Reference) 1 Unique
Experimental Data & Validation

Experimental Data

  • Method: X-RAY DIFFRACTION
  • Resolution: 2.80 Å
  • R-Value Free: 0.203 
  • R-Value Work: 0.159 
  • R-Value Observed: 0.161 
  • Space Group: I 2 2 2
Unit Cell:
Length ( Å )Angle ( ˚ )
a = 67.33α = 90
b = 120.69β = 90
c = 208.94γ = 90
Software Package:
Software NamePurpose
MOSFLMdata reduction
Aimlessdata scaling
PHASERphasing
REFMACrefinement
PDB_EXTRACTdata extraction

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Entry History 

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Revision History  (Full details and data files)

  • Version 1.0: 2018-10-17
    Type: Initial release
  • Version 1.1: 2018-10-24
    Changes: Advisory, Data collection, Database references
  • Version 1.2: 2018-11-07
    Changes: Data collection, Database references
  • Version 1.3: 2018-12-26
    Changes: Data collection, Database references
  • Version 1.4: 2019-03-27
    Changes: Data collection, Derived calculations, Structure summary
  • Version 2.0: 2020-07-29
    Type: Remediation
    Reason: Carbohydrate remediation
    Changes: Advisory, Atomic model, Data collection, Derived calculations, Structure summary
  • Version 2.1: 2024-01-17
    Changes: Data collection, Database references, Derived calculations, Refinement description, Structure summary