Biological Assembly 1  

 3D View: Structure

Global Symmetry: Asymmetric - C1 
Global Stoichiometry: Hetero 2-mer - A1B1 

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

Macromolecule Content

• Total Structure Weight: 36.72 kDa 
• Atom Count: 2200 
• Residue Count: 276 
• Unique protein chains: 3

1NRQ

CRYSTALLOGRAPHIC STRUCTURES OF THROMBIN COMPLEXED WITH THROMBIN RECEPTOR PEPTIDES: EXISTENCE OF EXPECTED AND NOVEL BINDING MODES

• DOI: 10.2210/pdb1NRQ/pdb

• Classification: HYDROLASE/HYDROLASE RECEPTOR
• Organism(s): Homo sapiens
• Mutation(s): No 


• Deposited: 1994-01-18 Released: 1994-05-31 
• Deposition Author(s): Tulinsky, A., Mathews, I.I.

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Experimental Data Snapshot

• Method: X-RAY DIFFRACTION
• Resolution: 3.50 Å
• R-Value Work: 0.217 
• R-Value Observed: 0.217 

Literature

Crystallographic structures of thrombin complexed with thrombin receptor peptides: existence of expected and novel binding modes.

Mathews, I.I., Padmanabhan, K.P., Ganesh, V., Tulinsky, A., Ishii, M., Chen, J., Turck, C.W., Coughlin, S.R., Fenton 2nd., J.W.

(1994) Biochemistry 33: 3266-3279

• PubMed: 8136362 
• DOI: 10.1021/bi00177a018
• Primary Citation of Related Structures:  
  1NRS, 1NRR, 1NRQ, 1NRP, 1NRO, 1NRN


• PubMed Abstract: 
  

Many of the vital actions of thrombin on platelets and other cells appear to be mediated by the recently cloned seven-transmembrane-domain thrombin receptor. Thrombin activates this receptor by a novel proteolytic mechanism. The amino-terminal exodomain of the receptor contains the sequence LDPRSFLLRNPNDKYEPF. Structure-activity studies with mutant receptors and receptor peptides suggest that this sequence binds to thrombin at two sites: LDPR with the active center of thrombin and KYEPF with the fibrinogen recognition exosite of thrombin. Thrombin then cleaves the Arg41-Ser42 bond to unmask a new amino terminus, which functions as a tethered peptide ligand binding to as yet undefined sites within the body of the receptor to effect receptor activation. We have determined eight crystal structures of thrombin complexed with receptor-based peptides. Each of the two components of the bidentate docking model was captured in individual cocrystals. In one crystal type, the LDPR sequence docked in the active center of thrombin in a manner analogous to d-PheProArg chloromethyl ketone. In other crystals, the KYEPF sequence bound in the fibrinogen anion binding exosite of thrombin in a manner analogous to the DFEEI sequence of the carboxylate-terminal peptide of hirudin. Strikingly, however, generation of a single crystal that includes both components of the anticipated bidentate binding mode was not achieved, apparently because the peptides have a dominant solution S-like conformation that does not bind in a productive way at the active center. This peptide structure apparently favored a novel alternative mode of receptor peptide-thrombin interaction in which the receptor peptides formed an intermolecular bridge between neighboring thrombin molecules, resulting in an infinite peptide thrombin chain in crystals. In this structure, the KYEPF sequence docked in the expected manner at the exosite of one thrombin molecule, but the LDPR sequence docked in an unusual nonproductive mode with the active center of a neighboring molecule. Mutations that removed important determinants of the S-like receptor peptide structure underlying the bridging mode in the receptor itself did not significantly alter thrombin signaling. Additionally, a comparison of receptor density to the responsiveness of a cell did not support a role for receptor oligomerization in signaling. The physiological role for this unexpected intermolecular binding mode, if any, remains to be identified.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 400 WORDS)

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Related Citations: 

• Refined Structure of the Hirudin-Thrombin Complex
  Rydel, T.J., Tulinsky, A., Bode, W., Huber, R.
  (1991) J Mol Biol 221: 583

• Structure of the Hirugen and Hirulog 1 Complexes of Alpha-Thrombin
  Skrzypczak-Jankun, E., Carperos, V.E., Ravichandran, K.G., Tulinsky, A., Westbrook, M., Maraganore, J.M.
  (1991) J Mol Biol 221: 1379

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Organizational Affiliation: 

Department of Chemistry, Michigan State University, East Lansing 48824-1322.

Macromolecules

Entity ID: 1
Molecule	Chains	Sequence Length	Organism	Details	Image
ALPHA-THROMBIN (SMALL SUBUNIT)	L	36	Homo sapiens	Mutation(s): 0  Gene Names: F2 EC: 3.4.21.5
Find proteins for P00734 (Homo sapiens) Explore P00734  Go to UniProtKB:  P00734
NIH Common Fund Data Resources
PHAROS:  P00734 GTEx:  ENSG00000180210

Entity ID: 2
Molecule	Chains	Sequence Length	Organism	Details	Image
ALPHA-THROMBIN (LARGE SUBUNIT)	H	259	Homo sapiens	Mutation(s): 0  Gene Names: F2 EC: 3.4.21.5
Find proteins for P00734 (Homo sapiens) Explore P00734  Go to UniProtKB:  P00734
NIH Common Fund Data Resources
PHAROS:  P00734 GTEx:  ENSG00000180210

Entity ID: 3
Molecule	Chains	Sequence Length	Organism	Details	Image
RECEPTOR BASED PEPTIDE D-FPR'S	R	22	N/A	Mutation(s): 0
Find proteins for P25116 (Homo sapiens) Explore P25116  Go to UniProtKB:  P25116
NIH Common Fund Data Resources
PHAROS:  P25116 GTEx:  ENSG00000181104

Small Molecules

Modified Residues  1 Unique
ID	Chains	Type	Formula	2D Diagram	Parent
HMR	R	L-PEPTIDE LINKING	C7 H16 N4 O2		ARG

Experimental Data & Validation

Experimental Data

• Method: X-RAY DIFFRACTION
• Resolution: 3.50 Å
• R-Value Work: 0.217 
• R-Value Observed: 0.217 
• Space Group: C 1 2 1

Unit Cell:

Length ( Å )	Angle ( ˚ )
a = 130.4	α = 90
b = 52.1	β = 101
c = 63.5	γ = 90

Software Package:

Software Name	Purpose
PROLSQ	refinement

Structure Validation

Entry History 

Deposition Data

• Deposited Date: 1994-01-18 
• Released Date: 1994-05-31 
Deposition Author(s): Tulinsky, A., Mathews, I.I.

Revision History 

• Version 1.0: 1994-05-31
  Type: Initial release
  
• Version 1.1: 2008-03-03
  Changes: Version format compliance
• Version 1.2: 2011-07-13
  Changes: Version format compliance