Biological Assembly 1  

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Global Symmetry: Asymmetric - C1 
Global Stoichiometry: Monomer - A 

Biological assembly 1 assigned by authors.

Macromolecule Content

• Total Structure Weight: 11051.76 
• Atom Count: 771 
• Residue Count: 96 
• Unique protein chains: 1

1MWP

N-TERMINAL DOMAIN OF THE AMYLOID PRECURSOR PROTEIN

• DOI: 10.2210/pdb1MWP/pdb

• Classification: SUGAR BINDING PROTEIN
• Organism(s): Homo sapiens
• Expression System: Komagataella pastoris


• Deposited: 1999-03-09 Released: 2000-03-15 
• Deposition Author(s): Rossjohn, J., Cappai, R., Feil, S.C., Henry, A., McKinstry, W.J., Galatis, D., Hesse, L., Multhaup, G., Beyreuther, K., Masters, C.L., Parker, M.W.

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Experimental Data Snapshot

• Method: X-RAY DIFFRACTION
• Resolution: 1.8 Å
• R-Value Free: 0.242 
• R-Value Work: 0.203 

Literature

Crystal structure of the N-terminal, growth factor-like domain of Alzheimer amyloid precursor protein.

Rossjohn, J., Cappai, R., Feil, S.C., Henry, A., McKinstry, W.J., Galatis, D., Hesse, L., Multhaup, G., Beyreuther, K., Masters, C.L., Parker, M.W.

(1999) Nat.Struct.Mol.Biol. 6: 327-331

• PubMed: 10201399 
• DOI: 10.1038/7562


• PubMed Abstract: 
  

Amyloid precursor protein (APP) plays a central role in Alzheimer disease. A proteolytic-breakdown product of APP, called beta-amyloid, is a major component of the diffuse and fibrillar deposits found in Alzheimer diseased brains. The normal physiological role of APP remains largely unknown despite much work. A knowledge of its function will not only provide insights into the genesis of the disease but may also prove vital in the development of an effective therapy. Here we describe the 1.8 A resolution crystal structure of the N-terminal, heparin-binding domain of APP (residues 28-123), which is responsible, among other things, for stimulation of neurite outgrowth. The structure reveals a highly charged basic surface that may interact with glycosaminoglycans in the brain and an abutting hydrophobic surface that is proposed to play an important functional role such as dimerization or ligand binding. Structural similarities with cysteine-rich growth factors, taken together with its known growth-promoting properties, suggests the APP N-terminal domain could function as a growth factor in vivo.

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Organizational Affiliation: 

The Ian Potter Foundation Protein Crystallography Laboratory, St. Vincent's Institute of Medical Research, Fitzroy, Victoria, Australia.

Macromolecules

Find similar proteins by: Sequence  |  Structure

Entity ID: 1
Molecule	Chains	Sequence Length	Organism	Details
AMYLOID A4 PROTEIN	A	96	Homo sapiens	Mutation(s): 0  Gene Names: APP (A4, AD1)
Find proteins for P05067 (Homo sapiens) Go to Gene View: APP Go to UniProtKB:  P05067

Experimental Data & Validation

Experimental Data

• Method: X-RAY DIFFRACTION
• Resolution: 1.8 Å
• R-Value Free: 0.242 
• R-Value Work: 0.203 
• Space Group: P 2₁ 2₁ 2₁

Unit Cell:

Length (Å)	Angle (°)
a = 31.200	α = 90.00
b = 48.600	β = 90.00
c = 67.400	γ = 90.00

Software Package:

Software Name	Purpose
DENZO	data reduction
X-PLOR	refinement
CCP4	phasing
CCP4	model building
SCALEPACK	data scaling

Structure Validation

Entry History 

Deposition Data

• Deposited Date: 1999-03-09 
• Released Date: 2000-03-15 
• Deposition Author(s): Rossjohn, J., Cappai, R., Feil, S.C., Henry, A., McKinstry, W.J., Galatis, D., Hesse, L., Multhaup, G., Beyreuther, K., Masters, C.L., Parker, M.W.

Revision History 

• Version 1.0: 2000-03-15
  Type: Initial release
• Version 1.1: 2008-04-26
  Type: Version format compliance
• Version 1.2: 2011-07-13
  Type: Version format compliance