Primary Citation of Related Structures:   1FNF
PubMed Abstract: 
We have determined the 2.0 A crystal structure of a fragment of human fibronectin encompassing the seventh through the RGD-containing tenth type III repeats (FN7-10). The structure reveals an extended rod-like molecule with a long axis of approximately 140 A and highly variable relationships between adjacent domains ...
We have determined the 2.0 A crystal structure of a fragment of human fibronectin encompassing the seventh through the RGD-containing tenth type III repeats (FN7-10). The structure reveals an extended rod-like molecule with a long axis of approximately 140 A and highly variable relationships between adjacent domains. An unusually small rotation between domains 9 and 10 creates a distinctive binding site, in which the RGD loop from domain 10 and the "synergy" region from domain 9 are on the same face of FN7-10 and thus easily accessible to a single integrin molecule. The cell-binding RGD loop is well-ordered in this structure and extends approximately 10 A away from the FN7-10 core.
Related Citations: 
Crystallization of a Fragment of Human Fibronectin: Introduction of Methionine by Site-Directed Mutagenesis to Allow Phasing Via Selenomethionine Leahy, D.J., Erickson, H.P., Aukhil, I., Joshi, P., Hendrickson, W.A. (1994) Proteins 19: 48
Organizational Affiliation: 
Department of Biophysics and Biophysical Chemistry, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland 21218, USA.