Crystal Structures of Nk1-Heparin Complexes Reveal the Basis for Nk1 Activity and Enable Engineering of Potent Agonists of the met Receptor
Lietha, D., Chirgadze, D.Y., Mulloy, B., Blundell, T.L., Gherardi, E.(2001) EMBO J 20: 5543
- PubMed: 11597998 
- DOI: 10.1093/emboj/20.20.5543
- Primary Citation of Related Structures:  
1GMN, 1GMO - PubMed Abstract: 
NK1 is a splice variant of the polypeptide growth factor HGF/SF, which consists of the N-terminal (N) and first kringle (K) domain and requires heparan sulfate or soluble heparin for activity. We describe two X-ray crystal structures of NK1-heparin compl ...