1NT3

HUMAN NEUROTROPHIN-3

Experimental Data Snapshot

  • Method: X-RAY DIFFRACTION
  • Resolution: 2.4 Å
  • R-Value Free: 0.263 
  • R-Value Work: 0.219 

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Literature

Crystal structure of neurotrophin-3 homodimer shows distinct regions are used to bind its receptors.

Butte, M.J., Hwang, P.K., Mobley, W.C., Fletterick, R.J.

(1998) Biochemistry 37: 16846-16852

  • DOI: 10.1021/bi981254o

  • PubMed Abstract: 

    • Neurotrophin-3 (NT-3) is a cystine knot growth factor that promotes the survival, proliferation, and differentiation of developing neurons and is a potential therapeutic for neurodegenerative diseases. To clarify the structural basis of receptor spec ...

    Neurotrophin-3 (NT-3) is a cystine knot growth factor that promotes the survival, proliferation, and differentiation of developing neurons and is a potential therapeutic for neurodegenerative diseases. To clarify the structural basis of receptor specificity and the role of neurotrophin dimerization in receptor activation, the structure of the NT-3 homodimer was determined using X-ray crystallography. The orthorhombic crystals diffract to 2.4 A, with dimer symmetry occurring about a crystallographic 2-fold axis. The overall structure of NT-3 resembles that of the other neurotrophins, NGF and BDNF; each protomer forms a twisted four-stranded beta sheet, with three intertwined disulfide bonds. There are notable differences, however, between NT-3 and NGF in the surface loops and in three functionally important regions, shown in previous mutagenesis studies to be critical for binding. One such difference implies that NT-3's binding affinity and specificity depend on a novel hydrogen bond between Gln 83, a residue important for binding specificity with TrkC, and Arg 103, a residue crucial for binding affinity with TrkC. NT-3's extensive dimer interface buries much of the otherwise solvent-accessible hydrophobic surface area and suggests that the dimeric state is stabilized through the formation of this hydrophobic core. A comparison of the dimer interface between the NT-3 homodimer and the BDNF/NT-3 heterodimer reveals similar patterns of hydrogen bonds and nonpolar contacts, which reinforces the notion that the evolutionarily conserved neurotrophin interface resulted from the need for receptor dimerization in signal initiation.

    Organizational Affiliation: 

    Graduate Group in Biophysics and Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, University of California, San Francisco, California 94143, USA.




Macromolecules

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Entity ID: 1
MoleculeChainsSequence LengthOrganismDetails
PROTEIN (NEUROTROPHIN-3)
A
119Homo sapiensMutation(s): 0 
Gene Names: NTF3
Find proteins for P20783 (Homo sapiens)
Go to Gene View: NTF3
Go to UniProtKB:  P20783
Experimental Data & Validation

Experimental Data

  • Method: X-RAY DIFFRACTION
  • Resolution: 2.4 Å
  • R-Value Free: 0.263 
  • R-Value Work: 0.219 
  • Space Group: P 21 21 2
Unit Cell:
Length (Å)Angle (°)
a = 37.434α = 90.00
b = 52.067β = 90.00
c = 64.795γ = 90.00
Software Package:
Software NamePurpose
SCALEPACKdata scaling
AMoREphasing
CNSrefinement
DENZOdata reduction

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Entry History 

Deposition Data

Revision History 

  • Version 1.0: 1999-06-06
    Type: Initial release
  • Version 1.1: 2008-04-26
    Type: Version format compliance
  • Version 1.2: 2011-07-13
    Type: Derived calculations, Version format compliance
  • Version 1.3: 2011-11-16
    Type: Atomic model