Macromolecule Content

• Total Structure Weight: 1357.70 
• Atom Count: 93 
• Residue Count: 12 
• Unique protein chains: 1

2JN5

Solution Structure of a Dodecapeptide from Alpha-Synuclein Bound with Synphilin-1

• DOI: 10.2210/pdb2JN5/pdb
• BMRB: 15095

• Classification: LIPID BINDING PROTEIN PROTEIN FIBRIL
• Organism(s): Homo sapiens


• Deposited: 2006-12-28 Released: 2008-01-22 
• Deposition Author(s): Zhou, C.J., Hu, H.Y., Lin, D.H.

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Experimental Data Snapshot

• Method: SOLUTION NMR
• Conformers Calculated: 250 
• Conformers Submitted: 10 
• Selection Criteria: structures with the lowest energy 

Literature

Interaction with synphilin-1 promotes inclusion formation of alpha-synuclein: mechanistic insights and pathological implication.

Xie, Y.Y., Zhou, C.J., Zhou, Z.R., Hong, J., Che, M.X., Fu, Q.S., Song, A.X., Lin, D.H., Hu, H.Y.

(2010) Faseb J. 24: 196-205

• PubMed: 19762560 
• DOI: 10.1096/fj.09-133082
• Primary Citation of Related Structures:  
  2KES


• PubMed Abstract: 
  

alpha-Synuclein (alpha-Syn) is the major component of Lewy bodies (LBs) deposited in the brains of patients with Parkinson's disease. Synphilin-1 (Sph1) is a novel alpha-Syn-interacting protein also present in the LBs. However, the roles of alpha-Syn-Sph1 interaction in LB formation and in the related pathogenesis are still unclear. We have studied the interaction between alpha-Syn and Sph1 by biochemical and structural approaches and found that the central coiled-coil domain of Sph1 specifically interacts with the N-terminal stretch of alpha-Syn. When overexpressed in HEK 293T cells, Sph1 forms inclusions together with alpha-Syn, but the Sph1-positive inclusions cannot recruit the N-terminally truncated alpha-Syn. The central portion of Sph1 can also recruit alpha-Syn and induce inclusion formation through its coiled-coil domain. These observations demonstrate that the alpha-Syn-Sph1 interaction significantly promotes the formation of cytoplasmic alpha-Syn inclusions, which may have implications for LB formation in neural cells. We have also elucidated solution structure of the coiled-coil domain of Sph1 and its interaction with the N-terminal peptide of alpha-Syn. The specific interaction between alpha-Syn and Sph1 provides mechanistic insights into the inclusion-body formation in cells and pathological implication in Parkinson's disease.

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Organizational Affiliation: 

State Key Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Institute of Biochemistry and Cell Biology, Shanghai Institutes for Biological Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 320 Yueyang Road, Shanghai, China.

Macromolecules

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Entity ID: 1
Molecule	Chains	Sequence Length	Organism	Details
Alpha-synuclein	A	12	Homo sapiens	Mutation(s): 0  Gene Names: SNCA (NACP, PARK1)
Find proteins for P37840 (Homo sapiens) Go to Gene View: SNCA Go to UniProtKB:  P37840

Experimental Data & Validation

Experimental Data

• Method: SOLUTION NMR
• Conformers Calculated: 250 
• Conformers Submitted: 10 
• Selection Criteria: structures with the lowest energy 
• Olderado: 2JN5 Olderado

Structure Validation

Entry History 

Deposition Data

• Deposited Date: 2006-12-28 
• Released Date: 2008-01-22 
• Deposition Author(s): Zhou, C.J., Hu, H.Y., Lin, D.H.

Revision History 

• Version 1.0: 2008-01-22
  Type: Initial release
• Version 1.1: 2011-07-13
  Type: Version format compliance