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: 5992.00 
• Atom Count: 350 
• Residue Count: 54 
• Unique protein chains: 1

2N7R

Structure of the transmembrane domain of human nicastrin in DPC micelles

• DOI: 10.2210/pdb2N7R/pdb
• BMRB: 25818

• Classification: MEMBRANE PROTEIN
• Organism(s): Homo sapiens
• Expression System: Escherichia coli


• Deposited: 2015-09-17 Released: 2016-04-27 
• Deposition Author(s): Li, Y., Liew, L., Li, Q., Kang, C.

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Experimental Data Snapshot

• Method: SOLUTION NMR
• Conformers Calculated: 100 
• Conformers Submitted: 20 
• Selection Criteria: structures with the lowest energy 

Literature

Structure of the transmembrane domain of human nicastrin-a component of gamma-secretase

Li, Y., Liew, L.S., Li, Q., Kang, C.

(2016) Sci Rep 6: 19522-19522

• PubMed: 26776682 
• DOI: 10.1038/srep19522
• Primary Citation of Related Structures:  
  2N7Q


• PubMed Abstract: 
  

Nicastrin is the largest component of γ-secretase that is an intramembrane protease important in the development of Alzheimer's disease. Nicastrin contains a large extracellular domain, a single transmembrane (TM) domain, and a short C-terminus. Its TM domain is important for the γ-secretase complex formation. Here we report nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) studies of the TM and C-terminal regions of human nicastrin in both sodium dodecyl sulfate (SDS) and dodecylphosphocholine (DPC) micelles. Structural study and dynamic analysis reveal that the TM domain is largely helical and stable under both SDS and DPC micelles with its N-terminal region undergoing intermediate time scale motion. The TM helix contains a hydrophilic patch that is important for TM-TM interactions. The short C-terminus is not structured in solution and a region formed by residues V697-A702 interacts with the membrane, suggesting that these residues may play a role in the γ-secretase complex formation. Our study provides structural insight into the function of the nicastrin TM domain and the C-terminus in γ-secretase complex.

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Organizational Affiliation: 

Experimental Therapeutics Centre, Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR), Singapore, 138669 Singapore.

Macromolecules

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Entity ID: 1
Molecule	Chains	Sequence Length	Organism	Details
Nicastrin	A	54	Homo sapiens	Mutation(s): 0  Gene Names: NCSTN (KIAA0253)
Find proteins for Q92542 (Homo sapiens) Go to Gene View: NCSTN Go to UniProtKB:  Q92542

Experimental Data & Validation

Experimental Data

• Method: SOLUTION NMR
• Conformers Calculated: 100 
• Conformers Submitted: 20 
• Selection Criteria: structures with the lowest energy 

Structure Validation

Entry History 

Deposition Data

• Deposited Date: 2015-09-17 
• Released Date: 2016-04-27 
• Deposition Author(s): Li, Y., Liew, L., Li, Q., Kang, C.

Revision History 

• Version 1.0: 2016-04-27
  Type: Initial release