title: Structural analysis of recombinant soluble human interleukin-2 receptor. Primary structure, assignment of disulfide bonds and core IL-2 binding structure.
abstract: A purified soluble and functional form of recombinant human interleukin-2 receptor, engineered and expressed in Chinese hamster ovary cells, was structurally characterized. The primary sequence of this 224 amino acid recombinant protein which lacks most of the carboxy-terminal transmembrane and cytoplasmic portions of the intact protein was established by sequence analyses. The disulfide bonds were assigned by comparative peptide mapping of the reduced and non-reduced peptide digests. As in the case of natural interleukin-2 receptor they occur between cysteines 3-147, 46-104, 131-163, and 28/30-59/61. Based on assignment of the disulfide bonds, a structural model of the interleukin-2 receptor for interleukin-2 binding is proposed.
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D002460:Cell Line; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D004220:Disulfides / Q000032:analysis; D006801:Humans; D007376:Interleukin-2 / Q000378:metabolism*; D008958:Models, Molecular; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D010446:Peptide Fragments / Q000032:analysis; D011487:Protein Conformation; D011971:Receptors, Immunologic / Q000235:genetics; D015375:Receptors, Interleukin-2; D011994:Recombinant Proteins
chemical_list: D004220:Disulfides; D007376:Interleukin-2; D010446:Peptide Fragments; D011971:Receptors, Immunologic; D015375:Receptors, Interleukin-2; D011994:Recombinant Proteins