title: Solution structure of CINC/Gro investigated by heteronuclear NMR.
abstract: Cytokine-induced neutrophil chemoattractant (CINC/Gro) is a chemotactic factor for neutrophils in the rat and a member of the CXC chemokine family. The refined three-dimensional structure of CINC/Gro was derived with the aid of heteronuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy and a hybrid method of distance geometry and simulated annealing. The backbone atomic r.m.s. differences for 19 structures about the mean coordinates for residues 7 to 70 are 0.69+/-0.15 A for the dimer and 0.56+/-0.13 A for the monomer. The N terminal region containing an ELR sequence, an essential motif for chemotactic activity, is disordered in solution, as in other CXC chemokines. The dimer structure consists of a six-stranded anti-parallel beta sheet with two C-terminal alpha helices on the beta sheet. The overall dimer structure of CINC/Gro is similar to that of human MGSA, though the backbone r.m.s.d.s between CINC/Gro and the two MGSA structures were high (1.81 and 2.34 A for the monomer) in spite of the high sequence homology (67%). The major difference resides in the relative position of the C-terminal alpha helix with respect to the beta sheet. This results in a difference of interhelical distances in the dimer: wider (15 A) in CINC/Gro, as in IL-8, than in MGSA (11.7 and 10 A).
authors.affiliation: Analytical and Metabolic Research Laboratories, Sankyo Co., Ltd., Tokyo.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Hanzawa
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Haruyama
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Konishi
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Watanabe
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Tsurufuji
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D054360:Chemokine CXCL1; D018925:Chemokines / Q000737:chemistry; D019743:Chemokines, CXC; D002630:Chemotactic Factors / Q000737:chemistry*; D006133:Growth Substances / Q000737:chemistry*; D006801:Humans; D036341:Intercellular Signaling Peptides and Proteins; D016209:Interleukin-8 / Q000737:chemistry; D008958:Models, Molecular; D019906:Nuclear Magnetic Resonance, Biomolecular; D011487:Protein Conformation; D051381:Rats; D011994:Recombinant Proteins / Q000737:chemistry
chemical_list: C475829:CXCL1 protein, human; D054360:Chemokine CXCL1; D018925:Chemokines; D019743:Chemokines, CXC; D002630:Chemotactic Factors; C513297:Cxcl1 protein, rat; D006133:Growth Substances; D036341:Intercellular Signaling Peptides and Proteins; D016209:Interleukin-8; D011994:Recombinant Proteins