title: Crystal structure of human ZAG, a fat-depleting factor related to MHC molecules.
abstract: Zn-alpha2-glycoprotein (ZAG) is a soluble protein that is present in serum and other body fluids. ZAG stimulates lipid degradation in adipocytes and causes the extensive fat losses associated with some advanced cancers. The 2.8 angstrom crystal structure of ZAG resembles a class I major histocompatibility complex (MHC) heavy chain, but ZAG does not bind the class I light chain beta2-microglobulin. The ZAG structure includes a large groove analogous to class I MHC peptide binding grooves. Instead of a peptide, the ZAG groove contains a nonpeptidic compound that may be implicated in lipid catabolism under normal or pathological conditions.
authors: Division of Biology, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA 91125, USA.
authors: L M
authors: LM
authors: Sánchez
authors: A J
authors: AJ
authors: Chirino
authors: P j
authors: Pj
authors: Bjorkman
mesh_terms: D001665:Binding Sites; D018360:Crystallography, X-Ray; D006023:Glycoproteins / Q000097:blood / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000378:metabolism; D006031:Glycosylation; D015789:HLA-A2 Antigen / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism; D015395:Histocompatibility Antigens Class I / Q000737:chemistry*; D006801:Humans; D006860:Hydrogen Bonding; D008024:Ligands; D050356:Lipid Metabolism; D008958:Models, Molecular; D010455:Peptides / Q000378:metabolism; D011485:Protein Binding; D011487:Protein Conformation; D017510:Protein Folding; D017433:Protein Structure, Secondary; D017434:Protein Structure, Tertiary; D029589:Seminal Plasma Proteins; D000090203:Zn-Alpha-2-Glycoprotein; D001613:beta 2-Microglobulin / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D006023:Glycoproteins; D015789:HLA-A2 Antigen; D015395:Histocompatibility Antigens Class I; D008024:Ligands; D010455:Peptides; D029589:Seminal Plasma Proteins; D000090203:Zn-Alpha-2-Glycoprotein; D001613:beta 2-Microglobulin