title: Solution structure and dynamics of melanoma inhibitory activity protein.
abstract: Melanoma inhibitory activity (MIA) is a small secreted protein that is implicated in cartilage cell maintenance and melanoma metastasis. It is representative of a recently discovered family of proteins that contain a Src Homologous 3 (SH3) subdomain. While SH3 domains are normally found in intracellular proteins and mediate protein-protein interactions via recognition of polyproline helices, MIA is single-domain extracellular protein, and it probably binds to a different class of ligands. Here we report the assignments, solution structure, and dynamics of human MIA determined by heteronuclear NMR methods. The structures were calculated in a semi-automated manner without manual assignment of NOE crosspeaks, and have a backbone rmsd of 0.38 A over the ordered regions of the protein. The structure consists of an SH3-like subdomain with N- and C-terminal extensions of approximately 20 amino acids each that together form a novel fold. The rmsd between the solution structure and our recently reported crystal structure is 0.86 A over the ordered regions of the backbone, and the main differences are localized to the most dynamic regions of the protein. The similarity between the NMR and crystal structures supports the use of automated NOE assignments and ambiguous restraints to accelerate the calculation of NMR structures.
authors: Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, University of California, Berkeley 94720, USA.
authors: Julie C
authors: JC
authors: Lougheed
authors: Peter J
authors: PJ
authors: Domaille
authors: Tracy M
authors: TM
authors: Handel
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D016384:Consensus Sequence; D003460:Crystallization; D003553:Cystine / Q000737:chemistry; D016326:Extracellular Matrix Proteins; D006801:Humans; D008958:Models, Molecular; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009363:Neoplasm Proteins / Q000737:chemistry*; D019906:Nuclear Magnetic Resonance, Biomolecular; D011487:Protein Conformation; D017510:Protein Folding; D025941:Protein Interaction Mapping; D017434:Protein Structure, Tertiary; D011993:Recombinant Fusion Proteins / Q000737:chemistry; D012996:Solutions; D018909:src Homology Domains
chemical_list: D016326:Extracellular Matrix Proteins; C090059:MIA protein, human; D009363:Neoplasm Proteins; D011993:Recombinant Fusion Proteins; D012996:Solutions; D003553:Cystine