title: Solution structure and mapping of a very weak calcium-binding site of human translationally controlled tumor protein by NMR.
abstract: Human translationally controlled tumor protein (TCTP) is a growth-related, calcium-binding protein. We determined the solution structure and backbone dynamics of human TCTP, and identified the calcium-binding site of human TCTP using multi-dimensional NMR spectroscopy. The overall structure of human TCTP has a rather rigid well-folded core and a very flexible long loop connected by a short two-strand beta-sheet, which shows a conserved fold in the TCTP family. The C-terminal portions of loop L(alpha3beta8) and strand beta9 and the N-terminal region of strand beta8 may form a calcium-binding site in the human TCTP structure, which is largely conserved in the sequence alignment of TCTPs. The K(d) value for the calcium binding is 0.022-0.025 M indicating a very weak calcium-binding site.
authors: National Laboratory of Biomacromolecules, Center for Structural and Molecular Biology, Institute of Biophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 15 Datun Road, Beijing 100101, China.
authors: Yingang
authors: Y
authors: Feng
authors: Dongsheng
authors: D
authors: Liu
authors: Hongwei
authors: H
authors: Yao
authors: Jinfeng
authors: J
authors: Wang
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D001665:Binding Sites; D014408:Biomarkers, Tumor / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000502:physiology*; D002118:Calcium / Q000737:chemistry*; D006801:Humans; D007700:Kinetics; D009682:Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy / Q000379:methods*; D008968:Molecular Conformation; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009363:Neoplasm Proteins / Q000737:chemistry*; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000378:metabolism*; D011487:Protein Conformation; D017510:Protein Folding; D017433:Protein Structure, Secondary; D017386:Sequence Homology, Amino Acid; D000090324:Tumor Protein, Translationally-Controlled 1
chemical_list: D014408:Biomarkers, Tumor; D009363:Neoplasm Proteins; C000715647:TPT1 protein, human; D000090324:Tumor Protein, Translationally-Controlled 1; D002118:Calcium