title: Solution structure of the inner DysF domain of myoferlin and implications for limb girdle muscular dystrophy type 2b.
abstract: Mutations in the protein dysferlin, a member of the ferlin family, lead to limb girdle muscular dystrophy type 2B and Myoshi myopathy. The ferlins are large proteins characterised by multiple C2 domains and a single C-terminal membrane-spanning helix. However, there is sequence conservation in some of the ferlin family in regions outside the C2 domains. In one annotation of the domain structure of these proteins, an unusual internal duplication event has been noted where a putative domain is inserted in between the N- and C-terminal parts of a homologous domain. This domain is known as the DysF domain. Here, we present the solution structure of the inner DysF domain of the dysferlin paralogue myoferlin, which has a unique fold held together by stacking of arginine and tryptophans, mutations that lead to clinical disease in dysferlin.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Structural and Molecular Biology and School of Crystallography, Birkbeck University of London, London WC1E 7HX, UK.
authors.forename: Pryank
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Patel
authors.forename: Richard
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Harris
authors.forename: Stella M
authors.initials: SM
authors.lastname: Geddes
authors.forename: Eugen-Matthias
authors.initials: EM
authors.lastname: Strehle
authors.forename: James D
authors.initials: JD
authors.lastname: Watson
authors.forename: Rumaisa
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Bashir
authors.forename: Katharine
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Bushby
authors.forename: Paul C
authors.initials: PC
authors.lastname: Driscoll
authors.forename: Nicholas H
authors.initials: NH
authors.lastname: Keep
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D019943:Amino Acid Substitution; D002135:Calcium-Binding Proteins; D000073939:Dysferlin; D006801:Humans; D008565:Membrane Proteins / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000235:genetics; D008958:Models, Molecular; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009124:Muscle Proteins / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000235:genetics; D049288:Muscular Dystrophies, Limb-Girdle / Q000145:classification / Q000209:etiology* / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D019906:Nuclear Magnetic Resonance, Biomolecular; D017354:Point Mutation; D017434:Protein Structure, Tertiary; D017386:Sequence Homology, Amino Acid; D055672:Static Electricity; D013816:Thermodynamics
chemical_list: D002135:Calcium-Binding Proteins; C114839:DYSF protein, human; D000073939:Dysferlin; C415584:MYOF protein, human; D008565:Membrane Proteins; D009124:Muscle Proteins