Refinement of the Solution Structure of the Heparin-binding Domain of Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor using Residual Dipolar Couplings
Stauffer, M.E., Skelton, N.J., Fairbrother, W.J.(2002) J Biomol NMR 23: 57-61
- PubMed: 12061718
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.1023/a:1015346504499
- Primary Citation of Related Structures:
1KMX - PubMed Abstract:
Previous NMR structural studies of the heparin-binding domain of vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF165) revealed a novel fold comprising two subdomains, each containing two disulfide bridges and a short two-stranded antiparallel beta-sheet. The mutual orientation of the two subdomains was poorly defined by the NMR data. Heteronuclear relaxation data suggested that this disorder resulted from a relative lack of experimental restraints due to the limited size of the interface, rather than inherent high-frequency flexibility. Refinement of the structure using 1H(N-15N residual dipolar coupling restraints results in significantly improved definition of the relative subdomain orientations.
Organizational Affiliation:
Department of Protein Engineering, Genentech, Inc., South, San Francisco, CA 94080, USA.