Display Settings:

Format

Send to:

Choose Destination

    Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2006 Feb 28;103(9):3135-40. Epub 2006 Feb 21.

    Homodimeric cross-over structure of the human granulocyte colony-stimulating factor (GCSF) receptor signaling complex.

    Tamada T, Honjo E, Maeda Y, Okamoto T, Ishibashi M, Tokunaga M, Kuroki R.

    Research Group for Molecular Structural Biology, Quantum Beam Science Directorate, Japan Atomic Energy Agency, Tokai, Ibaraki.

    A crystal structure of the signaling complex between human granulocyte colony-stimulating factor (GCSF) and a ligand binding region of GCSF receptor (GCSF-R), has been determined to 2.8 A resolution. The GCSF:GCSF-R complex formed a 2:2 stoichiometry by means of a cross-over interaction between the Ig-like domains of GCSF-R and GCSF. The conformation of the complex is quite different from that between human GCSF and the cytokine receptor homologous domain of mouse GCSF-R, but similar to that of the IL-6/gp130 signaling complex. The Ig-like domain cross-over structure necessary for GCSF-R activation is consistent with previously reported thermodynamic and mutational analyses.

    PMID: 16492764 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

    PMCID: 1413920

    Supplemental Content

    Click here to read Click here to read

    Structures reported by this article