1ax8

Human obesity protein, leptinHuman obesity protein, leptin

Structural highlights 1ax8 is a 1 chain structure with sequence from Homo sapiens. The May 2012 RCSB PDB Molecule of the Month feature on Leptin by David Goodsell is 10.2210/rcsb_pdb/mom_2012_5. Full crystallographic information is available from OCA. For a guided tour on the structure components use FirstGlance. Method: X-ray diffraction, Resolution 2.4Å Resources: FirstGlance, OCA, PDBe, RCSB, PDBsum, ProSAT Disease LEP_HUMAN Defects in LEP may be a cause of obesity (OBESITY) [MIM:601665. It is a condition characterized by an increase of body weight beyond the limitation of skeletal and physical requirements, as the result of excessive accumulation of body fat. Function LEP_HUMAN May function as part of a signaling pathway that acts to regulate the size of the body fat depot. An increase in the level of LEP may act directly or indirectly on the CNS to inhibit food intake and/or regulate energy expenditure as part of a homeostatic mechanism to maintain constancy of the adipose mass. Evolutionary Conservation Check, as determined by ConSurfDB. You may read the explanation of the method and the full data available from ConSurf. See Also Flock house virus protein B2 User:Mary Ball/Leptin

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