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==Crystal Structure of human GITRL==
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== Structural highlights ==
<table><tr><td colspan='2'>[[2q1m]] is a 1 chain structure with sequence from [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homo_sapiens Homo sapiens]. Full crystallographic information is available from [http://oca.weizmann.ac.il/oca-bin/ocashort?id=2Q1M OCA]. For a <b>guided tour on the structure components</b> use [https://proteopedia.org/fgij/fg.htm?mol=2Q1M FirstGlance]. <br>
</td></tr><tr id='method'><td class="sblockLbl"><b>[[Empirical_models|Method:]]</b></td><td class="sblockDat" id="methodDat">X-ray diffraction, [[Resolution|Resolution]] 2.3&#8491;</td></tr>
<tr id='resources'><td class="sblockLbl"><b>Resources:</b></td><td class="sblockDat"><span class='plainlinks'>[https://proteopedia.org/fgij/fg.htm?mol=2q1m FirstGlance], [http://oca.weizmann.ac.il/oca-bin/ocaids?id=2q1m OCA], [https://pdbe.org/2q1m PDBe], [https://www.rcsb.org/pdb/explore.do?structureId=2q1m RCSB], [https://www.ebi.ac.uk/pdbsum/2q1m PDBsum], [https://prosat.h-its.org/prosat/prosatexe?pdbcode=2q1m ProSAT]</span></td></tr>
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== Function ==
[https://www.uniprot.org/uniprot/TNF18_HUMAN TNF18_HUMAN] Cytokine that binds to TNFRSF18/AITR/GITR. Regulates T-cell responses. Can function as costimulator and lower the threshold for T-cell activation and T-cell proliferation. Important for interactions between activated T-lymphocytes and endothelial cells. Mediates activation of NF-kappa-B.<ref>PMID:17449724</ref> <ref>PMID:18040044</ref> 
== Evolutionary Conservation ==
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== Publication Abstract from PubMed ==
Glucocorticoid-induced TNF receptor ligand (GITRL), a recently identified member of the TNF family, binds to its receptor GITR on both effector and regulatory T cells and generates positive costimulatory signals implicated in a wide range of T cell functions. Structural analysis reveals that the human GITRL (hGITRL) ectodomain self-assembles into an atypical expanded homotrimer with sparse monomer-monomer interfaces. Consistent with the small intersubunit interfaces, hGITRL exhibits a relatively weak tendency to trimerize in solution and displays a monomer-trimer equilibrium not reported for other TNF family members. This unique assembly behavior has direct implications for hGITRL-GITR signaling, because enforced trimerization of soluble hGITRL ectodomain results in an approximately 100-fold increase in its receptor binding affinity and also in enhanced costimulatory activity. The apparent reduction in affinity that is the consequence of this dynamic equilibrium may represent a mechanism to realize the biologically optimal level of signaling through the hGITRL-GITR pathway, as opposed to the maximal achievable level.

Assembly and structural properties of glucocorticoid-induced TNF receptor ligand: Implications for function.,Chattopadhyay K, Ramagopal UA, Mukhopadhaya A, Malashkevich VN, Dilorenzo TP, Brenowitz M, Nathenson SG, Almo SC Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2007 Dec 4;104(49):19452-7. Epub 2007 Nov 26. PMID:18040044<ref>PMID:18040044</ref>

From MEDLINE&reg;/PubMed&reg;, a database of the U.S. National Library of Medicine.<br>
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==See Also==
*[[Tumor necrosis factor ligand superfamily 3D structures|Tumor necrosis factor ligand superfamily 3D structures]]
*[[Tumor necrosis factor receptor 3D structures|Tumor necrosis factor receptor 3D structures]]
== References ==
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[[Category: Homo sapiens]]
[[Category: Large Structures]]
[[Category: Almo SC]]
[[Category: Chattopadhyay K]]
[[Category: Nathenson SG]]
[[Category: Ramagopal UA]]