View source for 8vj2


==Crystal Structure of Macrophage migration inhibitory factor-1 (MIF1) from Onchocerca volvulus==
<StructureSection load='8vj2' size='340' side='right'caption='[[8vj2]], [[Resolution|resolution]] 1.90&Aring;' scene=''>
== Structural highlights ==
<table><tr><td colspan='2'>[[8vj2]] is a 3 chain structure with sequence from [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Onchocerca_volvulus Onchocerca volvulus]. Full crystallographic information is available from [http://oca.weizmann.ac.il/oca-bin/ocashort?id=8VJ2 OCA]. For a <b>guided tour on the structure components</b> use [https://proteopedia.org/fgij/fg.htm?mol=8VJ2 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]] 1.9&#8491;</td></tr>
<tr id='ligand'><td class="sblockLbl"><b>[[Ligand|Ligands:]]</b></td><td class="sblockDat" id="ligandDat"><scene name='pdbligand=NA:SODIUM+ION'>NA</scene></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=8vj2 FirstGlance], [http://oca.weizmann.ac.il/oca-bin/ocaids?id=8vj2 OCA], [https://pdbe.org/8vj2 PDBe], [https://www.rcsb.org/pdb/explore.do?structureId=8vj2 RCSB], [https://www.ebi.ac.uk/pdbsum/8vj2 PDBsum], [https://prosat.h-its.org/prosat/prosatexe?pdbcode=8vj2 ProSAT]</span></td></tr>
</table>
== Function ==
[https://www.uniprot.org/uniprot/Q963F7_ONCVO Q963F7_ONCVO] 
<div style="background-color:#fffaf0;">
== Publication Abstract from PubMed ==
Onchocerca volvulus causes blindness, onchocerciasis, skin infections and devastating neurological diseases such as nodding syndrome. New treatments are needed because the currently used drug, ivermectin, is contraindicated in pregnant women and those co-infected with Loa loa. The Seattle Structural Genomics Center for Infectious Disease (SSGCID) produced, crystallized and determined the apo structure of N-terminally hexahistidine-tagged O. volvulus macrophage migration inhibitory factor-1 (His-OvMIF-1). OvMIF-1 is a possible drug target. His-OvMIF-1 has a unique jellyfish-like structure with a prototypical macrophage migration inhibitory factor (MIF) trimer as the ;head' and a unique C-terminal ;tail'. Deleting the N-terminal tag reveals an OvMIF-1 structure with a larger cavity than that observed in human MIF that can be targeted for drug repurposing and discovery. Removal of the tag will be necessary to determine the actual biological oligomer of OvMIF-1 because size-exclusion chomatographic analysis of His-OvMIF-1 suggests a monomer, while PISA analysis suggests a hexamer stabilized by the unique C-terminal tails.

Crystal structure of N-terminally hexahistidine-tagged Onchocerca volvulus macrophage migration inhibitory factor-1.,Kimble AD, Dawson OCO, Liu L, Subramanian S, Cooper A, Battaile K, Craig J, Harmon E, Myler P, Lovell S, Asojo OA Acta Crystallogr F Struct Biol Commun. 2024 Dec 1;80(Pt 12):328-34. doi: , 10.1107/S2053230X24010550. PMID:39503735<ref>PMID:39503735</ref>

From MEDLINE&reg;/PubMed&reg;, a database of the U.S. National Library of Medicine.<br>
</div>
<div class="pdbe-citations 8vj2" style="background-color:#fffaf0;"></div>
== References ==
<references/>
__TOC__
</StructureSection>
[[Category: Large Structures]]
[[Category: Onchocerca volvulus]]
[[Category: Structural genomic]]