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==Crystal structure of V31I mutant of Human acidic fibroblast growth factor==
<StructureSection load='3fjb' size='340' side='right' caption='[[3fjb]], [[Resolution|resolution]] 2.00&Aring;' scene=''>
== Structural highlights ==
<table><tr><td colspan='2'>[[3fjb]] is a 2 chain structure with sequence from [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homo_sapiens Homo sapiens]. Full crystallographic information is available from [http://oca.weizmann.ac.il/oca-bin/ocashort?id=3FJB OCA]. For a <b>guided tour on the structure components</b> use [http://oca.weizmann.ac.il/oca-docs/fgij/fg.htm?mol=3FJB FirstGlance]. <br>
</td></tr><tr id='ligand'><td class="sblockLbl"><b>[[Ligand|Ligands:]]</b></td><td class="sblockDat"><scene name='pdbligand=SO4:SULFATE+ION'>SO4</scene></td></tr>
<tr id='related'><td class="sblockLbl"><b>[[Related_structure|Related:]]</b></td><td class="sblockDat">[[1jqz|1jqz]], [[3fgm|3fgm]], [[3fj8|3fj8]], [[3fj9|3fj9]], [[3fja|3fja]], [[3fjc|3fjc]], [[3fjd|3fjd]], [[3fje|3fje]], [[3fjf|3fjf]], [[3fjh|3fjh]], [[3fji|3fji]], [[3fjj|3fjj]], [[3fjk|3fjk]]</td></tr>
<tr id='gene'><td class="sblockLbl"><b>[[Gene|Gene:]]</b></td><td class="sblockDat">FGF1, FGFA ([http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/Taxonomy/Browser/wwwtax.cgi?mode=Info&srchmode=5&id=9606 Homo sapiens])</td></tr>
<tr id='resources'><td class="sblockLbl"><b>Resources:</b></td><td class="sblockDat"><span class='plainlinks'>[http://oca.weizmann.ac.il/oca-docs/fgij/fg.htm?mol=3fjb FirstGlance], [http://oca.weizmann.ac.il/oca-bin/ocaids?id=3fjb OCA], [http://www.rcsb.org/pdb/explore.do?structureId=3fjb RCSB], [http://www.ebi.ac.uk/pdbsum/3fjb PDBsum]</span></td></tr>
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== Evolutionary Conservation ==
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</jmol>, as determined by [http://consurfdb.tau.ac.il/ ConSurfDB]. You may read the [[Conservation%2C_Evolutionary|explanation]] of the method and the full data available from [http://bental.tau.ac.il/new_ConSurfDB/chain_selection.php?pdb_ID=2ata ConSurf].
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== Publication Abstract from PubMed ==
Protein biopharmaceuticals are an important and growing area of human therapeutics; however, the intrinsic property of proteins to adopt alternative conformations (such as during protein unfolding and aggregation) presents numerous challenges, limiting their effective application as biopharmaceuticals. Using fibroblast growth factor-1 as model system, we describe a cooperative interaction between the intrinsic property of thermostability and the reactivity of buried free-cysteine residues that can substantially modulate protein functional half-life. A mutational strategy that combines elimination of buried free cysteines and secondary mutations that enhance thermostability to achieve a substantial gain in functional half-life is described. Furthermore, the implementation of this design strategy utilizing stabilizing mutations within the core region resulted in a mutant protein that is essentially indistinguishable from wild type as regard protein surface and solvent structure, thus minimizing the immunogenic potential of the mutations. This design strategy should be generally applicable to soluble globular proteins containing buried free-cysteine residues.

The interaction between thermodynamic stability and buried free cysteines in regulating the functional half-life of fibroblast growth factor-1.,Lee J, Blaber M J Mol Biol. 2009 Oct 16;393(1):113-27. Epub 2009 Aug 18. PMID:19695265<ref>PMID:19695265</ref>

From MEDLINE&reg;/PubMed&reg;, a database of the U.S. National Library of Medicine.<br>
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==See Also==
*[[Fibroblast growth factor|Fibroblast growth factor]]
== References ==
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[[Category: Homo sapiens]]
[[Category: Blaber, M]]
[[Category: Lee, J]]
[[Category: Angiogenesis]]
[[Category: Beta-trefoil]]
[[Category: Developmental protein]]
[[Category: Differentiation]]
[[Category: Growth factor]]
[[Category: Heparin-binding]]
[[Category: Hormone]]
[[Category: Mitogen]]