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==CRYSTAL STRUCTURE OF FIBRINOGEN FRAGMENT D==
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== Structural highlights ==
<table><tr><td colspan='2'>[[1fza]] is a 6 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=1FZA OCA]. For a <b>guided tour on the structure components</b> use [http://oca.weizmann.ac.il/oca-docs/fgij/fg.htm?mol=1FZA FirstGlance]. <br>
</td></tr><tr id='ligand'><td class="sblockLbl"><b>[[Ligand|Ligands:]]</b></td><td class="sblockDat"><scene name='pdbligand=CA:CALCIUM+ION'>CA</scene>, <scene name='pdbligand=NAG:N-ACETYL-D-GLUCOSAMINE'>NAG</scene></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=1fza FirstGlance], [http://oca.weizmann.ac.il/oca-bin/ocaids?id=1fza OCA], [http://pdbe.org/1fza PDBe], [http://www.rcsb.org/pdb/explore.do?structureId=1fza RCSB], [http://www.ebi.ac.uk/pdbsum/1fza PDBsum], [http://prosat.h-its.org/prosat/prosatexe?pdbcode=1fza ProSAT]</span></td></tr>
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== Disease ==
[[http://www.uniprot.org/uniprot/FIBA_HUMAN FIBA_HUMAN]] Defects in FGA are a cause of congenital afibrinogenemia (CAFBN) [MIM:[http://omim.org/entry/202400 202400]]. This is a rare autosomal recessive disorder characterized by bleeding that varies from mild to severe and by complete absence or extremely low levels of plasma and platelet fibrinogen. Note=The majority of cases of afibrinogenemia are due to truncating mutations. Variations in position Arg-35 (the site of cleavage of fibrinopeptide a by thrombin) leads to alpha-dysfibrinogenemias.  Defects in FGA are a cause of amyloidosis type 8 (AMYL8) [MIM:[http://omim.org/entry/105200 105200]]; also known as systemic non-neuropathic amyloidosis or Ostertag-type amyloidosis. AMYL8 is a hereditary generalized amyloidosis due to deposition of apolipoprotein A1, fibrinogen and lysozyme amyloids. Viscera are particularly affected. There is no involvement of the nervous system. Clinical features include renal amyloidosis resulting in nephrotic syndrome, arterial hypertension, hepatosplenomegaly, cholestasis, petechial skin rash.<ref>PMID:8097946</ref>  [[http://www.uniprot.org/uniprot/FIBG_HUMAN FIBG_HUMAN]] Defects in FGG are a cause of congenital afibrinogenemia (CAFBN) [MIM:[http://omim.org/entry/202400 202400]]. This rare autosomal recessive disorder is characterized by bleeding that varies from mild to severe and by complete absence or extremely low levels of plasma and platelet fibrinogen. Note=Patients with congenital fibrinogen abnormalities can manifest different clinical pictures. Some cases are clinically silent, some show a tendency toward bleeding and some show a predisposition for thrombosis with or without bleeding. [[http://www.uniprot.org/uniprot/FIBB_HUMAN FIBB_HUMAN]] Defects in FGB are a cause of congenital afibrinogenemia (CAFBN) [MIM:[http://omim.org/entry/202400 202400]]. This rare autosomal recessive disorder is characterized by bleeding that varies from mild to severe and by complete absence or extremely low levels of plasma and platelet fibrinogen. Note=Patients with congenital fibrinogen abnormalities can manifest different clinical pictures. Some cases are clinically silent, some show a tendency toward bleeding and some show a predisposition for thrombosis with or without bleeding. 
== Function ==
[[http://www.uniprot.org/uniprot/FIBA_HUMAN FIBA_HUMAN]] Fibrinogen has a double function: yielding monomers that polymerize into fibrin and acting as a cofactor in platelet aggregation. [[http://www.uniprot.org/uniprot/FIBG_HUMAN FIBG_HUMAN]] Fibrinogen has a double function: yielding monomers that polymerize into fibrin and acting as a cofactor in platelet aggregation. [[http://www.uniprot.org/uniprot/FIBB_HUMAN FIBB_HUMAN]] Fibrinogen has a double function: yielding monomers that polymerize into fibrin and acting as a cofactor in platelet aggregation. 
== 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/main_output.php?pdb_ID=1fza ConSurf].
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== Publication Abstract from PubMed ==
In blood coagulation, units of the protein fibrinogen pack together to form a fibrin clot, but a crystal structure for fibrinogen is needed to understand how this is achieved. The structure of a core fragment (fragment D) from human fibrinogen has now been determined to 2.9 A resolution. The 86K three-chained structure consists of a coiled-coil region and two homologous globular entitles oriented at approximately 130 degrees to each other. Additionally, the covalently bound dimer of fragment D, known as 'double-D', was isolated from human fibrin, crystallized in the presence of a Gly-Pro-Arg-Pro-amide peptide ligand, which simulates the donor polymerization site, and its structure solved by molecular replacement with the model of fragment D.

Crystal structures of fragment D from human fibrinogen and its crosslinked counterpart from fibrin.,Spraggon G, Everse SJ, Doolittle RF Nature. 1997 Oct 2;389(6650):455-62. PMID:9333233<ref>PMID:9333233</ref>

From MEDLINE&reg;/PubMed&reg;, a database of the U.S. National Library of Medicine.<br>
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==See Also==
*[[Fibrinogen|Fibrinogen]]
== References ==
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[[Category: Homo sapiens]]
[[Category: Doolittle, R F]]
[[Category: Everse, S J]]
[[Category: Spraggon, G]]
[[Category: Blood coagulation]]
[[Category: Fibrin]]
[[Category: Fibrinogen]]
[[Category: Plasma]]
[[Category: Platelet]]