View source for 2v8e

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==Overview==
Nearly 50 million people worldwide suffer from age-related macular, degeneration (AMD), which causes severe loss of central vision. A, single-nucleotide polymorphism in the gene for the complement regulator, factor H (FH), which causes a Tyr-to-His substitution at position 402, is, linked to approximately 50% of attributable risks for AMD. We present the, crystal structure of the region of FH containing the polymorphic amino, acid His402 in complex with an analogue of the glycosaminoglycans (GAGs), that localize the complement regulator on the cell surface. The structure, demonstrates direct coordination of ligand by the disease-associated, polymorphic residue, providing a molecular explanation of the genetic, observation. This glycan-binding site occupies the center of an extended, ... [[http://ispc.weizmann.ac.il/pmbin/getpm?17893204 (full description)]]

==About this Structure==
2V8E is a [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Single_protein Single protein]] structure of sequence from [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homo_sapiens Homo sapiens]] with SCR, CL, SO4 and GOL as [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ligands ligands]]. Full crystallographic information is available from [[http://ispc.weizmann.ac.il/oca-bin/ocashort?id=2V8E OCA]]. 

==Reference==
Structural basis for complement factor H linked age-related macular degeneration., Prosser BE, Johnson S, Roversi P, Herbert AP, Blaum BS, Tyrrell J, Jowitt TA, Clark SJ, Tarelli E, Uhrin D, Barlow PN, Sim RB, Day AJ, Lea SM, J Exp Med. 2007 Oct 1;204(10):2277-83. Epub 2007 Sep 24. PMID:[http://ispc.weizmann.ac.il//pmbin/getpm?pmid=17893204 17893204]
[[Category: Homo sapiens]]
[[Category: Single protein]]
[[Category: Barlow, P.N.]]
[[Category: Blaum, B.S.]]
[[Category: Clark, S.J.]]
[[Category: Day, A.J.]]
[[Category: Herbert, A.P.]]
[[Category: Johnson, S.]]
[[Category: Jowitt, T.A.]]
[[Category: Lea, S.M.]]
[[Category: Prosser, B.E.]]
[[Category: Roversi, P.]]
[[Category: Sim, R.B.]]
[[Category: Tarelli, E.]]
[[Category: Tyrrell, J.]]
[[Category: Uhrin, D.]]
[[Category: CL]]
[[Category: GOL]]
[[Category: SCR]]
[[Category: SO4]]

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