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'''X-RAY STRUCTURE OF HUMAN RELAXIN AT 1.5 ANGSTROMS. COMPARISON TO INSULIN AND IMPLICATIONS FOR RECEPTOR BINDING DETERMINANTS'''<br />


==Overview==
==X-RAY STRUCTURE OF HUMAN RELAXIN AT 1.5 ANGSTROMS. COMPARISON TO INSULIN AND IMPLICATIONS FOR RECEPTOR BINDING DETERMINANTS==
The X-ray crystal structure of relaxin at 1.5 A resolution is reported for, the physiologically active form of the human hormone. Relaxin is a small, two-chain polypeptide that is a member of the protein hormone family that, also includes insulin and the insulin-like growth factors IGF-I and, IGF-II. These hormones have biologically diverse activities but are, structurally similar, sharing a distinctive pattern of cysteine and, glycine residues. The predicted structural homology of relaxin to insulin, is confirmed by this structural analysis; however, there are significant, differences in the terminal regions of the b-chain. Although relaxin, like, insulin, crystallizes as a dimer, the orientation of the molecules in the, respective dimers is completely different. The region of the relaxin, molecule proposed to be involved in receptor binding is part of the dimer, interface, suggesting that some of the other residues contained in the, dimer contact surface might be receptor binding determinants as well. The, proposed receptor binding determinants for insulin likewise include, residues at its dimer interface. However, because the dimer contacts of, relaxin and insulin are quite different, it appears that these two, structurally related hormones have evolved somewhat dissimilar mechanisms, for receptor binding.
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== Structural highlights ==
<table><tr><td colspan='2'>[[6rlx]] is a 4 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=6RLX OCA]. For a <b>guided tour on the structure components</b> use [https://proteopedia.org/fgij/fg.htm?mol=6RLX 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]] 1.5&#8491;</td></tr>
<tr id='ligand'><td class="sblockLbl"><b>[[Ligand|Ligands:]]</b></td><td class="sblockDat" id="ligandDat"><scene name='pdbligand=PCA:PYROGLUTAMIC+ACID'>PCA</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=6rlx FirstGlance], [http://oca.weizmann.ac.il/oca-bin/ocaids?id=6rlx OCA], [https://pdbe.org/6rlx PDBe], [https://www.rcsb.org/pdb/explore.do?structureId=6rlx RCSB], [https://www.ebi.ac.uk/pdbsum/6rlx PDBsum], [https://prosat.h-its.org/prosat/prosatexe?pdbcode=6rlx ProSAT]</span></td></tr>
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== Function ==
[https://www.uniprot.org/uniprot/REL2_HUMAN REL2_HUMAN] Relaxin is an ovarian hormone that acts with estrogen to produce dilatation of the birth canal in many mammals. May be involved in remodeling of connective tissues during pregnancy, promoting growth of pubic ligaments and ripening of the cervix.
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== Publication Abstract from PubMed ==
The X-ray crystal structure of relaxin at 1.5 A resolution is reported for the physiologically active form of the human hormone. Relaxin is a small, two-chain polypeptide that is a member of the protein hormone family that also includes insulin and the insulin-like growth factors IGF-I and IGF-II. These hormones have biologically diverse activities but are structurally similar, sharing a distinctive pattern of cysteine and glycine residues. The predicted structural homology of relaxin to insulin is confirmed by this structural analysis; however, there are significant differences in the terminal regions of the b-chain. Although relaxin, like insulin, crystallizes as a dimer, the orientation of the molecules in the respective dimers is completely different. The region of the relaxin molecule proposed to be involved in receptor binding is part of the dimer interface, suggesting that some of the other residues contained in the dimer contact surface might be receptor binding determinants as well. The proposed receptor binding determinants for insulin likewise include residues at its dimer interface. However, because the dimer contacts of relaxin and insulin are quite different, it appears that these two structurally related hormones have evolved somewhat dissimilar mechanisms for receptor binding.


==About this Structure==
X-ray structure of human relaxin at 1.5 A. Comparison to insulin and implications for receptor binding determinants.,Eigenbrot C, Randal M, Quan C, Burnier J, O'Connell L, Rinderknecht E, Kossiakoff AA J Mol Biol. 1991 Sep 5;221(1):15-21. PMID:1656049<ref>PMID:1656049</ref>
6RLX is a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Protein_complex Protein complex] structure of sequences from [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homo_sapiens Homo sapiens]. Full crystallographic information is available from [http://ispc.weizmann.ac.il/oca-bin/ocashort?id=6RLX OCA].


==Reference==
From MEDLINE&reg;/PubMed&reg;, a database of the U.S. National Library of Medicine.<br>
X-ray structure of human relaxin at 1.5 A. Comparison to insulin and implications for receptor binding determinants., Eigenbrot C, Randal M, Quan C, Burnier J, O'Connell L, Rinderknecht E, Kossiakoff AA, J Mol Biol. 1991 Sep 5;221(1):15-21. PMID:[http://ispc.weizmann.ac.il//pmbin/getpm?pmid=1656049 1656049]
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== References ==
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[[Category: Homo sapiens]]
[[Category: Homo sapiens]]
[[Category: Protein complex]]
[[Category: Large Structures]]
[[Category: Eigenbrot, C.]]
[[Category: Eigenbrot C]]
[[Category: Kossiakoff, A.A.]]
[[Category: Kossiakoff AA]]
[[Category: Randal, M.]]
[[Category: Randal M]]
[[Category: hormone(muscle relaxant)]]
 
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