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ArticleThe Journal of biological chemistry2015

The olfactomedin domain from gliomedin is a β-propeller with unique structural properties.

Huijong Han, Petri Kursula

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Article in The Journal of biological chemistry, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 16 papers.

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16citing papers in PubMed
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16 citing papers in PubMed, 21 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

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2 authors at 2 institutions in 3 countries.

Huijong HanFrom the Faculty of Biochemistry and Molecular Medicine and Biocenter Oulu, University of Oulu, 90014 Oulu, Finland, the German Electron Synchrotron (DESY), 22607 Hamburg, Germany, and.
Petri KursulaFrom the Faculty of Biochemistry and Molecular Medicine and Biocenter Oulu, University of Oulu, 90014 Oulu, Finland, the German Electron Synchrotron (DESY), 22607 Hamburg, Germany, and the Department of Biomedicine, University of Bergen, N-5020 Bergen, Norway petri.kursula@biomed.uib.no.
Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron DESY · DEUniversity of Oulu · FI

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

All members of the olfactomedin (OLF) family have a conserved extracellular OLF domain, for which a structure has not been available. We present here the crystal structure of the OLF domain from gliomedin. Gliomedin is a protein expressed by Schwann cells in peripheral nerves, important for the formation of the nodes of Ranvier. Gliomedin interacts with neuronal cell adhesion molecules, such as neurofascin, but the structural details of the interaction are not known. The structure of the OLF domain presents a five-bladed β-propeller fold with unusual geometric properties. The symmetry of the structure is not 5-fold, but rather reveals a twisted arrangement. The conserved top face of the gliomedin OLF domain is likely to be important for binding to neuronal ligands. Our results provide a structural basis for the functions of gliomedin in Schwann cells, enable the understanding of the role of the gliomedin OLF domain in autoimmune neuropathies, and unravel the locations of human disease-causing mutations in other OLF family members, including myocilin.

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Amino Acid SequenceAnimalsCell Adhesion Molecules, NeuronalExtracellular Matrix ProteinsGlycoproteinsMolecular Sequence DataProtein Structure, TertiaryRatsCell Adhesion Molecules, NeuronalExtracellular Matrix Proteinsgliomedin, ratGlycoproteinsolfactomedinCell-surface ProteinCrystal StructureMyelinNeurodevelopmentOlfactomedinProtein DomainProtein StructureSchwann CellsStructural BiologyX-ray Crystallography

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PMID25525261
PMCPMC4319027
OpenAlexW1995133011

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