Proposed folding pattern for apolipoprotein A-II based on a structural analogy with uteroglobin

Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1988 Aug;85(15):5669-72. doi: 10.1073/pnas.85.15.5669.

Abstract

The tertiary structure observed in the crystalline state for uteroglobin, a small steroid binding protein, is used as a template to build an approximated model for apolipoprotein A-II. The presence of four proline residues and four hydrophobic clusters located at similar positions in apolipoprotein A-II and uteroglobin is taken as the major source of stability in such tertiary structures. A brief description of plausible specific binding sites appearing on the model of apolipoprotein A-II is given. It is suggested that the internal cavity and the four surface pockets observed for uteroglobin and postulated for apolipoprotein A-II might be used to insure specific binding of triglycerides, phospholipids, or cholesterol.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Apolipoprotein A-II
  • Apolipoproteins A* / metabolism
  • Binding Sites
  • Chemical Phenomena
  • Chemistry
  • Cholesterol / metabolism
  • Crystallization
  • Glycoproteins* / metabolism
  • Humans
  • Lipoproteins, HDL* / metabolism
  • Models, Molecular
  • Phospholipids / metabolism
  • Protein Conformation
  • Rabbits
  • Templates, Genetic
  • Triglycerides / metabolism
  • Uteroglobin* / metabolism

Substances

  • Apolipoprotein A-II
  • Apolipoproteins A
  • Glycoproteins
  • Lipoproteins, HDL
  • Phospholipids
  • Triglycerides
  • Uteroglobin
  • Cholesterol