Crystal structure of recombinant rabbit interferon-gamma at 2.7-A resolution

J Biol Chem. 1991 Nov 15;266(32):21791-7.

Abstract

The crystal structure of recombinant rabbit interferon-gamma was solved by the multiple isomorphous replacement technique at 2.7-A resolution and refined to a crystallographic R-factor of 26.2%. The interferon crystallizes with one-half of the functional dimer in the asymmetric unit, with the two polypeptide chains of the dimer related by a crystallographic 2-fold symmetry axis. The structure is predominantly alpha-helical with extensive interdigitation of the alpha-helical segments of the two polypeptide chains.

Publication types

  • Comparative Study
  • Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.

MeSH terms

  • Amino Acid Sequence
  • Animals
  • Humans
  • Interferon-gamma / chemistry*
  • Interferon-gamma / genetics
  • Macromolecular Substances
  • Models, Molecular
  • Molecular Sequence Data
  • Protein Conformation
  • Rabbits
  • Recombinant Proteins
  • Sequence Homology, Nucleic Acid
  • Solvents
  • X-Ray Diffraction / methods

Substances

  • Macromolecular Substances
  • Recombinant Proteins
  • Solvents
  • Interferon-gamma