2WJ7	Chaperone	date	May 22, 2009
title	Human Alphab Crystallin
authors	C.E.Naylor, C.Bagneris, O.A.Bateman, N.Cronin, N.H.Keep, C.Slingsby
compound		source
Molecule: Alpha-Crystallin B Chain Chain: A, B, C, D, E Fragment: Alpha-Crystallin Domain, Residues 67-157 Synonym: Alpha(B)-Crystallin, Rosenthal Fiber Component, Heat Shock Protein Beta-5, Hspb5, Renal Carcinoma Antigen Ny-Ren-27, Human Alphab; Engineered: Yes		Organism_scientific: Homo Sapiens Organism_common: Human Organism_taxid: 9606 Expression_system: Escherichia Coli Expression_system_taxid: 562
symmetry	Space Group: C 1 2 1	R_factor 0.2516 R_Free 0.3200
crystal cell	length a length b length c angle alpha angle beta angle gamma 49.460 66.070 190.970 90.00 92.68 90.00
method	X-Ray Diffraction	resolution	2.63 Å
note	2WJ7 (Molecule of the Month:pdb127)
Gene Ontology	Chain Function Process Component A, D, C, E, B structural constituent of ey... protein binding microtubule binding cytoskeletal protein binding... protein homodimerization act... metal ion binding unfolded protein binding response to hypoxia lens development in camera-t... glucose metabolic process protein folding muscle contraction tubulin complex assembly muscle organ development aging negative regulation of gene ... negative regulation of cell ... microtubule polymerization o... response to estradiol stimul... negative regulation of intra... response to hydrogen peroxid... camera-type eye development negative regulation of apopt... negative regulation of cyste... protein homooligomerization stress-activated MAPK cascad... apoptotic process involved i... negative regulation of react... nucleus cytoplasm mitochondrion Golgi apparatus cytosol plasma membrane cell surface microtubule cytoskeleton Z disc I band actin filament bundle contractile fiber
Primary reference	Crystal Structures of alpha-Crystallin Domain Dimers of alphaB-Crystallin and Hsp20., Bagneris C, Bateman OA, Naylor CE, Cronin N, Boelens WC, Keep NH, Slingsby C, J Mol Biol. 2009 Jul 30. PMID:19646995

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Asymmetric unit, PDB entry: [header only] [complete with coordinates] (69 Kb) [Save to disk] Biological Unit Coordinates (2wj7.pdb1.gz) 15 Kb Biological Unit Coordinates (2wj7.pdb2.gz) 14 Kb Biological Unit Coordinates (2wj7.pdb3.gz) 15 Kb Biological Unit Coordinates (2wj7.pdb4.gz) 13 Kb Biological Unit Coordinates (2wj7.pdb5.gz) 14 Kb CSU: Contacts of Structural Units for 2WJ7 Structure Factors (131 Kb) Retrieve 2WJ7 in mmCIF format [Save to disk] SEQRES to COORDINATES correlation for 2WJ7 from S2C, [Save to disk] Re-refined 2wj7 structure from PDB_REDO, a databank with updated and optimised macromolecular X-ray diffraction structure models

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Structure-derived information

Electron Density related parameters from EDS Electron Density Server, at Upsala Dipole moment, from Dipole Server at Weizmann Institute Crystal Contacts, from CryCo at Weizmann Institute 3D motif for 2WJ7, from MSDmotif at EBI Fold representative 2wj7 from FSSP and Dali (Families of Structurally Similar Proteins)

Sequence-derived information

View one-letter amino acid or nucleotide sequence for each chain: [2wj7_A] [2wj7_B] [2wj7_C] [2wj7_D] [2wj7_E] SWISS-PROT database: [P02511] Domain organization of [CRYAB_HUMAN] by SWISSPFAM Alignments of the sequence of 2WJ7 with the sequences similar proteins can be viewed for 2WJ7's classification [CRYAB_HUMAN] at ProtoMap. Click on "Neighbors List", then on the "See Alignments" button below the list. A sequence distance tree ("phylogenetic tree") can be viewed for 1ACL's classification [CRYAB_HUMAN] at ProtoMap. Click on the Cluster number.

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