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The crystal structure of the chemokine domain of fractalkine shows a novel quaternary arrangement

  1. Author:
    Hoover, D. M.
    Mizoue, L. S.
    Handel, T. M.
    Lubkowski, J.

  2. Author Address

    Lubkowski J NCI, Frederick Canc Res & Dev Ctr, Program Struct Biol, Macromol Crystallog Lab Frederick, MD 21702 USA NCI, Frederick Canc Res & Dev Ctr, Program Struct Biol, Macromol Crystallog Lab Frederick, MD 21702 USA Univ Calif Berkeley, Dept Cell & Mol Biol Berkeley, CA 94720 USA
    1. Year: 2000
  2. Journal: Journal of Biological Chemistry
    1. 275
    2. 30
    3. Pages: 23187-23193
  4. Type of Article: Article
  1. Abstract:

    Fractalkine, or neurotactin, is a chemokine that is present in endothelial cells from several tissues, including brain, liver, and kidney. It is the only member of the CX3C class of chemokines. Fractalkine contains a chemokine domain (CDF) attached to a membrane-spanning domain via a mucin-like stalk. However, fractalkine can also be proteolytically cleaved from its membrane-spanning domain to release a freely diffusible form. Fractalkine attracts and immobilizes leukocytes by binding to its receptor, CX(3)CR1. The x-ray crystal structure of CDF has been solved and refined to 2.0 Angstrom resolution. The CDF monomers form a dimer through an intermolecular beta-sheet, This interaction is somewhat similar to that seen in other dimeric CC chemokine crystal structures. However, the displacement of the first disulfide in CDF causes the dimer to assume a more compact quaternary structure relative to CC chemokines, which is unique to CX3C chemokines, Although fractalkine can bind to heparin in vitro, as shown by comparison of electrostatic surface plots with other chemokines and by heparin chromatography, the role of this property in vivo is not well understood. [References: 43]

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