Publication Date:
1994-04-01
Description:
Interleukin-8 (IL-8), a pro-inflammatory protein, has been shown by nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) and x-ray techniques to exist as a homodimer. An IL-8 analog was chemically synthesized, with the amide nitrogen of leucine-25 methylated to selectivity block formation of hydrogen bonds between monomers and thereby prevent dimerization. This analog was shown to be a monomer, as assessed by analytical ultracentrifugation and NMR. Nevertheless, it was equivalent to IL-8 in assays of neutrophil activation, which indicates that the monomer is a functional form of IL-8.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Rajarathnam, K -- Sykes, B D -- Kay, C M -- Dewald, B -- Geiser, T -- Baggiolini, M -- Clark-Lewis, I -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 1994 Apr 1;264(5155):90-2.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Protein Engineering Network of Centres of Excellence (PENCE), University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/8140420" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
Keywords:
Calcium/metabolism
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Chemotaxis, Leukocyte
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Humans
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Hydrogen Bonding
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Interleukin-8/analogs & derivatives/chemistry/metabolism/*pharmacology
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Leukocyte Elastase
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Models, Chemical
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Neutrophils/drug effects/*physiology
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Pancreatic Elastase/metabolism
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Protein Conformation
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Protein Structure, Secondary
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Receptors, Interleukin/chemistry/metabolism
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Receptors, Interleukin-8A
Print ISSN:
0036-8075
Electronic ISSN:
1095-9203
Topics:
Biology
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Chemistry and Pharmacology
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Computer Science
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Medicine
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Natural Sciences in General
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Physics
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