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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
5409
pubmed:dateCreated
1999-4-13
pubmed:databankReference
pubmed:abstractText
Zn-alpha2-glycoprotein (ZAG) is a soluble protein that is present in serum and other body fluids. ZAG stimulates lipid degradation in adipocytes and causes the extensive fat losses associated with some advanced cancers. The 2.8 angstrom crystal structure of ZAG resembles a class I major histocompatibility complex (MHC) heavy chain, but ZAG does not bind the class I light chain beta2-microglobulin. The ZAG structure includes a large groove analogous to class I MHC peptide binding grooves. Instead of a peptide, the ZAG groove contains a nonpeptidic compound that may be implicated in lipid catabolism under normal or pathological conditions.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Mar
pubmed:issn
0036-8075
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
19
pubmed:volume
283
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
1914-9
pubmed:dateRevised
2007-3-19
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:10206894-Binding Sites, pubmed-meshheading:10206894-Crystallography, X-Ray, pubmed-meshheading:10206894-Glycoproteins, pubmed-meshheading:10206894-Glycosylation, pubmed-meshheading:10206894-HLA-A2 Antigen, pubmed-meshheading:10206894-Histocompatibility Antigens Class I, pubmed-meshheading:10206894-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:10206894-Hydrogen Bonding, pubmed-meshheading:10206894-Ligands, pubmed-meshheading:10206894-Lipid Metabolism, pubmed-meshheading:10206894-Models, Molecular, pubmed-meshheading:10206894-Peptides, pubmed-meshheading:10206894-Protein Binding, pubmed-meshheading:10206894-Protein Conformation, pubmed-meshheading:10206894-Protein Folding, pubmed-meshheading:10206894-Protein Structure, Secondary, pubmed-meshheading:10206894-Protein Structure, Tertiary, pubmed-meshheading:10206894-Seminal Plasma Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:10206894-beta 2-Microglobulin
pubmed:year
1999
pubmed:articleTitle
Crystal structure of human ZAG, a fat-depleting factor related to MHC molecules.
pubmed:affiliation
Division of Biology, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA 91125, USA.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article