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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:dateCreated
1999-2-16
pubmed:abstractText
High-affinity binding of nidogen to laminins involves a single binding site on the laminin gamma 1 chain and is thus a property shared by almost all laminin isoforms. This binding mediates the connection of laminins to the collagen IV network, perlecan and other proteins and is considered to be an essential step in the stabilization of basement membranes. Nidogen binding has been located to a single LE module (gamma 1III4) by recombinant analysis. Site-directed mutagenesis and X-ray crystallography demonstrated that three amino acids (Asp, Asn, Val) in loop a of gamma 1III4 are crucial for binding and are supported by some other residues. A restricted complementary binding region seems to exist on nidogen domain G3. A mutant laminin gamma 1 chain gene that lacks the region encoding gamma 1III4 was prepared in mouse embryonic stem (ES) cells by homologous recombination. ES cells homozygous for this defect were shown to assemble laminin-1 into a cruciform structure and to secrete it properly. Yet the mutant laminin failed to associate with nidogen. The mutant ES cells were still able to form embryoid bodies with a similar differentiated histology as the wild type. Immunofluorescence, however, indicated an impaired deposition of nidogen into basement membrane-like structures.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Oct
pubmed:issn
0077-8923
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
23
pubmed:volume
857
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
130-42
pubmed:dateRevised
2007-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:9917838-Amino Acid Sequence, pubmed-meshheading:9917838-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:9917838-Basement Membrane, pubmed-meshheading:9917838-Crystallography, X-Ray, pubmed-meshheading:9917838-Embryo, Mammalian, pubmed-meshheading:9917838-Extracellular Matrix Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:9917838-Laminin, pubmed-meshheading:9917838-Membrane Glycoproteins, pubmed-meshheading:9917838-Mice, pubmed-meshheading:9917838-Molecular Sequence Data, pubmed-meshheading:9917838-Morphogenesis, pubmed-meshheading:9917838-Mutagenesis, Site-Directed, pubmed-meshheading:9917838-Point Mutation, pubmed-meshheading:9917838-Protein Isoforms, pubmed-meshheading:9917838-Protein Structure, Secondary, pubmed-meshheading:9917838-Recombinant Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:9917838-Sequence Deletion, pubmed-meshheading:9917838-Stem Cells
pubmed:year
1998
pubmed:articleTitle
Structural and genetic analysis of laminin-nidogen interaction.
pubmed:affiliation
Max-Planck-Institut für Biochemie, Martinsried, Germany.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Review