Crystal structure of human β2-glycoprotein I: Implications for phospholipid binding and the antiphospholipid syndrome

EMBO Journal

Volumn 18, Issue 22, 1999, Pages 6228-6239

  Schwarzenbacher, Robert ^d   Zeth, Kornelius ^a   Diederichs, Kay ^b   Gries, Anna ^c   Kostner, Gerhard M ^c   Laggner, Peter ^d   Prassl, Ruth ^d  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF BIOCHEMISTRY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KONSTANZ   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

^d ERICH SCHMID INSTITUTE OF MATERIALS SCIENCE   (Austria)

Author keywords

2 glycoprotein I; Apolipoprotein H (ApoH); Complement control protein; Short consensus repeat; Sushi domain

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; AUTOANTIBODY; BETA2 GLYCOPROTEIN 1; GLYCAN; PHOSPHOLIPID; SOLVENT;

ANTIPHOSPHOLIPID SYNDROME; ARTICLE; BETA SHEET; BINDING SITE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; FETUS WASTAGE; HUMAN; LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS; MOLECULAR MODEL; MUTAGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; THROMBOSIS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; APOLIPOPROTEINS; BETA 2-GLYCOPROTEIN I; BINDING SITES; COMPUTER GRAPHICS; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY, X-RAY; DROSOPHILA; GLYCOPROTEINS; HUMANS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, SECONDARY; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID;

EID: 0033570889     PISSN: 02614189     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/emboj/18.22.6228     Document Type: Article

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