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(1996) Science 271: 1116-1120
Crystal structures of heparin-derived tetra- and hexasaccharides complexed with basic fibroblast growth factor (bFGF) were determined at resolutions of 1.9 and 2.2 angstroms, respectively. The heparin structure may be approximated as a helical polymer with a disaccharide rotation of 174 degrees and a translation of 8.6 angstroms along the helix axis. Both molecules bound similarly to a region of the bFGF surface containing residues asparagine-28, arginine-121, lysine-126, and glutamine-135, the hexasaccharide also interacted with an additional binding site formed by lysine-27, asparagine-102, and lysine-136. No significant conformational change in bFGF occurred upon heparin oligosaccharide binding, which suggests that heparin primarily serves to juxtapose components of the FGF signal transduction pathway.
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Biological assembly 1 assigned by authors.
Macromolecule Content 
Entity ID: 1 | |||||
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| Molecule | Chains | Sequence Length | Organism | Details | Image |
| BASIC FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR | 147 | Homo sapiens | Mutation(s): 2  | ![]() | |
UniProt & NIH Common Fund Data Resources | |||||
Find proteins for P09038 (Homo sapiens) Explore P09038  Go to UniProtKB:  P09038 | |||||
PHAROS:  P09038 GTEx:  ENSG00000138685  | |||||
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| Sequence Clusters | 30% Identity50% Identity70% Identity90% Identity95% Identity100% Identity | ||||
| UniProt Group | P09038 | ||||
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Entity ID: 2 | |||||
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| Molecule | Chains | Length | 2D Diagram | Glycosylation | 3D Interactions |
| 4-deoxy-2-O-sulfo-alpha-L-threo-hex-4-enopyranuronic acid-(1-4)-2-deoxy-6-O-sulfo-2-(sulfoamino)-alpha-D-glucopyranose-(1-4)-2-O-sulfo-alpha-L-idopyranuronic acid-(1-4)-2-deoxy-6-O-sulfo-2-(sulfoamino)-alpha-D-glucopyranose-(1-4)-2-O-sulfo-alpha-L-idopyranuronic acid-(1-4)-2-deoxy-6-O-sulfo-2-(sulfoamino)-alpha-D-glucopyranose | B | 6 | N/A | ||
Glycosylation Resources | |||||
GlyTouCan:  G26920WX GlyCosmos:  G26920WX | |||||
| Length ( Å ) | Angle ( ˚ ) |
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| a = 33.15 | α = 90 |
| b = 41.8 | β = 90 |
| c = 85.9 | γ = 90 |
| Software Name | Purpose |
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| X-PLOR | model building |
| X-PLOR | refinement |
| XDS | data reduction |
| X-PLOR | phasing |
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