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- * Osteonectin domain signatures *
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- The following extracellular proteins contain, in their C-terminal section, a
- domain of about 240 amino acids which is highly conserved [1]. These proteins
- are:
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- - SPARC (also known as Osteonectin or BM-40), a glycoprotein that appears to
- regulate cell growth through interactions with the extracellular matrix and
- cytokines. It binds calcium and copper, several types of collagen, albumin,
- thrombospondin, PDGF and cell membranes. There are two calcium binding
- sites; a acidic domain that binds 5 to 8 Ca++ with a low affinity and a EF-
- hand loop that binds a Ca++ ion with a high affinity. SPARC is expressed at
- high levels in tissues undergoing morphogenesis, remodeling and repair.
- - SC1, a mammalian brain extracellular matrix protein.
- - QR1, an avian protein, specifically expressed in the neuroretina.
-
- This domain has a N-terminal section of about 90 residues that contains 11
- conserved cysteines, a central section that is probably in an alpha-helical
- conformation, and a C-terminal section that contains an EF-hand type calcium-
- binding region and three conserved cysteines. This topology is schematically
- represented below.
-
- xCxCxCxxCCxCxxxCxxCxCxxxxxCxCxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxCxxC<Ca>Cxx
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- 'C' : conserved cysteine probably involved in a disulfide bond.
- 'Ca': EF-hand region.
- '*' : position of the patterns.
-
- We developed two signature patterns for this domain. One is located in the
- C-terminal cysteine-rich section, the other consists in a highly conserved
- stretch of 11 residues in the central section.
-
- -Consensus pattern: C-x-[DN]-x(2)-C-x(2)-G-[KRH]-x-C-x(7)-P-x-C-x-C-x(3,5)-C-P
- -Sequences known to belong to this class detected by the pattern: ALL.
- -Other sequence(s) detected in SWISS-PROT: NONE.
-
- -Consensus pattern: F-P-x-R-[IM]-x-D-W-L-x-[NQ]
- -Sequences known to belong to this class detected by the pattern: ALL.
- -Other sequence(s) detected in SWISS-PROT: NONE.
-
- -Last update: June 1994 / Patterns and text revised.
-
- [ 1] Lane T.F., Sage E.H.
- FASEB J. 8:163-173(1994).
-