
pmid: 10944457
Leptin receptor mediates the weight regulatory signal carried by the adipocyte-secreted peptide hormone, leptin. It is important to understand the atomic interactions between leptin and the receptor for the therapeutic applications. However, the structure of leptin receptor has not yet been determined. Leptin shows structural similarity to G-CSF, while leptin receptor is similar in amino acid sequence to G-CSF receptor. Because of the similarity between leptin/leptin receptor complex and G-CSF/G-CSF receptor complex, we tried to build a model structure of leptin/leptin receptor complex with the crystal structure of the G-CSF/G-CSF receptor complex as the template. The obtained model for the complex was consistent with the results of the amino acid replacement and deletion experiments. The observation suggests that the model is useful to lead the experimental study on the interaction between leptin and the receptor.
Leptin, Models, Molecular, Binding Sites, Sequence Homology, Amino Acid, Molecular Sequence Data, Receptors, Cell Surface, Crystallography, X-Ray, Protein Structure, Tertiary, Granulocyte Colony-Stimulating Factor, Receptors, Granulocyte Colony-Stimulating Factor, Humans, Receptors, Leptin, Amino Acid Sequence, Carrier Proteins, Sequence Alignment
Leptin, Models, Molecular, Binding Sites, Sequence Homology, Amino Acid, Molecular Sequence Data, Receptors, Cell Surface, Crystallography, X-Ray, Protein Structure, Tertiary, Granulocyte Colony-Stimulating Factor, Receptors, Granulocyte Colony-Stimulating Factor, Humans, Receptors, Leptin, Amino Acid Sequence, Carrier Proteins, Sequence Alignment
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