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SB0036 : [alpha]-Synuclein

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* Basic Information

OrganismHomo sapiens (human)
Protein Namesalpha-synuclein isoform NACP140 [Homo sapiens]; alpha-synuclein isoform NACP140; non A-beta component of AD amyloid; synuclein alpha-140; Alpha-synuclein; Non-A beta component of AD amyloid; Non-A4 component of amyloid precursor; NACP
Gene NamesSNCA; NACP, PARK1; NACP; PARK1; synuclein, alpha (non A4 component of amyloid precursor)
Gene Locus4q21; chromosome 4
GO FunctionNot available
Entrez Protein Entrez Nucleotide Entrez Gene UniProt OMIM HGNC HPRD KEGG
NP_000336 NM_000345 6622 P37840 163890 HGNC:11138 01227 hsa:6622

* Information From OMIM

Description: Alpha-synuclein is a highly conserved protein that is abundant in neurons, especially presynaptic terminals. Aggregated alpha-synuclein proteins form brain lesions that are hallmarks of neurodegenerative synucleinopathies (summary by Giasson et al., 2000).

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* Structure Information

1. Primary Information

Length: 140 aa

Average Mass: 14.460 kDa

Monoisotopic Mass: 14.451 kDa

2. Domain Information

Annotated Domains: interpro / pfam / smart / prosite

Computationally Assigned Domains (Pfam+HMMER):

domain namebeginendscoree-value
Synuclein 1. 11301.017.6
--- cleavage 57 (inside Synuclein 1..130) ---
--- cleavage 73 (inside Synuclein 1..130) ---
--- cleavage 74 (inside Synuclein 1..130) ---
--- cleavage 83 (inside Synuclein 1..130) ---

3. Sequence Information

Fasta Sequence: SB0036.fasta

Amino Acid Sequence and Secondary Structures (PsiPred):

4. 3D Information

Known Structures in PDB: 1XQ8 (NMR; -; A=1-140), 2JN5 (NMR; -; A=1-12), 2KKW (NMR; -; A=1-140), 2M55 (NMR; -; B=1-19), 2X6M (X-ray; 162 A; B=132-140), 3Q25 (X-ray; 190 A; A=1-19), 3Q26 (X-ray; 154 A; A=10-42), 3Q27 (X-ray; 130 A; A=32-57), 3Q28 (X-ray; 160 A; A=58-79), 3Q29 (X-ray; 230 A; A/C=1-19), 4BXL (NMR; -; C=35-56), 4R0U (X-ray; 138 A; A=72-78), 4R0W (X-ray; 150 A; A=70-76)

* Cleavage Information

4 [sites] cleaved by Calpain 1

Source Reference: [PubMed ID: 15909996] Mishizen-Eberz AJ, Norris EH, Giasson BI, Hodara R, Ischiropoulos H, Lee VM, Trojanowski JQ, Lynch DR, Cleavage of alpha-synuclein by calpain: potential role in degradation of fibrillized and nitrated species of alpha-synuclein. Biochemistry. 2005 May 31;44(21):7818-29.

Cleavage sites (±10aa)

[Site 1] VVHGVATVAE57-KTKEQVTNVG

Glu57 Lys

P10 P9 P8 P7 P6 P5 P4 P3 P2 P1
Val48Val49His50Gly51Val52Ala53Thr54Val55Ala56Glu57
P1' P2' P3' P4' P5' P6' P7' P8' P9' P10'
Lys58Thr59Lys60Glu61Gln62Val63Thr64Asn65Val66Gly67

Sequence conservation (by blast)

[Site 2] TNVGGAVVTG73-VTAVAQKTVE

Gly73 Val

P10 P9 P8 P7 P6 P5 P4 P3 P2 P1
Thr64Asn65Val66Gly67Gly68Ala69Val70Val71Thr72Gly73
P1' P2' P3' P4' P5' P6' P7' P8' P9' P10'
Val74Thr75Ala76Val77Ala78Gln79Lys80Thr81Val82Glu83

Sequence conservation (by blast)

[Site 3] NVGGAVVTGV74-TAVAQKTVEG

Val74 Thr

P10 P9 P8 P7 P6 P5 P4 P3 P2 P1
Asn65Val66Gly67Gly68Ala69Val70Val71Thr72Gly73Val74
P1' P2' P3' P4' P5' P6' P7' P8' P9' P10'
Thr75Ala76Val77Ala78Gln79Lys80Thr81Val82Glu83Gly84

Sequence conservation (by blast)

[Site 4] VTAVAQKTVE83-GAGSIAAATG

Glu83 Gly

P10 P9 P8 P7 P6 P5 P4 P3 P2 P1
Val74Thr75Ala76Val77Ala78Gln79Lys80Thr81Val82Glu83
P1' P2' P3' P4' P5' P6' P7' P8' P9' P10'
Gly84Ala85Gly86Ser87Ile88Ala89Ala90Ala91Thr92Gly93

Sequence conservation (by blast)

* References

[PubMed ID: 24534465] Kang S, Heo TH, Kim SJ, Altered levels of alpha-synuclein and sphingolipids in Batten disease lymphoblast cells. Gene. 2014 Apr 15;539(2):181-5. doi: 10.1016/j.gene.2014.02.017. Epub 2014 Feb

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