G3DSA:4.10.740.10

Coagulation Factor IX

CATH-Gene3D entry
Member databaseCATH-Gene3D
CATH-Gene3D typehomologous superfamily

Description
Imported from IPR017857

This superfamily represents a structural domain with an irregular fold that is found in a subset of coagulation factors, where it forms part of the Gla region.

The GLA (gamma-carboxyglutamic acid-rich) domain contains glutamate residues that have been post-translationally modified by vitamin K-dependent carboxylation to form gamma-carboxyglutamate (Gla)
[3, 6, 4]
. All glutamic acid (Glu) residues present in the GLA domain are potential carboxylation sites; in coagulation proteins, all Gu residues are modified to Gla, while in osteocalcin and matrix Gla proteins only some Glu residues are modified to Gla.

The GLA domain is responsible for the high-affinity binding of calcium ions. It starts at the N-terminal extremity of the mature form of proteins and ends with a conserved aromatic residue; a conserved Gla-x(3)-Gla-x-Cys motif
[5]
is found in the middle of the domain which seems to be important for substrate recognition by the carboxylase.

The 3D structure of the GLA domain has been solved
[1, 2]
. Calcium ions induce conformational changes in the GLA domain that and are necessary for the proper folding of the GLA domain. A common structural feature of functional GLA domains is the clustering of N-terminal hydrophobic residues into a hydrophobic patch that mediates interaction with the cell surface membrane
[2]
.

References
Imported from IPR017857

1.Structure of the metal-free gamma-carboxyglutamic acid-rich membrane binding region of factor IX by two-dimensional NMR spectroscopy. Freedman SJ, Furie BC, Furie B, Baleja JD. J. Biol. Chem. 270, 7980-7, (1995). View articlePMID: 7713897

2.Identification of the phospholipid binding site in the vitamin K-dependent blood coagulation protein factor IX. Freedman SJ, Blostein MD, Baleja JD, Jacobs M, Furie BC, Furie B. J. Biol. Chem. 271, 16227-36, (1996). View articlePMID: 8663165

3.The vitamin K cycle. Oldenburg J, Marinova M, Muller-Reible C, Watzka M. Vitam. Horm. 78, 35-62, (2008). View articlePMID: 18374189

4.Vitamin K-dependent gamma-glutamylcarboxylation: an ancient posttranslational modification. Bandyopadhyay PK. Vitam. Horm. 78, 157-84, (2008). View articlePMID: 18374194

5.Molecular cloning of matrix Gla protein: implications for substrate recognition by the vitamin K-dependent gamma-carboxylase. Price PA, Fraser JD, Metz-Virca G. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 84, 8335-9, (1987). View articlePMID: 3317405

6.gamma -Glutamyl carboxylation: An extracellular posttranslational modification that antedates the divergence of molluscs, arthropods, and chordates. Bandyopadhyay PK, Garrett JE, Shetty RP, Keate T, Walker CS, Olivera BM. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 99, 1264-9, (2002). View articlePMID: 11818531

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