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Histocompatibility minor serpin domain (HMSD).

This basic part encodes Histocompatibility minor serpin domain which is predicted to be able to inhibit HtrA1 (BBa_K4165004).

Usage and Biology

This gene encodes a protein with a serpin domain that may act as a serine protease inhibitor. This gene is predominantly expressed in myeloid cells. A splice variant encoding a minor histocompatibility antigen may be expressed as a result of a polymorphism in this gene. This type of inhibitor is predicted to have a high affinity for trypsin-like proteases (serine proteases), and in our case, it would act as an inhibitor for the trypsin-like catalytic domain of serine protease HtrA1^[1-3].

Sequence and Features

Functional Parameters

GC Content% 60.9%

Isoelectric point (PI) 4.993

Charge at pH 7 -2.188

Molecular Weight (Protein) 15.535 kDa

Modeling

The predicted structure (AlphaFold) is present.

                 Figure 1.: A graphical illustration showing the structure of the inhibitor.

References

1. Clauss, A., Lilja, H., & Lundwall, Å. (2005). The evolution of a genetic locus encoding small serine proteinase inhibitors. Biochemical and biophysical research communications, 333(2), 383-389.
2. Eigenbrot, C., Ultsch, M., Lipari, M. T., Moran, P., Lin, S. J., Ganesan, R., ... & Kirchhofer, D. (2012). Structural and functional analysis of HtrA1 and its subdomains. Structure, 20(6), 1040-1050.
3. Grau, S., Baldi, A., Bussani, R., Tian, X., Stefanescu, R., Przybylski, M., ... & Ehrmann, M. (2005). Implications of the serine protease HtrA1 in amyloid precursor protein processing. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 102(17), 6021-6026.