Boudko Sergei P, Ishikawa Yoshihiro, Lerch Thomas F, Nix Jay, Chapman Michael S, Bächinger Hans Peter
Research Department, Shriners Hospital for Children, Portland, OR 97239, USA.
BMC Res Notes. 2012 Nov 8;5:626. doi: 10.1186/1756-0500-5-626.
Hyperelastosis cutis is an inherited autosomal recessive connective tissue disorder. Affected horses are characterized by hyperextensible skin, scarring, and severe lesions along the back. The disorder is caused by a mutation in cyclophilin B.
The crystal structures of both wild-type and mutated (Gly6->Arg) horse cyclophilin B are presented. The mutation neither affects the overall fold of the enzyme nor impairs the catalytic site structure. Instead, it locally rearranges the flexible N-terminal end of the polypeptide chain and also makes it more rigid.
Interactions of the mutated cyclophilin B with a set of endoplasmic reticulum-resident proteins must be affected.