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Leucine-58 in the putative 5th helical region of human interleukin (IL)-6 is important for activation of the IL-6 signal transducer, gp130.

A model of the tertiary structure of human IL-6, derived from the crystal-structure of granulocyte-colony stimulating factor, reveals a 5th helical region in the loop between the first and second alpha-helix. To investigate the importance of this region for biological activity of IL-6, residues Glu-52, Ser-53, Ser-54, Lys-55, Glu-56, Leu-58, and Glu-60 were individually replaced by alanine. IL-6.Leu-58Ala displayed a 5-fold reduced biological activity on the IL-6 responsive human cell lines XG-1 and A375. This reduction in bioactivity was shown to be due to a decreased capacity of the mutant protein to trigger IL-6 receptor-alpha-chain-dependent binding to the IL-6 signal transducer, gp130.[1]

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  1. Leucine-58 in the putative 5th helical region of human interleukin (IL)-6 is important for activation of the IL-6 signal transducer, gp130. de Hon, F.D., Klaasse Bos, H.K., Ebeling, S.B., Grötzinger, J., Kurapkat, G., Rose-John, S., Aarden, L.A., Brakenhoff, J.P. FEBS Lett. (1995) [Pubmed]
 
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