cd02044: ov-serpin (this model, PSSM-Id:238999 is obsolete)
ovalbumin family of serpins (ov-serpins). Family of closely related proteins, whose members can be secreted (ovalbumin), cytosolic (leukocyte elastase inhibitor, LEI), or targeted to both compartments (plasminogen activator inhibitor 2, PAI-2). This subgroup corresponds to clade B of the serpin superfamily. In general, serpins exhibit conformational polymorphism shifting from native to cleaved, latent, delta, or polymorphic forms. Many serpins, such as antitrypsin and antichymotrypsin, function as serine protease inhibitors which regulate blood coagulation cascades. Non-inhibitory serpins perform many diverse functions such as chaperoning proteins or transporting hormones. Serpins are of medical interest because mutants can cause blood clotting disorders, emphysema, cirrhosis, and dementia.
Structure:1OVA_A; has a helix in the distal half of the RC loop. - View structure with Cn3D
Comment:depending on the conformational state, the RC loop is surface accessible in the active form or buried and inserted as the central beta strand in the inactive form.
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