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Cyclophilin

peptidylprolyl isomerase A (cyclophilin A)
Cyclophilin A-cyclosporin complex 1CWA.png
Ribbon diagram of cyclophilin A in complex with ciclosporin (yellow). From PDB: 1CWA​.
Identifiers
Symbol PPIA
Entrez 5478
HUGO 9253
OMIM 123840
RefSeq NM_203430
UniProt Q3KQW3
Other data
EC number 5.2.1.8
Locus Chr. 7 p13
Pro_isomerase
PDB 1w74 EBI.jpg
x-ray structure of peptidyl-prolyl cis-trans isomerase a, ppia, rv0009, from mycobacterium tuberculosis.
Identifiers
Symbol Pro_isomerase
Pfam PF00160
Pfam clan CL0475
InterPro IPR002130
PROSITE PDOC00154
SCOP 1cyh
SUPERFAMILY 1cyh

Cyclophilins are a family of proteins from vertebrates and other organisms that bind to ciclosporin (cyclosporin A), an immunosuppressant which is usually used to suppress rejection after internal organ transplants. These proteins have peptidyl prolyl isomerase activity, which catalyzes the isomerization of peptide bonds from trans form to cis form at proline residues and facilitates protein folding.

Cyclophilin A is a cytosolic and highly abundant protein. The protein belongs to a family of isozymes, including cyclophilins B and C, and natural killer cell cyclophilin-related protein. Major isoforms have been found throughout the cell, including the ER, and some are even secreted.

Cyclophilin A also known as peptidylprolyl isomerase A, which is found in the cytosol, has a beta barrel structure with two alpha helices and a beta-sheet. Other cyclophilins have similar structures to cyclophilin A. The cyclosporin-cyclophilin A complex inhibits a calcium/calmodulin-dependent phosphatase, calcineurin, the inhibition of which is thought to suppress organ rejection by halting the production of the pro-inflammatory molecules TNF alpha and interleukin 2.


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