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Family: Laminin_EGF (PF00053)

Summary: Laminin EGF domain

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Not to be confused with Lamin.
An Illustration of the Laminin-111 complex depicting the domain organization

Laminins are high-molecular weight (~400 to ~900 kDa) proteins of the extracellular matrix. They are a major component of the basal lamina (one of the layers of the basement membrane), a protein network foundation for most cells and organs. The laminins are an important and biologically active part of the basal lamina, influencing cell differentiation, migration, and adhesion.[1][2]

Laminins are heterotrimeric proteins that contain an α-chain, a β-chain, and a γ-chain, found in five, four, and three genetic variants, respectively. The laminin molecules are named according to their chain composition. Thus, laminin-511 contains α5, β1, and γ1 chains.[3] Fourteen other chain combinations have been identified in vivo. The trimeric proteins intersect to form a cross-like structure that can bind to other cell membrane and extracellular matrix molecules.[4] The three shorter arms are particularly good at binding to other laminin molecules, which allows them to form sheets. The long arm is capable of binding to cells, which helps anchor organized tissue cells to the membrane.

The laminin family of glycoproteins are an integral part of the structural scaffolding in almost every tissue of an organism. They are secreted and incorporated into cell-associated extracellular matrices. Laminin is vital for the maintenance and survival of tissues. Defective laminins can cause muscles to form improperly, leading to a form of muscular dystrophy, lethal skin blistering disease (junctional epidermolysis bullosa) and defects of the kidney filter (nephrotic syndrome).[5]

Types

Fifteen laminin trimers have been identified. The laminins are combinations of different alpha-, beta-, and gamma-chains.[6]

Laminins were previously numbered as they were discovered, i.e. laminin-1, laminin-2, laminin-3, etc., but the nomenclature was changed to describe which chains are present in each isoform (laminin-111, laminin-211, etc.).[3] In addition, many laminins had common names before either laminin nomenclature was in place.[7][8]

Old nomenclature Old synonyms Chain composition New nomenclature
Laminin-1 EHS laminin α1β1γ1 Laminin-111
Laminin-2 Merosin α2β1γ1 Laminin-211
Laminin-3 S-laminin α1β2γ1 Laminin-121
Laminin-4 S-merosin α2β2γ1 Laminin-221
Laminin-5 / Laminin-5A Kalinin, epiligrin, nicein, ladsin α3Aβ3γ2 Laminin-332 / Laminin-3A32
Laminin-5B α3Bβ3γ2 Laminin-3B32
Laminin-6 / Laminin-6A K-laminin α3Aβ1γ1 Laminin-311 / Laminin-3A11
Laminin-7 / Laminin-7A KS-laminin α3Aβ2γ1 Laminin-321 / Laminin-3A21
Laminin-8 α4β1γ1 Laminin-411
Laminin-9 α4β2γ1 Laminin-421
Laminin-10 Drosophila-like laminin α5β1γ1 Laminin-511
Laminin-11 α5β2γ1 Laminin-521
Laminin-12 α2β1γ3 Laminin-213
Laminin-14 α4β2γ3 Laminin-423
α5β2γ2 Laminin-522
Laminin-15 α5β2γ3 Laminin-523

Function

Laminins form independent networks and are associated with type IV collagen networks via entactin,[9] fibronectin,[10] and perlecan. They also bind to cell membranes through integrin receptors and other plasma membrane molecules, such as the dystroglycan glycoprotein complex and Lutheran blood group glycoprotein.[4] Through these interactions, laminins critically contribute to cell attachment and differentiation, cell shape and movement, maintenance of tissue phenotype, and promotion of tissue survival.[4][6] Some of these biological functions of laminin have been associated with specific amino-acid sequences or fragments of laminin.[4] For example, the peptide sequence [GTFALRGDNGDNGQ], which is located on the alpha-chain of laminin, promotes adhesion of endothelial cells.[11]

Laminin alpha4 is distributed in a variety of tissues including peripheral nerves, dorsal root ganglion, skeletal muscle and capillaries; in the neuromuscular junction, it is required for synaptic specialisation.[12] The structure of the laminin-G domain has been predicted to resemble that of pentraxin.[13]

Role in neural development

Laminin-111 is a major substrate along which nerve axons will grow, both in vivo and in vitro. For example, it lays down a path that developing retinal ganglion cells follow on their way from the retina to the tectum. It is also often used as a substrate in cell culture experiments. The presence of laminin-1 can influence how the growth cone responds to other cues. For example, growth cones are repelled by netrin when grown on laminin-111, but are attracted to netrin when grown on fibronectin.[citation needed] This effect of laminin-111 probably occurs through a lowering of intracellular cyclic AMP.[citation needed]

Role in peripheral nerve repair

Laminins are enriched at the lesion site after peripheral nerve injury and are secreted by Schwann cells. Neurons of the peripheral nervous system express integrin receptors that attach to laminins and promote neuroregeneration after injury.[14]

Pathology

Dysfunctional structure of one particular laminin, laminin-211, is the cause of one form of congenital muscular dystrophy.[15] Laminin-211 is composed of an α2, a β1 and a γ1 chains. This laminin's distribution includes the brain and muscle fibers. In muscle, it binds to alpha dystroglycan and integrin alpha7—beta1 via the G domain, and via the other end binds to the extracellular matrix.

Abnormal laminin-332, which is essential for epithelial cell adhesion to the basement membrane, leads to a condition called junctional epidermolysis bullosa, characterized by generalized blisters, exuberant granulation tissue of skin and mucosa, and pitted teeth.

Malfunctional laminin-521 in the kidney filter causes leakage of protein into the urine and nephrotic syndrome.[5]

Role in cancer

Some of the laminin isoforms have been implicated in cancer pathophysiology. The majority of transcripts that harbor an internal ribosome entry site (IRES) are involved in cancer development via corresponding proteins. A crucial event in tumor progression referred to as epithelial to mesenchymal transition (EMT) allows carcinoma cells to acquire invasive properties. The translational activation of the extracellular matrix component laminin B1 (LAMB1) during EMT has been recently reported suggesting an IRES-mediated mechanism. In this study, the IRES activity of LamB1 was determined by independent bicistronic reporter assays. Strong evidences exclude an impact of cryptic promoter or splice sites on IRES-driven translation of LamB1. Furthermore, no other LamB1 mRNA species arising from alternative transcription start sites or polyadenylation signals were detected that account for its translational control. Mapping of the LamB1 5'-untranslated region (UTR) revealed the minimal LamB1 IRES motif between -293 and -1 upstream of the start codon. Notably, RNA affinity purification showed that the La protein interacts with the LamB1 IRES. This interaction and its regulation during EMT were confirmed by ribonucleoprotein immunoprecipitation. In addition, La was able to positively modulate LamB1 IRES translation. In summary, these data indicate that the LamB1 IRES is activated by binding to La which leads to translational upregulation during hepatocellular EMT.[16]

Use in cell culture

Together with other major components of the ECM, such as collagens and fibronectin, laminins have been used to enhance mammalian cell culture, especially in the case of pluripotent stem cells, as well as some primary cell cultures, which can be difficult to propagate on other substrates. Two types of naturally-sourced laminins are commercially available. Laminin-111 extracted from mouse sarcomas is one popular laminin type, as well as laminin mixtures from human placenta, which may primarily correspond to laminin-211, 411 or 511, depending on the provider.[17] The various laminin isoforms are practically impossible to isolate from tissues in pure form due to extensive cross-linking and the need for harsh extraction conditions, such as proteolytic enzymes or low pH, that cause degradation. Therefore, recombinant laminins have been produced since the year 2000.[18] This made it possible to test if laminins could have a significant role in vitro as they have in the human body. In 2008, two groups independently showed that mouse embryonic stem cells can be grown for months on top of recombinant laminin-511.[19][20] Later, Rodin et al. showed that recombinant laminin-511 can be used to create a totally xeno-free and defined cell culture environment to culture human pluripotent ES cells and human iPS cells.[21]

Laminin domains

Laminin Domain I
Identifiers
Symbol Laminin_I
Pfam PF06008
InterPro IPR009254
Laminin Domain II
Identifiers
Symbol Laminin_II
Pfam PF06009
InterPro IPR010307
Laminin B (Domain IV)
Identifiers
Symbol Laminin_B
Pfam PF00052
InterPro IPR000034
Laminin EGF-like (Domains III and V)
PDB 1klo EBI.jpg
crystal structure of three consecutive laminin-type epidermal growth factor-like (le) modules of laminin gamma1 chain harboring the nidogen binding site
Identifiers
Symbol Laminin_EGF
Pfam PF00053
Pfam clan CL0001
InterPro IPR002049
PROSITE PDOC00021
SCOP 1tle
SUPERFAMILY 1tle
Laminin G domain
PDB 1okq EBI.jpg
laminin alpha 2 chain lg4-5 domain pair, ca1 site mutant
Identifiers
Symbol Laminin_G_1
Pfam PF00054
Pfam clan CL0004
InterPro IPR012679
SCOP 1qu0
SUPERFAMILY 1qu0
Laminin G domain
PDB 1c4r EBI.jpg
the structure of the ligand-binding domain of neurexin 1beta: regulation of lns domain function by alternative splicing
Identifiers
Symbol Laminin_G_2
Pfam PF02210
Pfam clan CL0004
InterPro IPR012680
SMART TSPN
Laminin N-terminal (Domain VI)
Identifiers
Symbol Laminin_N
Pfam PF00055
Pfam clan CL0202
InterPro IPR008211
SMART LamNT
SCOP 1klo
SUPERFAMILY 1klo

Laminins contain several conserved protein domains.

Laminin I and Laminin II

Laminins are trimeric molecules; laminin-1 is an alpha1 beta1 gamma1 trimer. It has been suggested that the domains I and II from laminin A, B1 and B2 may come together to form a triple helical coiled-coil structure.[22]

Laminin B

The laminin B domain (also known as domain IV) is an extracellular module of unknown function. It is found in a number of different proteins that include, heparan sulphate proteoglycan from basement membrane, a laminin-like protein from Caenorhabditis elegans and laminin. Laminin IV domain is not found in short laminin chains (alpha4 or beta3).

Laminin EGF-like

Beside different types of globular domains each laminin subunit contains, in its first half, consecutive repeats of about 60 amino acids in length that include eight conserved cysteines.[23] The tertiary structure of this domain is remotely similar in its N-terminus to that of the EGF-like module.[24][25] It is also known as a 'LE' or 'laminin-type EGF-like' domain. The number of copies of the laminin EGF-like domain in the different forms of laminins is highly variable; from 3 up to 22 copies have been found. In mouse laminin gamma-1 chain, the seventh LE domain has been shown to be the only one that binds with a high affinity to nidogen.[26] The binding-sites are located on the surface within the loops C1-C3 and C5-C6.[24][25] Long consecutive arrays of laminin EGF-like domains in laminins form rod-like elements of limited flexibility, which determine the spacing in the formation of laminin networks of basement membranes.[27][28]

Laminin G

The laminin globular (G) domain, also known as the LNS (Laminin-alpha, Neurexin and Sex hormone-binding globulin) domain, is on average 177 amino acids in length and can be found in one to six copies in various laminin family members as well as in a large number of other extracellular proteins.[29] For example, all laminin alpha-chains have five laminin G domains, all collagen family proteins have one laminin G domain, the CNTNAP proteins have four laminin G domains, while neurexin 1 and 2 each hold six laminin G domains. On average, approximately one quarter of the proteins that hold laminin G domains is taken up by these laminin G domains themselves. The smallest laminin G domain can be found in one of the collagen proteins (COL24A1; 77 AA) and the largest domain in TSPEAR (219 AA).

The exact function of the Laminin G domains has remained elusive, and a variety of binding functions has been ascribed to different Laminin G modules. For example, the laminin alpha1 and alpha2 chains each have five C-terminal laminin G domains, where only domains LG4 and LG5 contain binding sites for heparin, sulphatides and the cell surface receptor dystroglycan.[30] Laminin G-containing proteins appear to have a wide variety of roles in cell adhesion, signalling, migration, assembly and differentiation.

Laminin N-terminal

Basement membrane assembly is a cooperative process in which laminins polymerise through their N-terminal domain (LN or domain VI) and anchor to the cell surface through their G domains. Netrins may also associate with this network through heterotypic LN domain interactions.[28] This leads to cell signalling through integrins and dystroglycan (and possibly other receptors) recruited to the adherent laminin. This LN domain-dependent self-assembly is considered to be crucial for the integrity of basement membranes, as highlighted by genetic forms of muscular dystrophy containing the deletion of the LN module from the alpha 2 laminin chain.[31] The laminin N-terminal domain is found in all laminin and netrin subunits except laminin alpha 3A, alpha 4 and gamma 2.

Human proteins containing laminin domains

Laminin Domain I

LAMA1; LAMA2; LAMA3; LAMA4; LAMA5;

Laminin Domain II

LAMA1; LAMA2; LAMA3; LAMA4; LAMA5;

Laminin B (Domain IV)

HSPG2; LAMA1; LAMA2; LAMA3; LAMA5; LAMC1; LAMC2; LAMC3;

Laminin EGF-like (Domains III and V)

AGRIN; ATRN; ATRNL1; CELSR1; CELSR2; CELSR3; CRELD1; HSPG2; LAMA1; LAMA2; LAMA3; LAMA4; LAMA5; LAMB1; LAMB2; LAMB3; LAMB4; LAMC1; LAMC2; LAMC3; MEGF10; MEGF12; MEGF6; MEGF8; MEGF9; NSR1; NTN1; NTN2L; NTN4; NTNG1; NTNG2; RESDA1; SCARF1; SCARF2; SREC; STAB1; USH2A;

Laminin G domain

AGRIN; CELSR1; CELSR2; CELSR3; CNTNAP1; CNTNAP2; CNTNAP3; CNTNAP3B; CNTNAP4; CNTNAP5; COL11A1; COL11A2; COL12A1; COL14A1; COL15A1; COL16A1; COL18A1; COL19A1; COL20A1; COL21A1; COL22A1; COL24A1; COL27A1; COL5A1; COL5A3; COL9A1; CRB1; CRB2; CSPG4; EGFLAM; EYS; FAT; FAT2; FAT3; FAT4; GAS6; HSPG2; LAMA1; LAMA2; LAMA3; LAMA4; LAMA5; NELL1; NELL2; NRXN1; NRXN2; NRXN3; PROS1; SLIT1; SLIT2; SLIT3; SPEAR; THBS1; THBS2; THBS3; THBS4; USH2A;

Laminin N-terminal (Domain VI)

LAMA1; LAMA2; LAMA3; LAMA5; LAMB1; LAMB2; LAMB3; LAMB4; LAMC1; LAMC3; NTN1; NTN2L; NTN4; NTNG1; NTNG2; USH2A;

See also

References

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This family is like PF00008 but has 8 conserved cysteines instead of six.

Literature references

  1. Engel J; , Biochemistry 1992;31:10643-10651.: Laminins and other strange proteins. PUBMED:1420180 EPMC:1420180

Internal database links

SCOOP: EGF_2 Laminin_B
Similarity to PfamA using HHSearch: EGF_2

External database links

HOMSTRAD: EGF_Lam
PRINTS: PR00011
PROSITE: PDOC00021
PROSITE profile: PS50027
SCOP: 1tle

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InterPro entry IPR002049

Laminins [PUBMED:2404817] are the major noncollagenous components of basement membranes that mediate cell adhesion, growth migration, and differentiation. They are composed of distinct but related alpha, beta and gamma chains. The three chains form a cross-shaped molecule that consist of a long arm and three short globular arms. The long arm consist of a coiled coil structure contributed by all three chains and cross-linked by interchain disulphide bonds. Beside different types of globular domains each subunit contains, in its first half, consecutive repeats of about 60 amino acids in length that include eight conserved cysteines [PUBMED:2666164]. The tertiary structure [PUBMED:8648630, PUBMED:8648631] of this domain is remotely similar in its N-terminal to that of the EGF-like module (see PROSITEDOC). It is known as a 'LE' or 'laminin-type EGF-like' domain. The number of copies of the LE domain in the different forms of laminins is highly variable; from 3 up to 22 copies have been found. A schematic representation of the topology of the four disulphide bonds in the LE domain is shown below. 
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       +-|-----------+       |  +--------+  +-----------------+
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     xxCxCxxxxxxxxxxxCxxxxxxxCxxCxxxxxGxxCxxCxxgaagxxxxxxxxxxxCxx
       sssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssss
'C': conserved cysteine involved in a disulphide bond
'a': conserved aromatic residue
'G': conserved glycine (lower case = less conserved)
's': region similar to the EGF-like domain
In mouse laminin gamma-1 chain, the seventh LE domain has been shown to be the only one that binds with a high affinity to nidogen [PUBMED:7781764]. The binding-sites are located on the surface within the loops C1-C3 and C5-C6 [PUBMED:8648630, PUBMED:8648631]. Long consecutive arrays of LE domains in laminins form rod-like elements of limited flexibility [PUBMED:2404817], which determine the spacing in the formation of laminin networks of basement membranes [PUBMED:8349613].

Domain organisation

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Pfam Clan

This family is a member of clan EGF (CL0001), which has the following description:

Members of this clan all belong to the EGF superfamily. This particular superfamily is characterised as having least 6 cysteine residues. These cysteines form disulphide bonds, in the order 1-3, 2-4, 5-6, which are essential for the stability of the EGF fold. These disulphide bonds are stacked in a ladder-like arrangement. The Laminin EGF family is distinguished by having an an additional disulphide bond. The function of the domains within this family remains unclear, but they are thought to largely perform a structural role. More often than not, these domains are arranged in tandem repeats in extracellular proteins.

The clan contains the following 21 members:

cEGF CFC DSL EGF EGF_2 EGF_3 EGF_alliinase EGF_CA EGF_MSP1_1 EGF_Tenascin Fibrillin_U_N FOLN FXa_inhibition Gla hEGF I-EGF_1 Laminin_EGF Plasmod_Pvs28 Sushi Sushi_2 Tme5_EGF_like

Alignments

We store a range of different sequence alignments for families. As well as the seed alignment from which the family is built, we provide the full alignment, generated by searching the sequence database (reference proteomes) using the family HMM. We also generate alignments using four representative proteomes (RP) sets, the UniProtKB sequence database, the NCBI sequence database, and our metagenomics sequence database. More...

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We make a range of alignments for each Pfam-A family. You can see a description of each above. You can view these alignments in various ways but please note that some types of alignment are never generated while others may not be available for all families, most commonly because the alignments are too large to handle.

  Seed
(72)		 Full
(45499)		 Representative proteomes UniProt
(71810)		 NCBI
(141245)		 Meta
(36)
RP15
(10189)		 RP35
(19436)		 RP55
(32772)		 RP75
(38276)
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  Seed
(72)		 Full
(45499)		 Representative proteomes UniProt
(71810)		 NCBI
(141245)		 Meta
(36)
RP15
(10189)		 RP35
(19436)		 RP55
(32772)		 RP75
(38276)
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We make all of our alignments available in Stockholm format. You can download them here as raw, plain text files or as gzip-compressed files.

  Seed
(72)		 Full
(45499)		 Representative proteomes UniProt
(71810)		 NCBI
(141245)		 Meta
(36)
RP15
(10189)		 RP35
(19436)		 RP55
(32772)		 RP75
(38276)
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You can also download a FASTA format file containing the full-length sequences for all sequences in the full alignment.

HMM logo

HMM logos is one way of visualising profile HMMs. Logos provide a quick overview of the properties of an HMM in a graphical form. You can see a more detailed description of HMM logos and find out how you can interpret them here. More...

Trees

This page displays the phylogenetic tree for this family's seed alignment. We use FastTree to calculate neighbour join trees with a local bootstrap based on 100 resamples (shown next to the tree nodes). FastTree calculates approximately-maximum-likelihood phylogenetic trees from our seed alignment.

Note: You can also download the data file for the tree.

Curation and family details

This section shows the detailed information about the Pfam family. You can see the definitions of many of the terms in this section in the glossary and a fuller explanation of the scoring system that we use in the scores section of the help pages.

Curation View help on the curation process

Seed source: Swissprot_feature_table
Previous IDs: none
Type: Domain
Sequence Ontology: SO:0000417
Author: Sonnhammer ELL
Number in seed: 72
Number in full: 45499
Average length of the domain: 49.40 aa
Average identity of full alignment: 29 %
Average coverage of the sequence by the domain: 18.92 %

HMM information View help on HMM parameters

HMM build commands:
build method: hmmbuild -o /dev/null HMM SEED
search method: hmmsearch -Z 45638612 -E 1000 --cpu 4 HMM pfamseq
Model details:
Parameter Sequence Domain
Gathering cut-off 21.0 13.4
Trusted cut-off 21.0 13.4
Noise cut-off 20.9 13.3
Model length: 49
Family (HMM) version: 24
Download: download the raw HMM for this family

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Interactions

There are 4 interactions for this family. More...

Laminin_N Laminin_N Ldl_recept_b Laminin_EGF

Structures

For those sequences which have a structure in the Protein DataBank, we use the mapping between UniProt, PDB and Pfam coordinate systems from the PDBe group, to allow us to map Pfam domains onto UniProt sequences and three-dimensional protein structures. The table below shows the structures on which the Laminin_EGF domain has been found. There are 50 instances of this domain found in the PDB. Note that there may be multiple copies of the domain in a single PDB structure, since many structures contain multiple copies of the same protein sequence.

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