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STUDIES OF MONOCLINIC HEN EGG WHITE LYSOZYME. IV. X-RAY REFINEMENT AT 1.8 ANGSTROM RESOLUTION AND A COMPARISON OF THE VARIABLE REGIONS IN THE POLYMORPHIC FORMS

Structural highlights

5lym is a 2 chain structure with sequence from Gallus gallus. This structure supersedes the now removed PDB entry 1lym. Full crystallographic information is available from OCA. For a guided tour on the structure components use FirstGlance.
Ligands:
Activity:	Lysozyme, with EC number 3.2.1.17
Resources:	FirstGlance, OCA, PDBe, RCSB, PDBsum, ProSAT

Function

[LYSC_CHICK] Lysozymes have primarily a bacteriolytic function; those in tissues and body fluids are associated with the monocyte-macrophage system and enhance the activity of immunoagents. Has bacteriolytic activity against M.luteus.^[1]

Evolutionary Conservation

Check, as determined by ConSurfDB. You may read the explanation of the method and the full data available from ConSurf.

Publication Abstract from PubMed

Monoclinic crystals of hen egg-white lysozyme (E.C. 3.2.1.17, HEL) grown at low pH in the presence of NaNO(3) belong to space group P2(1) with unit-cell dimensions, a = 28.0, b = 62.5, c = 60.9 A and beta= 90.8 degrees with two molecules in the asymmetric unit. 1.8 A resolution intensity data, collected on a CAD-4 diffractometer, contained 17 524 reflections with F > 3sigma (93% complete). Our earlier preliminary 1.8 A model was refitted and refined using X-PLOR to an R value of 0.189. The deviations in the model from ideal geometry are 0.013 A in bond lengths and 2.8 degrees in bond angles. The r.m.s. deviation in the backbone atoms between the two molecules is 0.42 A. A comparison of HEL in different polymorphic crystal forms reveals that the prominent structural variability among them resides in two exposed regions 45-50 and 65-73 which are also regions of lattice contacts.

Studies of monoclinic hen egg-white lysozyme. IV. X-ray refinement at 1.8 A resolution and a comparison of the variable regions in the polymorphic forms.,Rao ST, Sundaralingam M Acta Crystallogr D Biol Crystallogr. 1996 Jan 1;52(Pt 1):170-5. PMID:15299739^[2]

From MEDLINE®/PubMed®, a database of the U.S. National Library of Medicine.

References

↑ Maehashi K, Matano M, Irisawa T, Uchino M, Kashiwagi Y, Watanabe T. Molecular characterization of goose- and chicken-type lysozymes in emu (Dromaius novaehollandiae): evidence for extremely low lysozyme levels in emu egg white. Gene. 2012 Jan 15;492(1):244-9. doi: 10.1016/j.gene.2011.10.021. Epub 2011 Oct, 25. PMID:22044478 doi:10.1016/j.gene.2011.10.021
↑ Rao ST, Sundaralingam M. Studies of monoclinic hen egg-white lysozyme. IV. X-ray refinement at 1.8 A resolution and a comparison of the variable regions in the polymorphic forms. Acta Crystallogr D Biol Crystallogr. 1996 Jan 1;52(Pt 1):170-5. PMID:15299739 doi:10.1107/S0907444995009504