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==A Structural Motif in the Variant Surface Glycoproteins of Trypanosoma Brucei== | ==A Structural Motif in the Variant Surface Glycoproteins of Trypanosoma Brucei== | ||
| - | <StructureSection load='2vsg' size='340' side='right' caption='[[2vsg]], [[Resolution|resolution]] 2.70Å' scene=''> | + | <StructureSection load='2vsg' size='340' side='right'caption='[[2vsg]], [[Resolution|resolution]] 2.70Å' scene=''> |
== Structural highlights == | == Structural highlights == | ||
| - | <table><tr><td colspan='2'>[[2vsg]] is a 2 chain structure with sequence from [ | + | <table><tr><td colspan='2'>[[2vsg]] is a 2 chain structure with sequence from [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trypanosoma_brucei Trypanosoma brucei]. Full crystallographic information is available from [http://oca.weizmann.ac.il/oca-bin/ocashort?id=2VSG OCA]. For a <b>guided tour on the structure components</b> use [https://proteopedia.org/fgij/fg.htm?mol=2VSG FirstGlance]. <br> |
| - | </td></tr><tr id=' | + | </td></tr><tr id='method'><td class="sblockLbl"><b>[[Empirical_models|Method:]]</b></td><td class="sblockDat" id="methodDat">X-ray diffraction, [[Resolution|Resolution]] 2.7Å</td></tr> |
| - | <tr id='resources'><td class="sblockLbl"><b>Resources:</b></td><td class="sblockDat"><span class='plainlinks'>[ | + | <tr id='resources'><td class="sblockLbl"><b>Resources:</b></td><td class="sblockDat"><span class='plainlinks'>[https://proteopedia.org/fgij/fg.htm?mol=2vsg FirstGlance], [http://oca.weizmann.ac.il/oca-bin/ocaids?id=2vsg OCA], [https://pdbe.org/2vsg PDBe], [https://www.rcsb.org/pdb/explore.do?structureId=2vsg RCSB], [https://www.ebi.ac.uk/pdbsum/2vsg PDBsum], [https://prosat.h-its.org/prosat/prosatexe?pdbcode=2vsg ProSAT]</span></td></tr> |
</table> | </table> | ||
== Function == | == Function == | ||
| - | [ | + | [https://www.uniprot.org/uniprot/VSI4_TRYBB VSI4_TRYBB] VSG forms a coat on the surface of the parasite. The trypanosome evades the immune response of the host by expressing a series of antigenically distinct VSGs from an estimated 1000 VSG genes. |
== Evolutionary Conservation == | == Evolutionary Conservation == | ||
[[Image:Consurf_key_small.gif|200px|right]] | [[Image:Consurf_key_small.gif|200px|right]] | ||
Check<jmol> | Check<jmol> | ||
<jmolCheckbox> | <jmolCheckbox> | ||
| - | <scriptWhenChecked>select protein; define ~consurf_to_do selected; consurf_initial_scene = true; script "/wiki/ConSurf/vs/2vsg_consurf.spt"</scriptWhenChecked> | + | <scriptWhenChecked>; select protein; define ~consurf_to_do selected; consurf_initial_scene = true; script "/wiki/ConSurf/vs/2vsg_consurf.spt"</scriptWhenChecked> |
<scriptWhenUnchecked>script /wiki/extensions/Proteopedia/spt/initialview01.spt</scriptWhenUnchecked> | <scriptWhenUnchecked>script /wiki/extensions/Proteopedia/spt/initialview01.spt</scriptWhenUnchecked> | ||
<text>to colour the structure by Evolutionary Conservation</text> | <text>to colour the structure by Evolutionary Conservation</text> | ||
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__TOC__ | __TOC__ | ||
</StructureSection> | </StructureSection> | ||
| + | [[Category: Large Structures]] | ||
[[Category: Trypanosoma brucei]] | [[Category: Trypanosoma brucei]] | ||
| - | [[Category: Blum | + | [[Category: Blum ML]] |
| - | [[Category: Down | + | [[Category: Down JA]] |
| - | [[Category: Freymann | + | [[Category: Freymann DM]] |
| - | [[Category: Metcalf | + | [[Category: Metcalf P]] |
| - | [[Category: Wiley | + | [[Category: Wiley DC]] |
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