1rmr
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'''Crystal Structure of Schistatin, a Disintegrin Homodimer from saw-scaled Viper (Echis carinatus) at 2.5 A resolution''' | '''Crystal Structure of Schistatin, a Disintegrin Homodimer from saw-scaled Viper (Echis carinatus) at 2.5 A resolution''' | ||
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Crystal Structure of Schistatin, a Disintegrin Homodimer from saw-scaled Viper (Echis carinatus) at 2.5 A resolution
Overview
This is the first structure of a biological homodimer of disintegrin. Disintegrins are a class of small (4-14 kDa) proteins that bind to transmembrane integrins selectively. The present molecule is the first homodimer that has been isolated from the venom of Echis carinatus. The monomeric chain contains 64 amino acid residues. The three-dimensional structure of schistatin has been determined by the multiple isomorphous replacement method. It has been refined to an R-factor of 0.190 using all the data to 2.5 A resolution. The two subunits of the disintegrin homodimer are related by a 2-fold crystallographic symmetry. Thus, the crystallographic asymmetric unit contains a monomer of disintegrin. The monomer folds into an up-down topology with three sets of antiparallel beta-strands. The structure is well ordered with four intramolecular disulfide bonds. the two monomers are firmly linked to each other through two intermolecular disulfide bridges at their N termini together with several other interactions. This structure has corrected the error in the disulfide bond pattern of the two intermolecular disulfide bridges that was reported earlier using chemical methods. Unique sequence and structural features of the schistatin monomers suggest that they have the ability to bind well with both alphaIIb beta3 and alphav beta3 integrins. The N termini anchored two chains of the dimer diverge away at their C termini exposing the Arg-Gly-Asp motif into opposite directions thus enhancing their binding efficiency to integrins. This is one of the unique features of the present disintegrin homodimer and seems to be responsible for the clustering of integrin molecules. The homodimer binds to integrins apparently with a higher affinity than the monomers and also plays a role in the signaling pathway.
About this Structure
1RMR is a Single protein structure of sequence from Echis carinatus. Full crystallographic information is available from OCA.
Reference
Crystal structure of schistatin, a disintegrin homodimer from saw-scaled viper (Echis carinatus) at 2.5 A resolution., Bilgrami S, Tomar S, Yadav S, Kaur P, Kumar J, Jabeen T, Sharma S, Singh TP, J Mol Biol. 2004 Aug 13;341(3):829-37. PMID:15317139 Page seeded by OCA on Sat May 3 07:40:52 2008
Categories: Echis carinatus | Single protein | Bilgrami, S. | Jabeen, T. | Kaur, P. | Kumar, J. | Sharma, S. | Singh, T P. | Tomar, S. | Yadav, S. | Disintegrin | Homodimer
