2ln8
From Proteopedia
(Difference between revisions)
| Line 2: | Line 2: | ||
<StructureSection load='2ln8' size='340' side='right' caption='[[2ln8]], [[NMR_Ensembles_of_Models | 10 NMR models]]' scene=''> | <StructureSection load='2ln8' size='340' side='right' caption='[[2ln8]], [[NMR_Ensembles_of_Models | 10 NMR models]]' scene=''> | ||
== Structural highlights == | == Structural highlights == | ||
| - | [[2ln8]] is a 1 chain structure with sequence from [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hirudo_medicinalis Hirudo medicinalis]. Full experimental information is available from [http://oca.weizmann.ac.il/oca-bin/ocashort?id=2LN8 OCA]. <br> | + | <table><tr><td colspan='2'>[[2ln8]] is a 1 chain structure with sequence from [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hirudo_medicinalis Hirudo medicinalis]. Full experimental information is available from [http://oca.weizmann.ac.il/oca-bin/ocashort?id=2LN8 OCA]. <br> |
| - | <b>Activity:</b> <span class='plainlinks'>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glucokinase Glucokinase], with EC number [http://www.brenda-enzymes.info/php/result_flat.php4?ecno=2.7.1.2 2.7.1.2] </span>< | + | </td></tr><tr><td class="sblockLbl"><b>Activity:</b></td><td class="sblockDat"><span class='plainlinks'>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glucokinase Glucokinase], with EC number [http://www.brenda-enzymes.info/php/result_flat.php4?ecno=2.7.1.2 2.7.1.2] </span></td></tr> |
| - | <b>Resources:</b> <span class='plainlinks'>[http://oca.weizmann.ac.il/oca-docs/fgij/fg.htm?mol=2ln8 FirstGlance], [http://oca.weizmann.ac.il/oca-bin/ocaids?id=2ln8 OCA], [http://www.rcsb.org/pdb/explore.do?structureId=2ln8 RCSB], [http://www.ebi.ac.uk/pdbsum/2ln8 PDBsum]</span>< | + | <tr><td class="sblockLbl"><b>Resources:</b></td><td class="sblockDat"><span class='plainlinks'>[http://oca.weizmann.ac.il/oca-docs/fgij/fg.htm?mol=2ln8 FirstGlance], [http://oca.weizmann.ac.il/oca-bin/ocaids?id=2ln8 OCA], [http://www.rcsb.org/pdb/explore.do?structureId=2ln8 RCSB], [http://www.ebi.ac.uk/pdbsum/2ln8 PDBsum]</span></td></tr> |
| + | <table> | ||
| + | <div style="background-color:#fffaf0;"> | ||
== Publication Abstract from PubMed == | == Publication Abstract from PubMed == | ||
The tertiary structures of theromacin and neuromacin confirmed the macin protein family as a self-contained family of antimicrobial proteins within the superfamily of scorpion toxin-like proteins. The macins, which also comprise hydramacin-1, are antimicrobially active against Gram-positive and Gram-negative bacteria. Despite high sequence identity, the three proteins showed distinct differences with respect to their biological activity. Neuromacin exhibited a significantly stronger capacity to permeabilize the cytoplasmic membrane of Bacillus megaterium than theromacin and hydramacin-1. Accordingly, it is the only macin that displays pore-forming activity and that was potently active against Staphylococcus aureus. Moreover, neuromacin and hydramacin-1 led to an aggregation of bacterial cells that was not observed with theromacin. Analysis of the molecular surface properties of macins allowed confirmation of the barnacle model as the mechanistic model for the aggregation effect. Besides being antimicrobially active, neuromacin and theromacin, in contrast to hydramacin-1, were able to enhance the repair of leech nerves ex vivo. Notably, all three macins enhanced the viability of murine neuroblastoma cells, extending their functional characteristics. As neuromacin appears to be both a functional and structural chimera of hydramacin-1 and theromacin, the putative structural correlate responsible for the nerve repair capacity in leech was located to a cluster of six amino acid residues using the sequence similarity of surface-exposed regions. | The tertiary structures of theromacin and neuromacin confirmed the macin protein family as a self-contained family of antimicrobial proteins within the superfamily of scorpion toxin-like proteins. The macins, which also comprise hydramacin-1, are antimicrobially active against Gram-positive and Gram-negative bacteria. Despite high sequence identity, the three proteins showed distinct differences with respect to their biological activity. Neuromacin exhibited a significantly stronger capacity to permeabilize the cytoplasmic membrane of Bacillus megaterium than theromacin and hydramacin-1. Accordingly, it is the only macin that displays pore-forming activity and that was potently active against Staphylococcus aureus. Moreover, neuromacin and hydramacin-1 led to an aggregation of bacterial cells that was not observed with theromacin. Analysis of the molecular surface properties of macins allowed confirmation of the barnacle model as the mechanistic model for the aggregation effect. Besides being antimicrobially active, neuromacin and theromacin, in contrast to hydramacin-1, were able to enhance the repair of leech nerves ex vivo. Notably, all three macins enhanced the viability of murine neuroblastoma cells, extending their functional characteristics. As neuromacin appears to be both a functional and structural chimera of hydramacin-1 and theromacin, the putative structural correlate responsible for the nerve repair capacity in leech was located to a cluster of six amino acid residues using the sequence similarity of surface-exposed regions. | ||
| Line 11: | Line 13: | ||
From MEDLINE®/PubMed®, a database of the U.S. National Library of Medicine.<br> | From MEDLINE®/PubMed®, a database of the U.S. National Library of Medicine.<br> | ||
| + | </div> | ||
== References == | == References == | ||
<references/> | <references/> | ||
Revision as of 10:01, 1 May 2014
The solution structure of thermomacin
| |||||||||||
