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'''Crystal Structure of Toad Liver Basic Fatty Acid-Binding Protein''' | '''Crystal Structure of Toad Liver Basic Fatty Acid-Binding Protein''' | ||
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Revision as of 01:45, 3 May 2008
Crystal Structure of Toad Liver Basic Fatty Acid-Binding Protein
Overview
Two paralogous groups of fatty acid-binding proteins (FABPs) have been described in vertebrate liver: liver FABP (L-FABP) type, extensively characterized in mammals, and liver basic FABP (Lb-FABP) found in fish, amphibians, reptiles, and birds. We describe here the toad Lb-FABP complete amino acid sequence, its X-ray structure to 2.5 A resolution, ligand-binding properties, and mechanism of fatty acid transfer to phospholipid membranes. Alignment of the amino acid sequence of toad Lb-FABP with known L-FABPs and Lb-FABPs shows that it is more closely related to the other Lb-FABPs. Toad Lb-FABP conserves the 12 characteristic residues present in all Lb-FABPs and absent in L-FABPs and presents the canonical fold characteristic of all the members of this protein family. Eight out of the 12 conserved residues point to the lipid-binding cavity of the molecule. In contrast, most of the 25 L-FABP conserved residues are in clusters on the surface of the molecule. The helix-turn-helix motif shows both a negative and positive electrostatic potential surface as in rat L-FABP, and in contrast with the other FABP types. The mechanism of anthroyloxy-labeled fatty acids transfer from Lb-FABP to phospholipid membranes occurs by a diffusion-mediated process, as previously shown for L-FABP, but the rate of transfer is 1 order of magnitude faster. Toad Lb-FABP can bind two cis-parinaric acid molecules but only one trans-parinaric acid molecule while L-FABP binds two molecules of both parinaric acid isomers. Although toad Lb-FABP shares with L-FABP a broad ligand-binding specificity, the relative affinity is different.
About this Structure
1P6P is a Single protein structure of sequence from Bufo arenarum. Full crystallographic information is available from OCA.
Reference
Structural and biochemical characterization of toad liver fatty acid-binding protein., Di Pietro SM, Corsico B, Perduca M, Monaco HL, Santome JA, Biochemistry. 2003 Jul 15;42(27):8192-203. PMID:12846568 Page seeded by OCA on Sat May 3 04:45:17 2008
