2byq
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'''CRYSTAL STRUCTURE OF APLYSIA CALIFORNICA ACHBP IN COMPLEX WITH EPIBATIDINE''' | '''CRYSTAL STRUCTURE OF APLYSIA CALIFORNICA ACHBP IN COMPLEX WITH EPIBATIDINE''' | ||
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[[Category: Sulzenbacher, G.]] | [[Category: Sulzenbacher, G.]] | ||
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Revision as of 17:59, 3 May 2008
CRYSTAL STRUCTURE OF APLYSIA CALIFORNICA ACHBP IN COMPLEX WITH EPIBATIDINE
Overview
The crystal structure of the snake long alpha-neurotoxin, alpha-cobratoxin, bound to the pentameric acetylcholine-binding protein (AChBP) from Lymnaea stagnalis, was solved from good quality density maps despite a 4.2 A overall resolution. The structure unambiguously reveals the positions and orientations of all five three-fingered toxin molecules inserted at the AChBP subunit interfaces and the conformational changes associated with toxin binding. AChBP loops C and F that border the ligand-binding pocket move markedly from their original positions to wrap around the tips of the toxin first and second fingers and part of its C-terminus, while rearrangements also occur in the toxin fingers. At the interface of the complex, major interactions involve aromatic and aliphatic side chains within the AChBP binding pocket and, at the buried tip of the toxin second finger, conserved Phe and Arg residues that partially mimic a bound agonist molecule. Hence this structure, in revealing a distinctive and unpredicted conformation of the toxin-bound AChBP molecule, provides a lead template resembling a resting state conformation of the nicotinic receptor and for understanding selectivity of curaremimetic alpha-neurotoxins for the various receptor species.
About this Structure
2BYQ is a Single protein structure of sequence from Aplysia californica. Full crystallographic information is available from OCA.
Reference
Crystal structure of a Cbtx-AChBP complex reveals essential interactions between snake alpha-neurotoxins and nicotinic receptors., Bourne Y, Talley TT, Hansen SB, Taylor P, Marchot P, EMBO J. 2005 Apr 20;24(8):1512-22. Epub 2005 Mar 24. PMID:15791209 Page seeded by OCA on Sat May 3 20:59:06 2008
