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A Structural Motif in the Variant Surface Glycoproteins of Trypanosoma Brucei

Structural highlights

2vsg is a 2 chain structure with sequence from Trypanosoma brucei. Full crystallographic information is available from OCA. For a guided tour on the structure components use FirstGlance.
Related:	1vsg
Resources:	FirstGlance, OCA, PDBe, RCSB, PDBsum, ProSAT

Function

[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

Check, as determined by ConSurfDB. You may read the explanation of the method and the full data available from ConSurf.

Publication Abstract from PubMed

The variable domain of the trypanosome variant surface glycoprotein (VSG) ILTat 1.24 has been shown by X-ray crystallography to resemble closely the structures of VSG MITat 1.2, despite their low sequence similarity. Specific structural features of these VSGs, including substitution of carbohydrate for an alpha-helix, can be found in other VSG sequences. Thus antigenic variation in trypanosomes is accomplished by sequence variation, not gross structural alteration; the extensive sequence differences among VSGs may be required for another reason, such as the avoidance of recognition by helper T cells. Additionally, VSG sequences are found to define families, within a VSG superfamily, which have evolved in the trypanosome genome.

A structural motif in the variant surface glycoproteins of Trypanosoma brucei.,Blum ML, Down JA, Gurnett AM, Carrington M, Turner MJ, Wiley DC Nature. 1993 Apr 15;362(6421):603-9. PMID:8464512^[1]

From MEDLINE®/PubMed®, a database of the U.S. National Library of Medicine.

References

↑ Blum ML, Down JA, Gurnett AM, Carrington M, Turner MJ, Wiley DC. A structural motif in the variant surface glycoproteins of Trypanosoma brucei. Nature. 1993 Apr 15;362(6421):603-9. PMID:8464512 doi:http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/362603a0

1 Structural highlights
2 Function
3 Evolutionary Conservation
4 Publication Abstract from PubMed
5 References

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 ==A Structural Motif in the Variant Surface Glycoproteins of Trypanosoma Brucei==
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+<StructureSection load='2vsg' size='340' side='right'caption='[[2vsg]], [[Resolution|resolution]] 2.70&Aring;' scene=''>
 == Structural highlights ==
-<table><tr><td colspan='2'>[[2vsg]] is a 2 chain structure with sequence from [http://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 [http://oca.weizmann.ac.il/oca-docs/fgij/fg.htm?mol=2VSG FirstGlance]. <br>
+<table><tr><td colspan='2'>[[2vsg]] is a 2 chain structure with sequence from [http://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 [http://proteopedia.org/fgij/fg.htm?mol=2VSG FirstGlance]. <br>
 </td></tr><tr id='related'><td class="sblockLbl"><b>[[Related_structure|Related:]]</b></td><td class="sblockDat">[[1vsg|1vsg]]</td></tr>
-<tr id='resources'><td class="sblockLbl"><b>Resources:</b></td><td class="sblockDat"><span class='plainlinks'>[http://oca.weizmann.ac.il/oca-docs/fgij/fg.htm?mol=2vsg FirstGlance], [http://oca.weizmann.ac.il/oca-bin/ocaids?id=2vsg OCA], [http://pdbe.org/2vsg PDBe], [http://www.rcsb.org/pdb/explore.do?structureId=2vsg RCSB], [http://www.ebi.ac.uk/pdbsum/2vsg PDBsum], [http://prosat.h-its.org/prosat/prosatexe?pdbcode=2vsg ProSAT]</span></td></tr>
+<tr id='resources'><td class="sblockLbl"><b>Resources:</b></td><td class="sblockDat"><span class='plainlinks'>[http://proteopedia.org/fgij/fg.htm?mol=2vsg FirstGlance], [http://oca.weizmann.ac.il/oca-bin/ocaids?id=2vsg OCA], [http://pdbe.org/2vsg PDBe], [http://www.rcsb.org/pdb/explore.do?structureId=2vsg RCSB], [http://www.ebi.ac.uk/pdbsum/2vsg PDBsum], [http://prosat.h-its.org/prosat/prosatexe?pdbcode=2vsg ProSAT]</span></td></tr>
 </table>
 == Function ==
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 </StructureSection>
+[[Category: Large Structures]]
 [[Category: Trypanosoma brucei]]
 [[Category: Blum, M L]]

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A Structural Motif in the Variant Surface Glycoproteins of Trypanosoma Brucei

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