Structural highlights
Function
SLA_CRODU Snake venom lectin that activates platelets by binding to the platelet collagen receptor glycoprotein VI (GP6) (PubMed:9153205). The indirect activation of integrin alpha-IIb/beta-3 (ITGA2B/ITGB3) also induced by the toxin is upstream the cytoskeletal translocation of GPIb, FcRgamma (FCER1G) and 14-3-3zeta (YWHAZ)(PubMed:16102113).[1] [2]
Evolutionary Conservation
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Publication Abstract from PubMed
Snake venoms contain a number of proteins that interact with components of the haemostatic system that promote or inhibit events leading to blood-clot formation. The snake-venom protein convulxin (Cvx) binds glycoprotein (GP) VI, the platelet receptor for collagen, and triggers signal transduction. Here, the 2.7 A resolution crystal structure of Cvx is presented. In common with other members of this snake-venom protein family, Cvx is an alphabeta-heterodimer and conforms to the C-type lectin-fold topology. Comparison with other family members allows a set of Cvx residues that form a concave surface to be putatively implicated in GPVI binding. Unlike other family members, with the exception of flavocetin-A (FL-A), Cvx forms an (alphabeta)(4) tetramer. This oligomeric structure is consistent with Cvx clustering GPVI molecules on the surface of platelets and as a result promoting signal transduction activity. The Cvx structure and the location of the putative binding sites suggest a model for this multimeric signalling assembly.
Structure of the snake-venom toxin convulxin.,Batuwangala T, Leduc M, Gibbins JM, Bon C, Jones EY Acta Crystallogr D Biol Crystallogr. 2004 Jan;60(Pt 1):46-53. Epub 2003, Dec 18. PMID:14684891[3]
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References
- ↑ Polgar J, Clemetson JM, Kehrel BE, Wiedemann M, Magnenat EM, Wells TN, Clemetson KJ. Platelet activation and signal transduction by convulxin, a C-type lectin from Crotalus durissus terrificus (tropical rattlesnake) venom via the p62/GPVI collagen receptor. J Biol Chem. 1997 May 23;272(21):13576-83. PMID:9153205
- ↑ Lu Q, Clemetson JM, Clemetson KJ. Translocation of GPIb and Fc receptor gamma-chain to cytoskeleton in mucetin-activated platelets. J Thromb Haemost. 2005 Sep;3(9):2065-76. PMID:16102113 doi:http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1538-7836.2005.01481.x
- ↑ Batuwangala T, Leduc M, Gibbins JM, Bon C, Jones EY. Structure of the snake-venom toxin convulxin. Acta Crystallogr D Biol Crystallogr. 2004 Jan;60(Pt 1):46-53. Epub 2003, Dec 18. PMID:14684891
