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'''STRUCTURE OF SCORPION NEUROTOXIN BMK M8'''
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===STRUCTURE OF SCORPION NEUROTOXIN BMK M8===
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==Overview==
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The crystal structure of an acidic scorpion neurotoxin, BmK M8, purified from Chinese scorpion Buthus martensii Karsch (BmK), has been determined by the molecular replacement method. It is the first structure of an acidic alpha-scorpion neurotoxin reported so far. The crystals adopt a symmetry of space group P2(1) and contain one molecule per asymmetric unit. The structure has been refined to an R factor of 18.1% using reflection data in the range of 8 to 1.85 A resolution, with standard deviations from ideal geometry of 0.017 A and 2.43 degrees for bond length and angle, respectively. The 12 residues at the C terminus with unknown sequence were determined by crystallographic refinement. The refined model shows that the structural core, consisting of a motif beta alpha beta beta, is similar to that of toxin II from Androctonus australis Hector (AaH II) or Variant 3 from Centruroides sculpturatus Ewing (CsE V3). The three conformationally variable loops protruding from this structural core are different from that of AaH II, and especially from that of CsE V3. Compared with the most potent and basic alpha-toxin AaH II, the BmK M8 is a relatively inactive toxin (1100 times less active than AaH II) with an unusually low isoelectric point (pI 5.3). Sequence alignment of the two toxins shows a difference of 26 residues (40.6%). Among them four basic or neutral residues in AaH II, namely Val10, Lys28, Val55 and Gly59, are changed to acidic glutamate in BmK M8. The residues Glu10, Glu28 and Glu55 of BmK M8 are located on a surface (Face B), opposite the "conserved hydrophobic surface" (Face A). The latter is a functionally important area proposed by Fontecilla-Camps et al. Our observations suggest that in addition to Face A, Face B may also be involved in the biological activity of scorpion toxins. The structure of BmK M8 shows an evident conformational change of the alpha-amino group at the N terminus and a deorganization of Arg2 caused by the mutation D53A. These structural changes may also be responsible for the weak toxicity of BmK M8. In association with the information from chemical modifications, a multisite binding mode for toxin-receptor interaction and three "toxic regions" in relevance to the binding process, including Face A, Face B and Site C, are proposed. Face A, mainly consisting of Tyr5, 35, 47, the alpha-amino group, Arg2 and Asp3, may be more essential for the binding. Face B, mainly comprising conserved residues Tyr14, 21, Lys28 and Val55, may contribute to the high efficacy of the binding process and substitutions by acidic residues in this area could strongly weaken the toxic activity. Site C, formed by Lys58 and Arg62 at the C terminus and Arg41 and Tyr42 from loop 38-44, may be involved in binding site specificity.
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==About this Structure==
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STRUCTURE OF SCORPION NEUROTOXIN BMK M8

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About this Structure

1SNB is a Single protein structure of sequence from Mesobuthus martensii. Full crystallographic information is available from OCA.

Reference

Crystal structure of an acidic neurotoxin from scorpion Buthus martensii Karsch at 1.85 A resolution., Li HM, Wang DC, Zeng ZH, Jin L, Hu RQ, J Mol Biol. 1996 Aug 23;261(3):415-31. PMID:8780783

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