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(New page: 200px<br /><applet load="2a2b" size="450" color="white" frame="true" align="right" spinBox="true" caption="2a2b" /> '''Curvacin A'''<br /> ==Overview== The 3D str...) |
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'''Curvacin A'''<br /> | '''Curvacin A'''<br /> | ||
==Overview== | ==Overview== | ||
| - | The 3D structure of the membrane-permeabilizing 41-mer pediocin-like | + | The 3D structure of the membrane-permeabilizing 41-mer pediocin-like antimicrobial peptide curvacin A produced by lactic acid bacteria has been studied by NMR spectroscopy. In DPC micelles, the cationic and hydrophilic N-terminal half of the peptide forms an S-shaped beta-sheet-like domain stabilized by a disulfide bridge and a few hydrogen bonds. This domain is followed by two alpha-helices: a hydrophilic 6-mer helix between residues 19 and 24 and an amphiphilic/hydrophobic 11-mer helix between residues 29 and 39. There are two hinges in the peptide, one at residues 16-18 between the N-terminal S-shaped beta-sheet-like structure and the central 6-mer helix and one at residues 26-28 between the central helix and the 11-mer C-terminal helix. The latter helix is the only amphiphilic/hydrophobic part of the peptide and is thus presumably the part that penetrates into the hydrophobic phase of target-cell membranes. The hinge between the two helices may introduce the flexibility that allows the helix to dip into membranes. The helix-hinge-helix structure in the C-terminal half of curvacin A clearly distinguishes this peptide from the other pediocin-like peptides whose structures have been analyzed and suggests that curvacin A along with the structural homologues enterocin P and carnobacteriocin BM1 belong to a subgroup of the pediocin-like family of antimicrobial peptides. |
==About this Structure== | ==About this Structure== | ||
| - | 2A2B is a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Single_protein Single protein] structure of sequence from [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lactobacillus_curvatus Lactobacillus curvatus]. Full crystallographic information is available from [http:// | + | 2A2B is a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Single_protein Single protein] structure of sequence from [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lactobacillus_curvatus Lactobacillus curvatus]. Full crystallographic information is available from [http://oca.weizmann.ac.il/oca-bin/ocashort?id=2A2B OCA]. |
==Reference== | ==Reference== | ||
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[[Category: Lactobacillus curvatus]] | [[Category: Lactobacillus curvatus]] | ||
[[Category: Single protein]] | [[Category: Single protein]] | ||
| - | [[Category: Haugen, H | + | [[Category: Haugen, H S.]] |
| - | [[Category: Kristiansen, P | + | [[Category: Kristiansen, P E.]] |
[[Category: alfa helix]] | [[Category: alfa helix]] | ||
[[Category: beta-sheet like strukture]] | [[Category: beta-sheet like strukture]] | ||
[[Category: peptide]] | [[Category: peptide]] | ||
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Curvacin A
Overview
The 3D structure of the membrane-permeabilizing 41-mer pediocin-like antimicrobial peptide curvacin A produced by lactic acid bacteria has been studied by NMR spectroscopy. In DPC micelles, the cationic and hydrophilic N-terminal half of the peptide forms an S-shaped beta-sheet-like domain stabilized by a disulfide bridge and a few hydrogen bonds. This domain is followed by two alpha-helices: a hydrophilic 6-mer helix between residues 19 and 24 and an amphiphilic/hydrophobic 11-mer helix between residues 29 and 39. There are two hinges in the peptide, one at residues 16-18 between the N-terminal S-shaped beta-sheet-like structure and the central 6-mer helix and one at residues 26-28 between the central helix and the 11-mer C-terminal helix. The latter helix is the only amphiphilic/hydrophobic part of the peptide and is thus presumably the part that penetrates into the hydrophobic phase of target-cell membranes. The hinge between the two helices may introduce the flexibility that allows the helix to dip into membranes. The helix-hinge-helix structure in the C-terminal half of curvacin A clearly distinguishes this peptide from the other pediocin-like peptides whose structures have been analyzed and suggests that curvacin A along with the structural homologues enterocin P and carnobacteriocin BM1 belong to a subgroup of the pediocin-like family of antimicrobial peptides.
About this Structure
2A2B is a Single protein structure of sequence from Lactobacillus curvatus. Full crystallographic information is available from OCA.
Reference
Three-dimensional structure in lipid micelles of the pediocin-like antimicrobial peptide curvacin A., Haugen HS, Fimland G, Nissen-Meyer J, Kristiansen PE, Biochemistry. 2005 Dec 13;44(49):16149-57. PMID:16331975
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