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<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=4q6x FirstGlance], [http://oca.weizmann.ac.il/oca-bin/ocaids?id=4q6x OCA], [http://www.rcsb.org/pdb/explore.do?structureId=4q6x RCSB], [http://www.ebi.ac.uk/pdbsum/4q6x PDBsum]</span></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=4q6x FirstGlance], [http://oca.weizmann.ac.il/oca-bin/ocaids?id=4q6x OCA], [http://www.rcsb.org/pdb/explore.do?structureId=4q6x RCSB], [http://www.ebi.ac.uk/pdbsum/4q6x PDBsum]</span></td></tr>
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== Publication Abstract from PubMed ==
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Venoms of the sicariid spiders contain phospholipase D enzyme toxins that cause severe dermonecrosis and even death in humans. These enzymes convert sphingolipid and lysolipid substrates to cyclic phosphates by activating a hydroxyl nucleophile present in both classes of lipid. The most medically relevant substrates are thought to be sphingomyelin and/or lysophosphatidylcholine, which are common lipids in mammals. To better understand the substrate preference of these toxins, we used 31P-NMR to compare the activity of three related but phylogenetically diverse sicariid toxins against a diverse panel of sphingolipid and lysolipid substrates. Two of the three showed significantly faster turnover of sphingolipids over lysolipids, and all three showed a strong preference for positively charged (choline and/or ethanolamine) over neutral (glycerol and serine) head groups. Strikingly, however, the enzymes vary widely in their preference for choline, the head group of both sphingomyelin and lysophosphatidylcholine, versus ethanolamine. An enzyme from Sicarius terrosus showed a strong preference for ethanolamine over choline, while two paralogous enzymes from Loxosceles arizonica either preferred choline or showed no significant preference. Intrigued by the novel substrate preference of the Sicarius enzyme, we solved its crystal structure at 2.1 A resolution. The evolution of variable substrate specificity may help explain the reduced dermonecrotic potential of some natural toxin variants, because mammalian sphingolipids use primarily choline as a positively charged head group; it may also be relevant for sicariid predatory behavior, because ethanolamine-containing sphingolipids are common in insect prey.
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Variable Substrate Preference Among Phospholipase D Toxins From Sicariid Spiders.,Lajoie DM, Roberts SA, Zobel-Thropp PA, Delahaye JL, Bandarian V, Binford GJ, Cordes MH J Biol Chem. 2015 Mar 9. pii: jbc.M115.636951. PMID:25752604<ref>PMID:25752604</ref>
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From MEDLINE&reg;/PubMed&reg;, a database of the U.S. National Library of Medicine.<br>
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== References ==
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Structure of phospholipase D Beta1B1i from Sicarius terrosus venom at 2.14 A resolution

4q6x, resolution 2.14Å

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