1lqi
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|GENE= POTENTIAL ([http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/Taxonomy/Browser/wwwtax.cgi?mode=Info&srchmode=5&id=6884 Leiurus quinquestriatus hebraeus]) | |GENE= POTENTIAL ([http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/Taxonomy/Browser/wwwtax.cgi?mode=Info&srchmode=5&id=6884 Leiurus quinquestriatus hebraeus]) | ||
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| + | |RESOURCES=<span class='plainlinks'>[http://oca.weizmann.ac.il/oca-docs/fgij/fg.htm?mol=1lqi FirstGlance], [http://oca.weizmann.ac.il/oca-bin/ocaids?id=1lqi OCA], [http://www.ebi.ac.uk/pdbsum/1lqi PDBsum], [http://www.rcsb.org/pdb/explore.do?structureId=1lqi RCSB]</span> | ||
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[[Category: sodium channel inhibitor]] | [[Category: sodium channel inhibitor]] | ||
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Revision as of 19:06, 30 March 2008
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| Gene: | POTENTIAL (Leiurus quinquestriatus hebraeus) | ||||||
| Related: | 1LQH
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| Resources: | FirstGlance, OCA, PDBsum, RCSB | ||||||
| Coordinates: | save as pdb, mmCIF, xml | ||||||
INSECTICIDAL ALPHA SCORPION TOXIN ISOLATED FROM THE VENOM OF SCORPION LEIURUS QUINQUESTRIATUS HEBRAEUS, NMR, 29 STRUCTURES
Overview
The solution structure of a recombinant active alpha-neurotoxin from Leiurus quinquestriatus hebraeus, Lqh(alpha)IT, was determined by proton two-dimensional nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy (2D NMR). This toxin is the most insecticidal among scorpion alpha-neurotoxins and, therefore, serves as a model for clarifying the structural basis for their biological activity and selective toxicity. A set of 29 structures was generated without constraint violations exceeding 0.4 A. These structures had root mean square deviations of 0.49 and 1.00 A with respect to the average structure for backbone atoms and all heavy atoms, respectively. Similarly to other scorpion toxins, the structure of Lqh(alpha)IT consists of an alpha-helix, a three-strand antiparallel beta-sheet, three type I tight turns, a five-residue turn, and a hydrophobic patch that includes tyrosine and tryptophan rings in a "herringbone" arrangement. Positive phi angles were found for Ala50 and Asn11, suggesting their proximity to functionally important regions of the molecule. The sample exhibited conformational heterogeneity over a wide range of experimental conditions, and two conformations were observed for the majority of protein residues. The ratio between these conformations was temperature-dependent, and the rate of their interconversions was estimated to be on the order of 1-5 s(-1) at 308 K. The conformation of the polypeptide backbone of Lqh(alpha)IT is very similar to that of the most active antimammalian scorpion alpha-toxin, AaHII, from Androctonus australis Hector (60% amino acid sequence homology). Yet, several important differences were observed at the 5-residue turn comprising residues Lys8-Cys12, the C-terminal segment, and the mutual disposition of these two regions. 2D NMR studies of the R64H mutant, which is 3 times more toxic than the unmodified Lqh(alpha)IT, demonstrated the importance of the spatial orientation of the last residue side chain for toxicity of Lqh(alpha)IT.
About this Structure
1LQI is a Single protein structure of sequence from Leiurus quinquestriatus hebraeus. Full crystallographic information is available from OCA.
Reference
Solution structures of a highly insecticidal recombinant scorpion alpha-toxin and a mutant with increased activity., Tugarinov V, Kustanovich I, Zilberberg N, Gurevitz M, Anglister J, Biochemistry. 1997 Mar 4;36(9):2414-24. PMID:9054546
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