Structural highlights
Function
[LACB1_HORSE] Lactoglobulin is the primary component of whey, it binds retinol and is probably involved in the transport of that molecule.
Publication Abstract from PubMed
beta-lactoglobulin (LG) contains nine beta-strands (strands A-I) and one alpha-helix. Strands A-H form a beta-barrel. At neutral pH, equine LG (ELG) is monomeric, whereas bovine LG (BLG) is dimeric, and the I-strands of its two subunits form an intermolecular beta-sheet. We previously constructed a chimeric ELG in which the sequence of the I-strand was replaced with that of BLG. This chimera did not dimerize. For this study, we constructed the new chimera we call Gyuba (which means cow and horse in Japanese). The amino acid sequence of Gyuba includes the sequences of the BLG secondary structures and those of the ELG loops. The crystal structure of Gyuba is very similar to that of BLG and indicates that Gyuba dimerizes via the intermolecular beta-sheet formed by the two I-strands. Thus, the entire arrangement of the secondary structural elements is important for LG dimer formation.
Structure and stability of Gyuba, a beta-lactoglobulin chimera.,Ohtomo H, Konuma T, Utsunoiya H, Tsuge H, Ikeguchi M Protein Sci. 2011 Nov;20(11):1867-75. doi: 10.1002/pro.720. Epub 2011 Sep, 22. PMID:21853497[1]
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References
- ↑ Ohtomo H, Konuma T, Utsunoiya H, Tsuge H, Ikeguchi M. Structure and stability of Gyuba, a beta-lactoglobulin chimera. Protein Sci. 2011 Nov;20(11):1867-75. doi: 10.1002/pro.720. Epub 2011 Sep, 22. PMID:21853497 doi:10.1002/pro.720
