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'''Crystal structure of the earthworm lectin C-terminal domain mutant''' | '''Crystal structure of the earthworm lectin C-terminal domain mutant''' | ||
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Crystal structure of the earthworm lectin C-terminal domain mutant
Overview
Sialic acid (Sia) is a typical terminal sugar, which modifies various types of glycoconjugates commonly found in higher animals. Its regulatory roles in diverse biological phenomena are frequently triggered by interaction with Sia-binding lectins. When using natural Sia-binding lectins as probes, however, there have been practical problems concerning their repertoire and availability. Here, we show a rational creation of a Sia-binding lectin based on the strategy 'natural evolution-mimicry', where Sia-binding lectins are engineered by error-prone PCR from a Gal-binding lectin used as a scaffold protein. After selection with fetuin-agarose using a recently reinforced ribosome display system, one of the evolved mutants SRC showed substantial affinity for alpha2-6Sia, which the parental Gal-binding lectin EW29Ch lacked. SRC was found to have additional practical advantages in productivity and in preservation of affinity for Gal. Thus, the developed novel Sia-recognition protein will contribute as useful tools to sialoglycomics.
About this Structure
2DRY is a Single protein structure of sequence from Lumbricus terrestris. Full crystallographic information is available from OCA.
Reference
Tailoring a novel sialic acid-binding lectin from a ricin-B chain-like galactose-binding protein by natural evolution-mimicry., Yabe R, Suzuki R, Kuno A, Fujimoto Z, Jigami Y, Hirabayashi J, J Biochem. 2007 Mar;141(3):389-99. Epub 2007 Jan 18. PMID:17234683 Page seeded by OCA on Sun May 4 01:03:59 2008
