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'''X-ray Sequence and Crystal Structure of Luffaculin 1, a Novel Type 1 Ribosome-inactivating Protein'''
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===X-ray Sequence and Crystal Structure of Luffaculin 1, a Novel Type 1 Ribosome-inactivating Protein===
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==Overview==
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BACKGROUND: Protein sequence can be obtained through Edman degradation, mass spectrometry, or cDNA sequencing. High resolution X-ray crystallography can also be used to derive protein sequence information, but faces the difficulty in distinguishing the Asp/Asn, Glu/Gln, and Val/Thr pairs. Luffaculin 1 is a new type 1 ribosome-inactivating protein (RIP) isolated from the seeds of Luffa acutangula. Besides rRNA N-glycosidase activity, luffaculin 1 also demonstrates activities including inhibiting tumor cells' proliferation and inducing tumor cells' differentiation. RESULTS: The crystal structure of luffaculin 1 was determined at 1.4 A resolution. Its amino-acid sequence was derived from this high resolution structure using the following criteria: 1) high resolution electron density; 2) comparison of electron density between two molecules that exist in the same crystal; 3) evaluation of the chemical environment of residues to break down the sequence assignment ambiguity in residue pairs Glu/Gln, Asp/Asn, and Val/Thr; 4) comparison with sequences of the homologous proteins. Using the criteria 1 and 2, 66% of the residues can be assigned. By incorporating with criterion 3, 86% of the residues were assigned, suggesting the effectiveness of chemical environment evaluation in breaking down residue ambiguity. In total, 94% of the luffaculin 1 sequence was assigned with high confidence using this improved X-ray sequencing strategy. Two N-acetylglucosamine moieties, linked respectively to the residues Asn77 and Asn84, can be identified in the structure. Residues Tyr70, Tyr110, Glu159 and Arg162 define the active site of luffaculin 1 as an RNA N-glycosidase. CONCLUSION: X-ray sequencing method can be effective to derive sequence information of proteins. The evaluation of the chemical environment of residues is a useful method to break down the assignment ambiguity in Glu/Gln, Asp/Asn, and Val/Thr pairs. The sequence and the crystal structure confirm that luffaculin 1 is a new type 1 RIP.
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==About this Structure==
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X-ray Sequence and Crystal Structure of Luffaculin 1, a Novel Type 1 Ribosome-inactivating Protein

Template:ABSTRACT PUBMED 17470286

About this Structure

Full crystallographic information is available from OCA.

Reference

X-ray sequence and crystal structure of luffaculin 1, a novel type 1 ribosome-inactivating protein., Hou X, Chen M, Chen L, Meehan EJ, Xie J, Huang M, BMC Struct Biol. 2007 Apr 30;7:29. PMID:17470286

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