5ebx
From Proteopedia
THE CRYSTAL STRUCTURE OF ERABUTOXIN A AT 2.0 ANGSTROMS RESOLUTION
Structural highlights
Function3S1EA_LATSE Binds with high affinity to muscular nicotinic acetylcholine receptors (nAChRs) (tested on Torpedo marmorata, Kd=21 uM) and with low affinity to neuronal alpha-7/CHRNA7 nAChRs (tested on chimeric alpha-7/CHRNA7, Kd=0.07 nM) and inhibits acetylcholine from binding to the receptor, thereby impairing neuromuscular transmission (PubMed:7721859). Blocks the extracellular increase of dopamine evoked by nicotine at 4.2 uM concentrations (PubMed:9840221). In vivo, produces peripheral paralysis.[1] [2] [3] Evolutionary Conservation Check, as determined by ConSurfDB. You may read the explanation of the method and the full data available from ConSurf. Publication Abstract from PubMedThe three-dimensional structure of erabutoxin a, a single-chain, 62-residue protein neurotoxin from snake venom, has been determined to 2.0-A resolution by x-ray crystal structure analysis. Molecular replacement methods were used, and the structure refined to a residual R = 0.17. The sites of 62 water molecules and 1 sulfate ion have been located and refined. The structure of erabutoxin a is very similar to that established earlier for erabutoxin b. These toxins from venom of the same snake differ in sequence only at residue 26, which is Asn in erabutoxin a and His in erabutoxin b. The substitution leads to only minor variations in intramolecular hydrogen bonding. Furthermore, the distribution of thermal parameters and the implied regional mobilities are similar in the two structures. In particular, the highly mobile character of the peripheral segment Pro44-Gly49 in both structures supports the specific role proposed for this segment in neurotoxin binding to the acetylcholine receptor. Forty-eight of the solvent sites determined are first surface positions; approximately one-half of these are equivalent to solvent sites in erabutoxin b. The crystal structure of erabutoxin a at 2.0-A resolution.,Corfield PW, Lee TJ, Low BW J Biol Chem. 1989 Jun 5;264(16):9239-42. PMID:2722828[4] From MEDLINE®/PubMed®, a database of the U.S. National Library of Medicine. References
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