Crystal structure of a recombinant mushroom Agaricus bisporus mannose-binding protein with a longer C-terminal region
Dr Hiromi Yoshida [1]
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Agaricus bisporus mannose-binding protein (Abmb, 150 residues) is a ricin B-like type lectin, which has a beta-trefoil fold. Previously reported recombinant C-terminal His-tagged Abmb (additional 12 residues + 6 x His-tag, Abmb168h) showed specific binding activity to mannose and mannitol in surface plasmon resonance analysis. The structure of a recombinant Abmb including additional six residues at the C-terminus after cleavage by TEV protease (Abmb156, PDB code: 5eha) has been reported, however, carbohydrate binding site of Abmb has not yet been determined. 
The present structure of a recombinant Abmb with a longer C-terminal region (14 residues + 6 x His-tag, Abmb170h, crystalized in two forms, orthorhombic (PDB code: 9udy) and monoclinic (PDB code: 9udz) showed high flexibility of several surface loop regions including C-terminal tail. This recombinant Abmb170h did not show binding affinity toward alpha-D-mannose but showed weak binding affinity toward GalNAc and beta-D-galactose in glycan search assay.
The structure of Abmb170h reveals that the C-terminal region has an impact on the sugar binding and would be important to the mannose binding affinity. 
This can be seen in the comparison of the two Abmb170h structures versus Abmb156.
-  Structures of  9udy vs  5eha and .
-  Structures of  9udy (in which some loops are not seen) vs  5eha and  
-  While structures of  9udy vs  9udy and  look very similary.
References
- ↑ Yoshida H, Nakakita SI, Rachmawati H, Tjandrawinata RR, Ismaya WT. Crystal structure of a recombinant Agaricus bisporus mushroom mannose-binding protein with a longer C-terminal region. Acta Crystallogr F Struct Biol Commun. 2025 Jun 1. PMID:40349189 doi:10.1107/S2053230X25003905