1lmi

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1.5 ANGSTROM RESOLUTION CRYSTAL STRUCTURE OF A SECRETED PROTEIN FROM MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS-MPT63

Overview

MPT63 is a small, major secreted protein of unknown function from, Mycobacterium tuberculosis that has been shown to have immunogenic, properties and has been implicated in virulence. A BLAST search identified, that MPT63 has homologs only in other mycobacteria, and is therefore, mycobacteria specific. As MPT63 is a secreted protein, mycobacteria, specific, and implicated in virulence, MPT63 is an attractive drug target, against the deadliest infectious disease, tuberculosis (TB). As part of, the TB Structural Genomics Consortium, the X-ray crystal structure of, MPT63 was determined to 1.5-Angstrom resolution with the hope of yielding, functional information about MPT63. The structure of MPT63 is an, antiparallel beta-sandwich immunoglobulin-like fold, with the unusual, feature of the first beta-strand of the protein forming a parallel, addition to the small antiparallel beta-sheet. MPT63 has weak structural, similarity to many proteins with immunoglobulin folds, in particular, Homo, sapiens beta2-adaptin, bovine arrestin, and Yersinia pseudotuberculosis, invasin. Although the structure of MPT63 gives no conclusive evidence to, its function, structural similarity suggests that MPT63 could be involved, in cell-host interactions to facilitate endocytosis/phagocytosis.

About this Structure

1LMI is a Single protein structure of sequence from Mycobacterium tuberculosis. Full crystallographic information is available from OCA.

Reference

Crystal structure of a major secreted protein of Mycobacterium tuberculosis-MPT63 at 1.5-A resolution., Goulding CW, Parseghian A, Sawaya MR, Cascio D, Apostol MI, Gennaro ML, Eisenberg D, Protein Sci. 2002 Dec;11(12):2887-93. PMID:12441386

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