2f2l
From Proteopedia
Crystal structure of tracheal cytotoxin (TCT) bound to the ectodomain complex of peptidoglycan recognition proteins LCa (PGRP-LCa) and LCx (PGRP-LCx)
Structural highlights
Function[PGPLC_DROME] Major activator of the imd/Relish pathway and is likely to encode a pattern recognition molecule for the humoral immune response. Required for Relish processing and nuclear translocation following proteolytic cleavage. Involved in the response to lipopolysaccharide (LPS) and peptidoglycan of Gram-negative bacteria. The different isoforms probably display different recognition capabilities to various microbial patterns. Isoform a and isoform x mediate the induction by LPS and Gram-negative bacteria, while isoform x mediates the induction by peptidoglycan.[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 PubMedTracheal cytotoxin (TCT), a naturally occurring fragment of Gram-negative peptidoglycan, is a potent elicitor of innate immune responses in Drosophila. It induces the heterodimerization of its recognition receptors, the peptidoglycan recognition proteins (PGRPs) LCa and LCx, which activates the immune deficiency pathway. The crystal structure at 2.1 angstrom resolution of TCT in complex with the ectodomains of PGRP-LCa and PGRP-LCx shows that TCT is bound to and presented by the LCx ectodomain for recognition by the LCa ectodomain; the latter lacks a canonical peptidoglycan-docking groove conserved in other PGRPs. The interface, revealed in atomic detail, between TCT and the receptor complex highlights the importance of the anhydro-containing disaccharide in bridging the two ectodomains together and the critical role of diaminopimelic acid as the specificity determinant for PGRP interaction. Structure of tracheal cytotoxin in complex with a heterodimeric pattern-recognition receptor.,Chang CI, Chelliah Y, Borek D, Mengin-Lecreulx D, Deisenhofer J Science. 2006 Mar 24;311(5768):1761-4. PMID:16556841[4] From MEDLINE®/PubMed®, a database of the U.S. National Library of Medicine. References
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