Structural highlights
Function
[UTER_RAT] Binds phosphatidylcholine, phosphatidylinositol, polychlorinated biphenyls (PCB) and weakly progesterone, potent inhibitor of phospholipase A2.
Evolutionary Conservation
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Publication Abstract from PubMed
Metabolites of polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) bind with high affinity to uteroglobin, a small homodimeric protein that also binds progesterone. We present the solution structure of the reduced form of rat uteroglobin in complex with a PCB methylsulphone, (MeSO2)2-TCB. The structure reveals the molecular basis for the accumulation of (MeSO2)2-TCB by uteroglobin. The structure also shows how ligand binding and release might be controlled by reduction/oxidation of two intermolecular disulphide bonds. Breakage of these bonds induces a local unfolding of the N- and C-termini and a separation of helices creating a channel into the binding site. These effects make the ligand binding cavity readily accessible to entry of the ligand.
Solution structure of a mammalian PCB-binding protein in complex with a PCB.,Hard T, Barnes HJ, Larsson C, Gustafsson JA, Lund J Nat Struct Biol. 1995 Nov;2(11):983-9. PMID:7583672[1]
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References
- ↑ Hard T, Barnes HJ, Larsson C, Gustafsson JA, Lund J. Solution structure of a mammalian PCB-binding protein in complex with a PCB. Nat Struct Biol. 1995 Nov;2(11):983-9. PMID:7583672
