2gsj
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cDNA cloning and 1.75A crystal structure determination of PPL2, a novel chimerolectin from Parkia platycephala seeds exhibiting endochitinolytic activity
Overview
Parkia platycephala lectin 2 was purified from Parkia platycephala (Leguminosae, Mimosoideae) seeds by affinity chromatography and RP-HPLC. Equilibrium sedimentation and MS showed that Parkia platycephala lectin 2 is a nonglycosylated monomeric protein of molecular mass 29 407+/-15 Da, which contains six cysteine residues engaged in the formation of three intramolecular disulfide bonds. Parkia platycephala lectin 2 agglutinated rabbit erythrocytes, and this activity was specifically inhibited by N-acetylglucosamine. In addition, Parkia platycephala lectin 2 hydrolyzed beta(1-4) glycosidic bonds linking 2-acetoamido-2-deoxy-beta-D-glucopyranose units in chitin. The full-length amino acid sequence of Parkia platycephala lectin 2, determined by N-terminal sequencing and cDNA cloning, and its three-dimensional structure, established by X-ray crystallography at 1.75 A resolution, showed that Parkia platycephala lectin 2 is homologous to endochitinases of the glycosyl hydrolase family 18, which share the (betaalpha)8 barrel topology harboring the catalytic residues Asp125, Glu127, and Tyr182.
About this Structure
Full crystallographic information is available from OCA.
Reference
cDNA cloning and 1.75 A crystal structure determination of PPL2, an endochitinase and N-acetylglucosamine-binding hemagglutinin from Parkia platycephala seeds., Cavada BS, Moreno FB, da Rocha BA, de Azevedo WF Jr, Castellon RE, Goersch GV, Nagano CS, de Souza EP, Nascimento KS, Radis-Baptista G, Delatorre P, Leroy Y, Toyama MH, Pinto VP, Sampaio AH, Barettino D, Debray H, Calvete JJ, Sanz L, FEBS J. 2006 Sep;273(17):3962-74. PMID:16934035 Page seeded by OCA on Sun May 4 05:28:35 2008
Categories: Barettino, D. | Calvete, J J. | Castellon, R E.R. | Cavada, B S. | Debray, H. | Delatorre, P. | Goersch, G V. | Jr., W F.de Azevedo. | Leroy, Y. | Moreno, F B. | Nagano, C S. | Nascimento, K S. | Pinto, V P. | Radis-Baptista, G. | Rocha, B A.da. | Sampaio, A H. | Sanz, L. | Souza, E P.de. | Toyama, M H. | Chimerolectin | Endochitinase | Equilibrium sedimentation | Glycosyl hydrolase family 18 | Mimosoideae | Parkia platycephala | X-ray crystal structure