1ecy
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PROTEASE INHIBITOR ECOTIN
Overview
Ecotin, a homodimeric protein composed of 142 residue subunits, is a novel, serine protease inhibitor present in Escherichia coli. Its thermostability, and acid stability, as well as broad specificity toward proteases, make it, an interesting protein for structural characterization. Its structure in, the uncomplexed state, determined for two different crystalline, environments, allows a structural comparison of the free inhibitor with, that in complex with trypsin. Although there is no gross structural, rearrangement of ecotin when binding trypsin, the loops involved in, binding trypsin show relatively large shifts in atomic positions. The, inherent flexibility of the loops and the highly nonglobular shape are the, two features essential for its inhibitory function. An insight into the, ... [(full description)]
About this Structure
1ECY is a [Single protein] structure of sequence from [Escherichia coli] with GLC as [ligand]. Full crystallographic information is available from [OCA].
Reference
Crystal structure analyses of uncomplexed ecotin in two crystal forms: implications for its function and stability., Shin DH, Song HK, Seong IS, Lee CS, Chung CH, Suh SW, Protein Sci. 1996 Nov;5(11):2236-47. PMID:8931142
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