Structural highlights
Function
[MBL2_HUMAN] Calcium-dependent lectin involved in innate immune defense. Binds mannose, fucose and N-acetylglucosamine on different microorganisms and activates the lectin complement pathway. Binds to late apoptotic cells, as well as to apoptotic blebs and to necrotic cells, but not to early apoptotic cells, facilitating their uptake by macrophages. May bind DNA.[1]
Evolutionary Conservation
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Publication Abstract from PubMed
Human mannose-binding protein is a hexamer of trimers with each subunit consisting of an amino-terminal region rich in cysteine, 19 collagen repeats, a 'neck', and a carbohydrate recognition domain that requires calcium to bind ligand. A 148-residue peptide, consisting of the 'neck' and carbohydrate recognition domains forms trimers in solution and in crystals. The structure of this trimeric peptide has been determined in two different crystal forms. The 'neck' forms a triple alpha-helical coiled-coil. Each alpha-helix interacts with a neighbouring carbohydrate recognition domain. The spatial arrangement of the carbohydrate recognition domains suggest how MBP trimers form the basic recognition unit for branched oligosaccharides on microorganisms.
Human mannose-binding protein carbohydrate recognition domain trimerizes through a triple alpha-helical coiled-coil.,Sheriff S, Chang CY, Ezekowitz RA Nat Struct Biol. 1994 Nov;1(11):789-94. PMID:7634089[2]
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References
- ↑ Nauta AJ, Raaschou-Jensen N, Roos A, Daha MR, Madsen HO, Borrias-Essers MC, Ryder LP, Koch C, Garred P. Mannose-binding lectin engagement with late apoptotic and necrotic cells. Eur J Immunol. 2003 Oct;33(10):2853-63. PMID:14515269 doi:http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/eji.200323888
- ↑ Sheriff S, Chang CY, Ezekowitz RA. Human mannose-binding protein carbohydrate recognition domain trimerizes through a triple alpha-helical coiled-coil. Nat Struct Biol. 1994 Nov;1(11):789-94. PMID:7634089
