Structural highlights
Function
[MBL1_RAT] 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 (By similarity).
Evolutionary Conservation
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Publication Abstract from PubMed
A complete and accurate set of experimental crystallographic phases to a resolution of 1.8 angstroms was obtained for a 230-residue dimeric fragment of rat mannose-binding protein A with the use of multiwavelength anomalous dispersion (MAD) phasing. An accurate image of the crystal structure could thus be obtained without resort to phases calculated from a model. Partially reduced disulfide bonds, local disorder, and differences in the mobility of chemically equivalent molecules are apparent in the experimental electron density map. A solvation layer is visible that includes well-ordered sites of hydration around polar and charged protein atoms, as well as diffuse, partially disordered solvent shells around exposed hydrophobic groups. Because the experimental phases and the resulting electron density map are free from the influence of a model, they provide a stringent test of theoretical models of macromolecular solvation, motion, and conformational heterogeneity.
Direct observation of protein solvation and discrete disorder with experimental crystallographic phases.,Burling FT, Weis WI, Flaherty KM, Brunger AT Science. 1996 Jan 5;271(5245):72-7. PMID:8539602[1]
From MEDLINE®/PubMed®, a database of the U.S. National Library of Medicine.
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References
- ↑ Burling FT, Weis WI, Flaherty KM, Brunger AT. Direct observation of protein solvation and discrete disorder with experimental crystallographic phases. Science. 1996 Jan 5;271(5245):72-7. PMID:8539602
