Abstract:
:Physarum polycephalum hemagglutinin I (HA1) is a 104-residue protein that is secreted to extracellular space. The crystal structure of HA1 has a β-sandwich fold found among lectin structures, such as legume lectins and galectins. Interestingly, the β-sandwich of HA1 lacks a jelly roll motif and is essentially composed of two simple up-and-down β-sheets. This up-and-down β-sheet motif is well conserved in other legume lectin-like proteins derived from animals, plants, bacteria, and viruses. It is more noteworthy that the up-and-down β-sheet motif includes many residues that make contact with the target carbohydrates. Our NMR data demonstrate that HA1 lacking a jelly roll motif also binds to its target glycopeptide. Taken together, these data show that the up-and-down β-sheet motif provides a fundamental scaffold for the binding of legume lectin-like proteins to the target carbohydrates, and the structure of HA1 suggests a minimal carbohydrate recognition domain.
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J Mol Bioljournal_title
Journal of molecular biologyauthors
Kouno T,Watanabe N,Sakai N,Nakamura T,Nabeshima Y,Morita M,Mizuguchi M,Aizawa T,Demura M,Imanaka T,Tanaka I,Kawano Kdoi
10.1016/j.jmb.2010.11.024subject
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2011-01-14 00:00:00pages
560-9issue
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0022-2836issn
1089-8638pii
S0022-2836(10)01254-4journal_volume
405pub_type
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