Abstract：
:Elicitins, produced by most of the phytopathogenic fungi of the genus Phytophthora, provoke in the tobacco plant both remote leaf necrosis and the induction of a resistance against subsequent attack by various micro-organisms. The crystal structure of b-cryptogein (CRY), secreted by Phytophthora cryptogea, was previously reported as well as the first structure of a SCP/sterol complex, the ergosterol-complexed, mutated CRY (K13H). In K13H, the ergosterol molecule is encapsulated in a large internal hydrophobic cavity which is not present in CRY. This binding induces a minor conformational change in the protein structure. Molecular dynamics studies were undertaken to precise the structural behaviour of CRY and K13H with respect to the complexation of the ergosterol. Although it is not possible to simulate the entrance of the ergosterol in the protein, we assume that capture and release of the ligand possibly both occur following the same path. Our results show that, in the complex K13H, the ergosterol molecule is pushed towards the residue 13 which play a key role in the necrotic activity of the protein. It is likely that the polarity of residue 13, favouring the binding of the hydroxyl of the ligand, would be involved in the recognition of the sterol and in an optimisation of its orientation. Thus, in a first step, the molecule of ergosterol would be rotated around itself to a position which makes possible, in a second step, its translation to the internal cavity, as a key in a keyhole.
journal_name
J Biomol Struct Dynjournal_title
Journal of biomolecular structure & dynamicsauthors
Demaret S,Demaret JP,Brunie Sdoi
10.1080/07391102.2000.10506680subject
Has Abstractpub_date
2000-12-01 00:00:00pages
453-60issue
3eissn
0739-1102issn
1538-0254journal_volume
18pub_type
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