3s3z

Crystal Structure an Tandem Cyanovirin-N Dimer, CVN2L10

spinqualitylabelsall models 3s3z, resolution 1.75Å Show:Asymmetric Unit Biological Assembly Drag the structure with the mouse to rotate   Export Animated Image   Print3D Structural highlights 3s3z is a 1 chain structure with sequence from Nostoc ellipsosporum. Full crystallographic information is available from OCA. For a guided tour on the structure components use FirstGlance. Method: X-ray diffraction, Resolution 1.75Å Ligands: NA Resources: FirstGlance, OCA, PDBe, RCSB, PDBsum, ProSAT Function CVN_NOSEL Mannose-binding lectin. Publication Abstract from PubMed Cyanovirin-N (CV-N) is a small, cyanobacterial lectin that neutralizes many enveloped viruses, including human immunodeficiency virus type I (HIV-1). This antiviral activity is attributed to two homologous carbohydrate binding sites that specifically bind high mannose glycosylation present on envelope glycoproteins such as HIV-1 gp120. We created obligate CV-N oligomers to determine whether increasing the number of binding sites has an effect on viral neutralization. A tandem repeat of two CV-N molecules (CVN(2)) increased HIV-1 neutralization activity by up to 18-fold compared to wild-type CV-N. In addition, the CVN(2) variants showed extensive cross-clade reactivity and were often more potent than broadly neutralizing anti-HIV antibodies. The improvement in activity and broad cross-strain HIV neutralization exhibited by these molecules holds promise for the future therapeutic utility of these and other engineered CV-N variants. Designed oligomers of cyanovirin-N show enhanced HIV neutralization.,Keeffe JR, Gnanapragasam PN, Gillespie SK, Yong J, Bjorkman PJ, Mayo SL Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2011 Jul 28. PMID:21799112 From MEDLINE®/PubMed®, a database of the U.S. National Library of Medicine.

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