8p8s

Recombinant Ym2 crystal structure

spinqualitylabelsall models 8p8s, resolution 1.17Å Show:Asymmetric Unit Biological Assembly Drag the structure with the mouse to rotate   Export Animated Image   Print3D Structural highlights 8p8s is a 1 chain structure with sequence from Mus musculus. Full crystallographic information is available from OCA. For a guided tour on the structure components use FirstGlance. Method: X-ray diffraction, Resolution 1.17Å Ligands: EDO Resources: FirstGlance, OCA, PDBe, RCSB, PDBsum, ProSAT Function CHIL4_MOUSE Has low chemotactic activity for eosinophils. May play a role in inflammation and allergy. Has no chitinase activity. Publication Abstract from PubMed Spontaneous protein crystallization is a rare event, yet protein crystals are frequently found in eosinophil-rich inflammation. In humans, Charcot-Leyden crystals (CLCs) are made from galectin-10 (Gal10) protein, an abundant protein in eosinophils. Although mice do not encode Gal10 in their genome, they do form pseudo-CLCs, made from the chitinase-like proteins Ym1 and/or Ym2, encoded by Chil3 and Chil4 and made by myeloid and epithelial cells respectively. Here, we investigated the biological effects of pseudo-CLCs since their function is currently unknown. We produced recombinant Ym1 crystals which were shown to have identical crystal packing and structure by X-ray crystallography as in vivo native crystals derived from murine lung. When administered to the airways of mice, crystalline but not soluble Ym1 stimulated innate and adaptive immunity and acted as a type 2 immune adjuvant for eosinophilic inflammation via triggering of dendritic cells (DCs). Murine Ym1 protein crystals found at sites of eosinophilic inflammation reinforce type 2 immunity and could serve as a surrogate model for studying the biology of human CLCs. Ym1 protein crystals promote type 2 immunity.,Heyndrickx I, Deswarte K, Verstraete K, Verschueren KHG, Smole U, Aegerter H, Dansercoer A, Hammad H, Savvides SN, Lambrecht BN Elife. 2024 Jan 9;12:RP90676. doi: 10.7554/eLife.90676. PMID:38194250 From MEDLINE®/PubMed®, a database of the U.S. National Library of Medicine.

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