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==TACHYLECTIN-2 FROM TACHYPLEUS TRIDENTATUS (JAPANESE HORSESHOE CRAB)==
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== Structural highlights ==
<table><tr><td colspan='2'>[[1tl2]] is a 1 chain structure with sequence from [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tachypleus_tridentatus Tachypleus tridentatus]. Full crystallographic information is available from [http://oca.weizmann.ac.il/oca-bin/ocashort?id=1TL2 OCA]. For a <b>guided tour on the structure components</b> use [https://proteopedia.org/fgij/fg.htm?mol=1TL2 FirstGlance]. <br>
</td></tr><tr id='method'><td class="sblockLbl"><b>[[Empirical_models|Method:]]</b></td><td class="sblockDat" id="methodDat">X-ray diffraction, [[Resolution|Resolution]] 2&#8491;</td></tr>
<tr id='ligand'><td class="sblockLbl"><b>[[Ligand|Ligands:]]</b></td><td class="sblockDat" id="ligandDat"><scene name='pdbligand=NDG:2-(ACETYLAMINO)-2-DEOXY-A-D-GLUCOPYRANOSE'>NDG</scene></td></tr>
<tr id='resources'><td class="sblockLbl"><b>Resources:</b></td><td class="sblockDat"><span class='plainlinks'>[https://proteopedia.org/fgij/fg.htm?mol=1tl2 FirstGlance], [http://oca.weizmann.ac.il/oca-bin/ocaids?id=1tl2 OCA], [https://pdbe.org/1tl2 PDBe], [https://www.rcsb.org/pdb/explore.do?structureId=1tl2 RCSB], [https://www.ebi.ac.uk/pdbsum/1tl2 PDBsum], [https://prosat.h-its.org/prosat/prosatexe?pdbcode=1tl2 ProSAT]</span></td></tr>
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== Function ==
[https://www.uniprot.org/uniprot/TAL2_TACTR TAL2_TACTR] Lectin that binds specifically to N-acetylglucosamine and N-acetylgalactosamine. Is part of the innate immunity host defense system of the horseshoe crab.
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== Publication Abstract from PubMed ==
Tachylectin-2, isolated from large granules of the hemocytes of the Japanese horseshoe crab (Tachypleus tridentatus), is a 236 amino acid protein belonging to the lectins. It binds specifically to N-acetylglucosamine and N-acetylgalactosamine and is a part of the innate immunity host defense system of the horseshoe crab. The X-ray structure of tachylectin-2 was solved at 2.0 A resolution by the multiple isomorphous replacement method and this molecular model was employed to solve the X-ray structure of the complex with N-acetylglucosamine. Tachylectin-2 is the first protein displaying a five-bladed beta-propeller structure. Five four-stranded antiparallel beta-sheets of W-like topology are arranged around a central water-filled tunnel, with the water molecules arranged as a pentagonal dodecahedron. Tachylectin-2 exhibits five virtually identical binding sites, one in each beta-sheet. The binding sites are located between adjacent beta-sheets and are made by a large loop between the outermost strands of the beta-sheets and the connecting segment from the previous beta-sheet. The high number of five binding sites within the single polypeptide chain strongly suggests the recognition of carbohydrate surface structures of pathogens with a fairly high ligand density. Thus, tachylectin-2 employs strict specificity for certain N-acetyl sugars as well as the surface ligand density for self/non-self recognition.

Tachylectin-2: crystal structure of a specific GlcNAc/GalNAc-binding lectin involved in the innate immunity host defense of the Japanese horseshoe crab Tachypleus tridentatus.,Beisel HG, Kawabata S, Iwanaga S, Huber R, Bode W EMBO J. 1999 May 4;18(9):2313-22. PMID:10228146<ref>PMID:10228146</ref>

From MEDLINE&reg;/PubMed&reg;, a database of the U.S. National Library of Medicine.<br>
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== References ==
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[[Category: Large Structures]]
[[Category: Tachypleus tridentatus]]
[[Category: Beisel H-G]]
[[Category: Bode W]]
[[Category: Huber R]]
[[Category: Iwanaga S]]
[[Category: Kawabata S]]