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==Solution structure of a designer toxin, mokatoxin-1==
<StructureSection load='2kir' size='340' side='right'caption='[[2kir]]' scene=''>
== Structural highlights ==
<table><tr><td colspan='2'>[[2kir]] is a 1 chain structure with sequence from [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Synthetic_construct Synthetic construct]. Full experimental information is available from [http://oca.weizmann.ac.il/oca-bin/ocashort?id=2KIR OCA]. For a <b>guided tour on the structure components</b> use [https://proteopedia.org/fgij/fg.htm?mol=2KIR FirstGlance]. <br>
</td></tr><tr id='method'><td class="sblockLbl"><b>[[Empirical_models|Method:]]</b></td><td class="sblockDat" id="methodDat">Solution NMR, 20 models</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=2kir FirstGlance], [http://oca.weizmann.ac.il/oca-bin/ocaids?id=2kir OCA], [https://pdbe.org/2kir PDBe], [https://www.rcsb.org/pdb/explore.do?structureId=2kir RCSB], [https://www.ebi.ac.uk/pdbsum/2kir PDBsum], [https://prosat.h-its.org/prosat/prosatexe?pdbcode=2kir ProSAT]</span></td></tr>
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== Evolutionary Conservation ==
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    <scriptWhenUnchecked>script /wiki/extensions/Proteopedia/spt/initialview03.spt</scriptWhenUnchecked>
    <text>to colour the structure by Evolutionary Conservation</text>
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</jmol>, as determined by [http://consurfdb.tau.ac.il/ ConSurfDB]. You may read the [[Conservation%2C_Evolutionary|explanation]] of the method and the full data available from [http://bental.tau.ac.il/new_ConSurfDB/main_output.php?pdb_ID=2kir ConSurf].
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== Publication Abstract from PubMed ==
Venomous animals immobilize prey using protein toxins that act on ion channels and other targets of biological importance. Broad use of toxins for biomedical research, diagnosis, and therapy has been limited by inadequate target discrimination, for example, among ion channel subtypes. Here, a synthetic toxin is produced by a new strategy to be specific for human Kv1.3 channels, critical regulators of immune T cells. A phage display library of 11,200 de novo proteins is designed using the alpha-KTx scaffold of 31 scorpion toxin sequences known or predicted to bind to potassium channels. Mokatoxin-1 (moka1) is isolated by affinity selection on purified target. Moka1 blocks Kv1.3 at nanomolar levels that do not inhibit Kv1.1, Kv1.2, or KCa1.1. As a result, moka1 suppresses CD3/28-induced cytokine secretion by T cells without cross-reactive gastrointestinal hyperactivity. The 3D structure of moka1 rationalizes its specificity and validates the engineering approach, revealing a unique interaction surface supported on an alpha-KTx scaffold. This scaffold-based/target-biased strategy overcomes many obstacles to production of selective toxins.

A designer ligand specific for Kv1.3 channels from a scorpion neurotoxin-based library.,Takacs Z, Toups M, Kollewe A, Johnson E, Cuello LG, Driessens G, Biancalana M, Koide A, Ponte CG, Perozo E, Gajewski TF, Suarez-Kurtz G, Koide S, Goldstein SA Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2009 Dec 10. PMID:20007782<ref>PMID:20007782</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: Synthetic construct]]
[[Category: Biancalana M]]
[[Category: Goldstein S]]
[[Category: Koide A]]
[[Category: Koide S]]
[[Category: Takacs Z]]