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==STRUCTURE DETERMINATION OF A DIMERIC FORM OF ERABUTOXIN B, CRYSTALLIZED FROM THIOCYANATE SOLUTION==
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== Structural highlights ==
<table><tr><td colspan='2'>[[6ebx]] is a 2 chain structure with sequence from [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laticauda_semifasciata Laticauda semifasciata]. Full crystallographic information is available from [http://oca.weizmann.ac.il/oca-bin/ocashort?id=6EBX OCA]. For a <b>guided tour on the structure components</b> use [https://proteopedia.org/fgij/fg.htm?mol=6EBX 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]] 1.7&#8491;</td></tr>
<tr id='ligand'><td class="sblockLbl"><b>[[Ligand|Ligands:]]</b></td><td class="sblockDat" id="ligandDat"><scene name='pdbligand=SCN:THIOCYANATE+ION'>SCN</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=6ebx FirstGlance], [http://oca.weizmann.ac.il/oca-bin/ocaids?id=6ebx OCA], [https://pdbe.org/6ebx PDBe], [https://www.rcsb.org/pdb/explore.do?structureId=6ebx RCSB], [https://www.ebi.ac.uk/pdbsum/6ebx PDBsum], [https://prosat.h-its.org/prosat/prosatexe?pdbcode=6ebx ProSAT]</span></td></tr>
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== Function ==
[https://www.uniprot.org/uniprot/3S1EB_LATSE 3S1EB_LATSE] Binds with high affinity to muscular nicotinic acetylcholine receptors (nAChRs) (tested on Torpedo marmorata, Kd=0.07 nM), and with low affinity to neuronal alpha-7/CHRNA7 nAChRs (tested on chimeric alpha-7/CHRNA7, Kd=22 uM) and inhibit acetylcholine from binding to the receptor, thereby impairing neuromuscular transmission (PubMed:7721859). Produces peripheral paralysis by blocking neuromuscular transmission at the postsynaptic site.<ref>PMID:9305882</ref> 
== Evolutionary Conservation ==
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== Publication Abstract from PubMed ==
Erabutoxin-b, M(r) = 6861.1, a single 62 amino-acid chain folded by four disulfide bridges, was crystallized in a new orthorhombic form by using thiocyanate as crystallizing agent. The space group is P2(1)2(1)2(1) with a = 53.36 (4), b = 40.89 (4), c = 55.71 (5) A, V = 121533.1 A and Z = 8. X-ray diffraction data were recorded at the LURE synchrotron facility (lambda = 1.405 A). The structure was solved by molecular replacement and shows a dimeric association through an anti-parallel beta-sheet around the twofold non-crystallographic axis. The two independent molecules, one SCN- ion and 97 associated water molecules were refined by molecular dynamics and annealing techniques to R = 19.6% (10,913 Fobs, resolution 5-1.7 A). The thiocyanate ion is located at the interface of the dimer and close to the non-crystallographic twofold axis.

Structure determination of a dimeric form of erabutoxin-b, crystallized from a thiocyanate solution.,Saludjian P, Prange T, Navaza J, Menez R, Guilloteau JP, Ries-Kautt M, Ducruix A Acta Crystallogr B. 1992 Aug 1;48 ( Pt 4):520-31. PMID:1418823<ref>PMID:1418823</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: Laticauda semifasciata]]
[[Category: Prange T]]
[[Category: Saludjian P]]