2y6n

STRUCTURE OF LINEAR GRAMICIDIN D OBTAINED USING TYPE I CRYSTALS GROWN IN A 8.8 MONOACYLGLYCEROL LIPID CUBIC PHASE.

spinqualitylabelsall models 2y6n, resolution 1.26Å Show:Asymmetric Unit Biological Assembly Drag the structure with the mouse to rotate   Export Animated Image   Print3D Structural highlights 2y6n is a 6 chain structure with sequence from Brevibacillus brevis. Full crystallographic information is available from OCA. For a guided tour on the structure components use FirstGlance. Method: X-ray diffraction, Resolution 1.26Å Ligands: 15P, DLE, DVA, ETA, FVA, P4C, PRD_000150 Resources: FirstGlance, OCA, PDBe, RCSB, PDBsum, ProSAT Publication Abstract from PubMed Gramicidin is an apolar pentadecapeptide antibiotic consisting of alternating D-and L-amino acids. It functions, in part, by creating pores in membranes of susceptible cells rendering them leaky to monovalent cations. The peptide should be able to traverse the host membrane either as a double stranded, intertwined double helix (DSDH) or as a head-to-head single stranded helix (HHSH). Current structure models are based on macromolecular X-ray crystallography (MX) and nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR). However, the HHSH form has only been observed by NMR. The shape and size of the different gramicidin conformations differ. We speculated therefore that reconstituting it into a lipidic mesophase with bilayers of different microstructures would preferentially stabilize one form over the other. By using such mesophases for in meso crystallogenesis the expectation was that at least one would generate crystals of gramicidin in the HHSH form for structure determination by MX. This was tested using commercial and in-house synthesised lipids that support in meso crystallogenesis. Lipid acyl chain lengths were varied from 14 to 18 carbons to provide mesophases with a range of bilayer thicknesses. Unexpectedly, all lipids produced high quality, structure-grade crystals with gramicidin only in the DSDH conformation. Membrane Protein Crystallization in Lipidic Mesophases. Hosting lipid affects on the crystallization and structure of a transmembrane peptide.,Hofer N, Aragao D, Lyons JA, Caffrey M Cryst Growth Des. 2011 Apr 6;11(4):1182-1192. Epub 2011 Feb 16. PMID:22933857 From MEDLINE®/PubMed®, a database of the U.S. National Library of Medicine. See Also Gramicidin

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