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Snake venoms contain a number of hemostatically active C-type lectin-like proteins (CLPs), which affect the blood coagulation system, endothelial cells, and platelets. CLPs have broad similarities in structure and possess distinct biological functions. EMS16, a CLP from Echis multisquamatus venom, which is a potent and selective inhibitor of the collagen receptor, glycoprotein Ia/IIa (integrin alpha2beta1), has been used in the present study to examine structure-function relationships in venom CLPs by X-ray crystallography. The structure of EMS16, determined at a resolution of 1.9 A, revealed a heterodimer involved with domain swapping of the central loop as observed in the structures of other CLPs. A part of the glycan was observed and identified as N-acetyl-D-glucosamine (GlcNAc) in the electron density map at Asn21 of subunit B, an expected glycosylation site. EMS16 had a unique, positively charged electrostatic potential patch on the concave surface that may qualify as a site for interaction with the I-domain of the glycoprotein Ia/IIa.

1UKM is a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Protein_complex Protein complex] structure of sequences from [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Echis_multisquamatus Echis multisquamatus] with <scene name='pdbligand=NAG:'>NAG</scene>, <scene name='pdbligand=CL:'>CL</scene> and <scene name='pdbligand=GOL:'>GOL</scene> as [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ligands ligands]. Full crystallographic information is available from [http://oca.weizmann.ac.il/oca-bin/ocashort?id=1UKM OCA].  

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