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The crystal structure of a post-translationally modified form of eosinophil-derived neurotoxin (EDN) with four extra residues on its N terminus ((-4)EDN) has been solved and refined at atomic resolution (1 A). Two of the extra residues can be placed unambiguously, while the density corresponding to two others is poor. The modified N terminus appears to influence the position of the catalytically important His129, possibly explaining the diminished catalytic activity of this variant. However, (-4)EDN has been shown to be cytotoxic to a Kaposi's sarcoma tumor cell line and other endothelial cell lines. Analysis of the structure and function suggests that the reason for cytotoxicity is most likely due to cellular recognition by the N-terminal extension, since the intrinsic activity of the enzyme is not sufficient for cytotoxicity and the N-terminal extension does not affect the conformation of EDN.

Known disease associated with this structure: High density lipoprotein cholesterol level QTL 7 OMIM:[[http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/dispomim.cgi?id=131240 131240]]

1K2A is a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Single_protein Single protein] structure of sequence from [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homo_sapiens Homo sapiens] with <scene name='pdbligand=SO4:'>SO4</scene> as [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ligand ligand]. Active as [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pancreatic_ribonuclease Pancreatic ribonuclease], with EC number [http://www.brenda-enzymes.info/php/result_flat.php4?ecno=3.1.27.5 3.1.27.5] Full crystallographic information is available from [http://oca.weizmann.ac.il/oca-bin/ocashort?id=1K2A OCA].  

[[Category: Newton, D L.]]

[[Category: Rybak, S M.]]

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