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The X-ray structure of mistletoe lectin I (MLI), a type-II ribosome-inactivating protein (RIP), cocrystallized with galactose is described. The model was refined at 3.0 A resolution to an R-factor of 19.9% using 21 899 reflections, with Rfree 24.0%. MLI forms a homodimer (A-B)2 in the crystal, as it does in solution at high concentration. The dimer is formed through contacts between the N-terminal domains of two B-chains involving weak polar and non-polar interactions. Consequently, the overall arrangement of sugar-binding sites in MLI differs from those in monomeric type-II RIPs: two N-terminal sugar-binding sites are 15 A apart on one side of the dimer, and two C-terminal sugar-binding sites are 87 A apart on the other side. Galactose binding is achieved by common hydrogen bonds for the two binding sites via hydroxy groups 3-OH and 4-OH and hydrophobic contact by an aromatic ring. In addition, at the N-terminal site 2-OH forms hydrogen bonds with Asp27 and Lys41, and at the C-terminal site 3-OH and 6-OH undergo water-mediated interactions and C5 has a hydrophobic contact. MLI is a galactose-specific lectin and shows little affinity for N-acetylgalactosamine. The reason for this is discussed. Structural differences among the RIPs investigated in this study (their quaternary structures, location of sugar-binding sites, and fine sugar specificities of their B-chains, which could have diverged through evolution from a two-domain protein) may affect the binding sites, and consequently the cellular transport processes and biological responses of these toxins.

1OQL is a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Protein_complex Protein complex] structure of sequences from [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Viscum_album Viscum album] with <scene name='pdbligand=GAL:'>GAL</scene> and <scene name='pdbligand=NAG:'>NAG</scene> as [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ligands ligands]. Active as [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/rRNA_N-glycosylase rRNA N-glycosylase], with EC number [http://www.brenda-enzymes.info/php/result_flat.php4?ecno=3.2.2.22 3.2.2.22] Full crystallographic information is available from [http://oca.weizmann.ac.il/oca-bin/ocashort?id=1OQL OCA].  

[[Category: Agapov, I I.]]

[[Category: Palmer, R A.]]

[[Category: Tonevitsky, A G.]]

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