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SOLUTION STRUCTURE OF SPRUCE BUDWORM ANTIFREEZE PROTEIN AT 30 DEGREES CELSIUS

spinqualitylabelsall models 1eww, 20 NMR models Show:Asymmetric Unit Biological Assembly Drag the structure with the mouse to rotate   Export Animated Image   Print3D Structural highlights 1eww is a 1 chain structure with sequence from Choristoneura fumiferana. The December 2009 RCSB PDB Molecule of the Month feature on Antifreeze Proteins by David Goodsell is 10.2210/rcsb_pdb/mom_2009_12. Full experimental information is available from OCA. For a guided tour on the structure components use FirstGlance. Resources: FirstGlance, OCA, RCSB, PDBsum Evolutionary Conservation Check, as determined by ConSurfDB. You may read the explanation of the method and the full data available from ConSurf. Publication Abstract from PubMed Insect antifreeze proteins (AFP) are considerably more active at inhibiting ice crystal growth than AFP from fish or plants. Several insect AFPs, also known as thermal hysteresis proteins, have been cloned and expressed. Their maximum activity is 3-4 times that of fish AFPs and they are 10-100 times more effective at micromolar concentrations. Here we report the solution structure of spruce budworm (Choristoneura fumiferana) AFP and characterize its ice-binding properties. The 9-kDa AFP is a beta-helix with a triangular cross-section and rectangular sides that form stacked parallel beta-sheets; a fold which is distinct from the three known fish AFP structures. The ice-binding side contains 9 of the 14 surface-accessible threonines organized in a regular array of TXT motifs that match the ice lattice on both prism and basal planes. In support of this model, ice crystal morphology and ice-etching experiments are consistent with AFP binding to both of these planes and thus may explain the greater activity of the spruce budworm antifreeze. Beta-helix structure and ice-binding properties of a hyperactive antifreeze protein from an insect.,Graether SP, Kuiper MJ, Gagne SM, Walker VK, Jia Z, Sykes BD, Davies PL Nature. 2000 Jul 20;406(6793):325-8. PMID:10917537 From MEDLINE®/PubMed®, a database of the U.S. National Library of Medicine. See Also Antifreeze protein

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