1t50

NMR SOLUTION STRUCTURE OF APLYSIA ATTRACTIN

spinqualitylabelsall models 1t50, 20 NMR models Show:Asymmetric Unit Biological Assembly Drag the structure with the mouse to rotate   Export Animated Image   Print3D Structural highlights 1t50 is a 1 chain structure with sequence from Aplysia californica. This structure supersedes the now removed PDB entry 1nj7. Full experimental information is available from OCA. For a guided tour on the structure components use FirstGlance. Gene: ATT (Aplysia californica) Resources: FirstGlance, OCA, RCSB, PDBsum Function [ATT_APLCA] Water-borne pheromone that attract the marine mollusk Aplysia into breeding aggregations and coordinate male and female reproductive behavior within the aggregation (By similarity). Publication Abstract from PubMed Water-borne protein pheromones are essential for coordination of reproductive activities in many marine organisms. In this paper, we describe the first structure of a pheromone protein from a marine organism, that of attractin (58 residues) from Aplysia californica. The NMR solution structure was determined from TOCSY, NOESY, and DQF-COSY measurements of recombinant attractin expressed in insect cells. The sequential resonance assignments were done with standard manual procedures. Approximately 90% of the 949 unambiguous NOESY cross-peaks were assigned automatically with simultaneous three-dimensional structure calculation using our NOAH/DIAMOD/FANTOM program suite. The final bundle of energy-refined structures is well-defined, with an average rmsd value to the mean structure of 0.72 +/- 0.12 A for backbone and 1.32 +/- 0.11 A for heavy atoms for amino acids 3-47. Attractin contains two antiparallel helices, made up of residues Ile9-Gln16 and I30-S36. The NMR distance constraints are consistent with the three disulfide bonds determined by mass spectroscopy (C4-C41, C13-C33, and C20-C26), where the first two could be directly determined from NOESY cross-peaks between CH beta protons of the corresponding cysteines. The second helix contains the (L/I)(29)IEECKTS(36) sequence conserved in attractins from five species of Aplysia that could interact with the receptor. The sequence and structure of this region are similar to those of the recognition helix of the Er-11 pheromone of the unicellular ciliate Euplotes raikovi, suggesting a possible common pathway for intercellular communication of these two distinct pheromone families. NMR solution structure of attractin, a water-borne protein pheromone from the mollusk Aplysia californica.,Garimella R, Xu Y, Schein CH, Rajarathnam K, Nagle GT, Painter SD, Braun W Biochemistry. 2003 Aug 26;42(33):9970-9. PMID:12924946 From MEDLINE®/PubMed®, a database of the U.S. National Library of Medicine.

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