2wth

LOW RESOLUTION 3D STRUCTURE OF C.ELEGANS GLOBIN-LIKE PROTEIN (GLB-1): P3121 CRYSTAL FORM

spinqualitylabelsall models 2wth, resolution 2.80Å Show:Asymmetric Unit Biological Assembly Drag the structure with the mouse to rotate   Export Animated Image   Print3D Structural highlights 2wth is a 2 chain structure with sequence from Caenorhabditis elegans. Full crystallographic information is available from OCA. For a guided tour on the structure components use FirstGlance. Ligands: GOL, HEM, OXY, SO4 Related: 2wtg Resources: FirstGlance, OCA, RCSB, PDBsum Function [GLBH_CAEEL] May be a globin and may play a role in oxygen transport. 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 BACKGROUND: The genome of the nematode Caenorhabditis elegans contains more than 30 putative globin genes that all are transcribed. Although their translated amino acid sequences fit the globin fold, a variety of amino-acid substitutions and extensions generate a wide structural diversity among the putative globins. No information is available on the physicochemical properties and the in vivo expression. RESULTS: We expressed the globins in a bacterial system, characterized the purified proteins by optical and resonance Raman spectroscopy, measured the kinetics and equilibria of O2 binding and determined the crystal structure of GLB-1* (CysGH2 --> Ser mutant). Furthermore, we studied the expression patterns of glb-1 (ZK637.13) and glb-26 (T22C1.2) in the worms using green fluorescent protein technology and measured alterations of their transcript abundances under hypoxic conditions.GLB-1* displays the classical three-over-three alpha-helical sandwich of vertebrate globins, assembled in a homodimer associated through facing E- and F-helices. Within the heme pocket the dioxygen molecule is stabilized by a hydrogen bonded network including TyrB10 and GlnE7.GLB-1 exhibits high ligand affinity, which is, however, lower than in other globins with the same distal TyrB10-GlnE7 amino-acid pair. In the absence of external ligands, the heme ferrous iron of GLB-26 is strongly hexacoordinated with HisE7, which could explain its extremely low affinity for CO. This globin oxidizes instantly to the ferric form in the presence of oxygen and is therefore incapable of reversible oxygen binding. CONCLUSION: The presented data indicate that GLB-1 and GLB-26 belong to two functionally-different globin classes. Globin-like proteins in Caenorhabditis elegans: in vivo localization, ligand binding and structural properties.,Geuens E, Hoogewijs D, Nardini M, Vinck E, Pesce A, Kiger L, Fago A, Tilleman L, De Henau S, Marden MC, Weber RE, Van Doorslaer S, Vanfleteren J, Moens L, Bolognesi M, Dewilde S BMC Biochem. 2010 Apr 2;11:17. PMID:20361867 From MEDLINE®/PubMed®, a database of the U.S. National Library of Medicine.

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