1b4w is a 4 chain structure with sequence from Gloydius halys. Full crystallographic information is available from OCA. For a guided tour on the structure components use FirstGlance.
[PA2BB_GLOHA] Snake venom phospholipase A2 (PLA2) that shows potent hemolytic activity, and exhibits medium anticoagulant effects by binding to factor Xa (F10) and inhibiting the prothrombinase activity (IC(50) is 90 nM). It is one of the few phospholipases A2 capable of hydrolyzing the phospholipids of E.coli membranes in the presence of a bactericidal/permeability-increasing protein (BPI) of neutrophils. PLA2 catalyzes the calcium-dependent hydrolysis of the 2-acyl groups in 3-sn-phosphoglycerides.[1][2]
Evolutionary Conservation
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Publication Abstract from PubMed
The basic phospholipase A2 (PLA2) from the venom of Agkistrodon halys Pallas is a potent hemolytic toxin and anticoagulant. Crystal structure of the enzyme complexed with detergent n-octyl beta-D-glucopyranoside (beta-OG) in monoclinic crystal form has been determined to 2.6 A resolution. Beta-OG molecules were found in the hydrophobic channels of the enzyme. SDS-PAGE and dynamic light scattering measurements showed that the enzyme had a strong tendency to dimerise in aqueous solution. In the crystal structure the enzyme molecules associate into a tetramer with pseudo 222 symmetry, and the interfacial recognition site linked dimers constituting the tetramer have intensive interface interactions, and may be stable in solution. The structure reveals a unique positively charged face at the C-terminal region and a characteristic non-cationic 'anticoagulant' region (53-77). The face is supposed to be the hemolytic site, and based on sequence and structure comparison residues Trp70 and Glu53 instead of the basic residues in 'anticoagulant' region might play an important role in the anticoagulant activity.
Structure of basic phospholipase A2 from Agkistrodon halys Pallas: implications for its association, hemolytic and anticoagulant activities.,Zhao K, Zhou Y, Lin Z Toxicon. 2000 Jul;38(7):901-16. PMID:10728829[3]
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↑Faure G, Gowda VT, Maroun RC. Characterization of a human coagulation factor Xa-binding site on Viperidae snake venom phospholipases A2 by affinity binding studies and molecular bioinformatics. BMC Struct Biol. 2007 Dec 6;7:82. PMID:18062812 doi:https://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1472-6807-7-82
↑Zhao K, Zhou Y, Lin Z. Structure of basic phospholipase A2 from Agkistrodon halys Pallas: implications for its association, hemolytic and anticoagulant activities. Toxicon. 2000 Jul;38(7):901-16. PMID:10728829
↑Zhao K, Zhou Y, Lin Z. Structure of basic phospholipase A2 from Agkistrodon halys Pallas: implications for its association, hemolytic and anticoagulant activities. Toxicon. 2000 Jul;38(7):901-16. PMID:10728829
