3ap7

Crystal structure of the galectin-8 N-terminal carbohydrate recognition domain in complex with lactose sialic acid

spinqualitylabelsall models 3ap7, resolution 1.53Å Show:Asymmetric Unit Biological Assembly Drag the structure with the mouse to rotate   Export Animated Image   Print3D Structural highlights 3ap7 is a 1 chain structure with sequence from Human. Full crystallographic information is available from OCA. For a guided tour on the structure components use FirstGlance. Ligands: CL, LAT, SIA Related: 3ap4, 3ap5, 3ap6 Gene: LGALS8 (HUMAN) Resources: FirstGlance, OCA, PDBe, RCSB, PDBsum, ProSAT Function [LEG8_HUMAN] Lectin with a marked preference for 3'-O-sialylated and 3'-O-sulfated glycans. Publication Abstract from PubMed Galectin-8 has much higher affinity for 3'-O-sulfated or 3'-O-sialylated glycoconjugates and a Lewis X-containing glycan than for oligosaccharides terminating in Galbeta1-->3/4GlcNAc, and this specificity is mainly attributed to the N-terminal carbohydrate recognition domain (N-domain, CRD) (Ideo, H., Seko, A., Ishizuka, I., and Yamashita, K. (2003) Glycobiology 13, 713-723). In this study, we elucidated the crystal structures of the human galectin-8-N-domain (-8N) in the absence or presence of 4 ligands. The apo molecule forms a dimer, which is different from the canonical 2-fold symmetric dimer observed for galectin-1 and -2. In a galectin-8N-lactose complex, the lactose-recognizing amino acids are highly conserved among the galectins. However, Arg(45), Gln(47), Arg(59), and the long loop region between the S3 and S4 beta-strands are unique to galectin-8N. These amino acids directly or indirectly interact with the sulfate or sialic acid moieties of 3'-sialyl- and 3'-sulfolactose complexed with galectin-8N. Furthermore, in the LNF-III-galectin-8N complex, van der Waals interactions occur between the alpha1-3-branched fucose and galactose and between galactose and Tyr(141), and these interactions increase the affinity toward galectin-8N. Based on the findings of these x-ray crystallographic analyses, a mutagenesis study using surface plasmon resonance showed that Arg(45), Gln(47), and Arg(59) of galectin-8N are indispensable and coordinately contribute to the strong binding of galectins-8N to sialylated and sulfated oligosaccharides. Arg(59) is the most critical amino acid for binding in the S3-S4 loop region. Galectin-8-N-domain recognition mechanism for sialylated and sulfated glycans.,Ideo H, Matsuzaka T, Nonaka T, Seko A, Yamashita K J Biol Chem. 2011 Apr 1;286(13):11346-55. Epub 2011 Feb 2. PMID:21288902 From MEDLINE®/PubMed®, a database of the U.S. National Library of Medicine. See Also Galectin

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