3cz2 | pdb_00003cz2

Dimeric crystal structure of a pheromone binding protein from Apis mellifera at pH 7.0

spinqualitylabelsall models 3cz2, resolution 2.50Å Show:Asymmetric Unit Biological Assembly Drag the structure with the mouse to rotate   Export Animated Image   Print3D Structural highlights 3cz2 is a 2 chain structure with sequence from Apis mellifera. Full crystallographic information is available from OCA. For a guided tour on the structure components use FirstGlance. Ligands: CL Related: 2h8v, 3cdn, 3bjh, 3cab, 3bfa, 3bfb, 3bfh, 3cyz, 3cz0, 3cz1 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 In honeybee (Apis mellifera) societies, the queen controls the development and the caste status of the members of the hive. Queen bees secrete pheromonal blends comprising 10 or more major and minor components, mainly hydrophobic. The major component, 9-keto-2(E)-decenoic acid (9-ODA), acts on the workers and male bees (drones), eliciting social or sexual responses. 9-ODA is captured in the antennal lymph and transported to the pheromone receptor(s) in the sensory neuron membranes by pheromone binding proteins (PBPs). A key issue is to understand how the pheromone, once tightly bound to its PBP, is released to activate the receptor. We report here on the structure at physiological pH of the main antennal PBP, ASP1, identified in workers and male honeybees, in its apo or complexed form, particularly with the main component of the queen mandibular pheromonal mixture (9-ODA). Contrary to the ASP1 structure at low pH, the ASP1 structure at pH 7.0 is a domain-swapped dimer with one or two ligands per monomer. This dimerization is disrupted by a unique residue mutation since Asp35 Asn and Asp35 Ala mutants remain monomeric at pH 7.0, as does native ASP1 at pH 4.0. Asp35 is conserved in only approximately 30% of medium-chain PBPs and is replaced by other residues, such as Asn, Ala and Ser, among others, thus excluding that they may perform domain swapping. Therefore, these different medium-chain PBPs, as well as PBPs from moths, very likely exhibit different mechanisms of ligand release or receptor recognition. Queen bee pheromone binding protein pH-induced domain swapping favors pheromone release.,Pesenti ME, Spinelli S, Bezirard V, Briand L, Pernollet JC, Campanacci V, Tegoni M, Cambillau C J Mol Biol. 2009 Jul 31;390(5):981-90. Epub 2009 May 28. PMID:19481550 From MEDLINE®/PubMed®, a database of the U.S. National Library of Medicine.

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