2xbi | pdb_00002xbi

Crystal structure of Schistosoma mansoni Thioredoxin at 1.6 Angstrom

spinqualitylabelsall models 2xbi, resolution 1.60Å Show:Asymmetric Unit Biological Assembly Drag the structure with the mouse to rotate   Export Animated Image   Print3D Structural highlights 2xbi is a 1 chain structure with sequence from Blood fluke. Full crystallographic information is available from OCA. For a guided tour on the structure components use FirstGlance. Ligands: GOL Activity: Protein-disulfide reductase, with EC number 1.8.1.8 Resources: FirstGlance, OCA, PDBe, RCSB, PDBsum, ProSAT 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 Schistosomiasis, the human parasitosis caused by various species of the blood-fluke Schistosoma, is a debilitating disease affecting 200 million people in tropical areas. The massive administration of the only effective drug, praziquantel, leads to the appearance of less sensitive parasite strains, thus, making urgent the search for new therapeutic approaches and new suitable targets. The thiol-mediated detoxification pathway has been identified as a promising target, being essential during all the parasite developmental stages and sufficiently different from the host counterpart. As a part of a project aimed at the structural characterization of all the proteins involved in this pathway, we describe hereby the high-resolution crystal structure of Schistosoma mansoni Thioredoxin (SmTrx) in three states, namely: the wild-type oxidized adult enzyme and the oxidized and reduced forms of a juvenile isoform, carrying an N-terminal extension. SmTrx shows a typical thioredoxin fold, highly similar to the other components of the superfamily. Although probably unlikely to be a reasonable drug target given its high similarity with the human counterpart, SmTrx completes the characterization of the whole set of thiol-mediated detoxification pathway components. Moreover, it can reduce oxidized glutathione and is one of the few defence proteins expressed in mature eggs and in the hatch fluid, thus confirming an important role in the parasite. We believe its crystal structure may provide clues for the formation of granulomas and the pathogenesis of the chronic disease. Structural and functional characterization of Schistosoma mansoni Thioredoxin.,Boumis G, Angelucci F, Bellelli A, Brunori M, Dimastrogiovanni D, Miele AE Protein Sci. 2011 Jun;20(6):1069-76. doi: 10.1002/pro.634. Epub 2011 May 5. PMID:21465612 From MEDLINE®/PubMed®, a database of the U.S. National Library of Medicine. See Also Thioredoxin

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