4it2 | pdb_00004it2

Mn(III)-PPIX bound Tt H-NOX

spinqualitylabelsall models 4it2, resolution 2.10Å Show:Asymmetric Unit Biological Assembly Drag the structure with the mouse to rotate   Export Animated Image   Print3D Structural highlights 4it2 is a 2 chain structure with sequence from As 1.2430. Full crystallographic information is available from OCA. For a guided tour on the structure components use FirstGlance. Ligands: MNH Related: 1u55, 1u4h, 1u56, 3eee, 3sj5, 3m0b Gene: Tar4, TTE0680 (AS 1.2430) Resources: FirstGlance, OCA, PDBe, RCSB, PDBsum, ProSAT Publication Abstract from PubMed Heme proteins are exquisitely tuned to carry out diverse biological functions while employing identical heme cofactors. Although heme protein properties are often altered through modification of the protein scaffold, protein function can be greatly expanded and diversified through replacement of the native heme with an unnatural porphyrin of interest. Thus, porphyrin substitution in proteins affords new opportunities to rationally tailor heme protein chemical properties for new biological applications. Here, a highly thermally stable Heme Nitric oxide/OXygen binding (H-NOX) protein is evaluated as a magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) contrast agent. T(1) and T(2) relaxivities measured for the H-NOX protein containing its native heme are compared to the protein substituted with unnatural manganese(II/III) and gadolinium(III) porphyrins. H-NOX proteins are found to provide unique porphyrin coordination environments and have enhanced relaxivities compared to commercial small-molecule agents. Porphyrin substitution is a promising strategy to encapsulate MRI-active metals in heme protein scaffolds for future imaging applications. Porphyrin-Substituted H-NOX Proteins as High-Relaxivity MRI Contrast Agents.,Winter MB, Klemm PJ, Phillips-Piro CM, Raymond KN, Marletta MA Inorg Chem. 2013 Feb 8. PMID:23394479 From MEDLINE®/PubMed®, a database of the U.S. National Library of Medicine. See Also Chemotaxis protein

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