7ear

A positively charged mutant Cry3Aa endotoxin

spinqualitylabelsall models 7ear, resolution 2.20Å Show:Asymmetric Unit Biological Assembly Drag the structure with the mouse to rotate   Export Animated Image   Print3D Structural highlights 7ear is a 1 chain structure with sequence from Bacillus thuringiensis. Full crystallographic information is available from OCA. For a guided tour on the structure components use FirstGlance. Method: X-ray diffraction, Resolution 2.2Å Resources: FirstGlance, OCA, PDBe, RCSB, PDBsum, ProSAT Function Q9S6N9_BACTU Publication Abstract from PubMed Direct delivery of proteins into cells holds significant potential for basic research and drug development. However, the poor endosomal escape of conventional delivery strategies remains a challenge, thus limiting the clinical translation of many protein therapeutics. Herein, we report that engineered Cry3Aa protein (Pos3Aa) crystals formed naturally within Bacillus thuringiensis can serve as a vehicle for efficient cytosolic delivery of bioactive proteins. We showed that Pos3Aa-mediated delivery of tumor suppressor p53 protein, a promising therapeutic candidate found to be inactivated in nearly half of human cancers, resulted in the restoration of p53 function in p53-deficient cancer cells, and thereby sensitized them to 5-fluorouracil chemotherapy as demonstrated in in vitro and in vivo models. Our results validate that Pos3Aa crystals can be a robust and effective platform for the cytosolic delivery of effector proteins, and suggest that efficient uptake and endosomal escape could be critical for efficacious p53 protein-based cancer therapy. Efficient intracellular delivery of p53 protein by engineered protein crystals restores tumor suppressing function in vivo.,Yang Z, Lee MMM, Chan MK Biomaterials. 2021 Apr;271:120759. doi: 10.1016/j.biomaterials.2021.120759. Epub , 2021 Mar 16. PMID:33798968 From MEDLINE®/PubMed®, a database of the U.S. National Library of Medicine. See Also Pesticidal crystal protein

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