Structural highlights
Function
[ELIB_PHYCI] Induces local and distal defense responses (incompatible hypersensitive reaction) in plants from the solanaceae and cruciferae families. Elicits leaf necrosis and causes the accumulation of pathogenesis-related proteins. Might interact with the lipidic molecules of the plasma membrane. Elicitins are able to load, carry, and transfer sterols between membranes.
Evolutionary Conservation
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Publication Abstract from PubMed
The crystal structure of the elicitin beta-cinnamomin (beta-CIN) was determined in complex with ergosterol at 1.1 A resolution. beta-CIN/ergosterol complex crystallized in the monoclinic space group P2(1), with unit cell parameters of a = 31.0, b = 62.8, c = 50.0 A and beta = 93.4 degrees and two molecules in the asymmetric unit. Ligand extraction with chloroform followed by crystallographic analysis yielded a 1.35 A structure of beta-CIN (P4(3)2(1)2 space group) where the characteristic elicitin fold was kept. After incubation with cholesterol, a new complex structure was obtained, showing that the protein retains, after the extraction procedure, its ability to complex sterols. The necrotic effect of beta-CIN on tobacco was also shown to remain unchanged. Theoretical docking studies of the triterpene lupeol to beta-CIN provided an explanation for the apparent inability of beta-CIN to bind this ligand, as observed experimentally.
Crystal structures of the free and sterol-bound forms of beta-cinnamomin.,Rodrigues ML, Archer M, Martel P, Miranda S, Thomaz M, Enguita FJ, Baptista RP, Pinho e Melo E, Sousa N, Cravador A, Carrondo MA Biochim Biophys Acta. 2006 Jan;1764(1):110-21. Epub 2005 Oct 6. PMID:16249127[1]
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References
- ↑ Rodrigues ML, Archer M, Martel P, Miranda S, Thomaz M, Enguita FJ, Baptista RP, Pinho e Melo E, Sousa N, Cravador A, Carrondo MA. Crystal structures of the free and sterol-bound forms of beta-cinnamomin. Biochim Biophys Acta. 2006 Jan;1764(1):110-21. Epub 2005 Oct 6. PMID:16249127 doi:http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.bbapap.2005.09.008
