A designed chimeric cyanovirin-N homolog lectin: structure and molecular basis of sucrose binding.

ABSTRACT: The NMR and X-ray structures of a designed chimeric cyanovirin-N homolog (CVNH) protein were determined. The individual halves of the structure are similar to their counterparts in the parent proteins, with domains A and B resembling the structures of TbCVNH and NcCVNH, respectively. No significant differences between the solution and crystal conformations were observed, although details in loop conformations and distinct crystal packing-induced features are present. Carbohydrate binding studies by NMR revealed affinity and specificity for Glc alpha(1-2)Frc and Man alpha(1-2)Man, and the parental half that is devoid of any sucrose affinity in NcCVNH was transformed into a genuine sucrose binding site in the context of the chimera. The atomic details of sugar recognition are seen in the cry

SUBMITTER: Koharudin LM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC2773468 | biostudies-literature | 2009 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature