Structure of Agkistrodotoxin in an orthorhombic crystal form with six molecules per asymmetric unit
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1999-12-01Author
Tang, Liang
Zhou, Yuan-Cong
Lin, Zheng-jiong
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International Union of Crystallography
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Article
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Scholarly/refereed, publisher version
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The structure of agkistrodotoxin crystallized under basic conditions has been determined at 2.8 Å resolution by the molecular-replacement technique and refined to a crystallographic R factor of 0.194 and a free R factor of 0.260 with good stereochemistry. The molecular packing in the crystal differs from other PLA2s. The six molecules in the asymmetric unit form three dimers linked by Ca2+ ions in a near-perfect six-ligand octahedral coordinating system. Extensive intermolecular hydrophobic interactions occur at the interfacial recognition site of each neurotoxin molecule, which provides an insight into phospholipase A2-membrane interactions. This hydrophobic interaction-induced molecular association along the interfacial recognition site suggests a self-protection mechanism of agkistrodotoxin.
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Tang, L., Zhou, Y., & Lin, Z. (1999). Structure of agkistrodotoxin in an orthorhombic crystal form with six molecules per asymmetric unit. Acta Crystallographica Section D Biological Crystallography, 55(12), 1986-1996. http://www.dx.doi.org/10.1107/S0907444999012603
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