3fiq

Odorant Binding Protein OBP1Odorant Binding Protein OBP1

Structural highlights 3fiq is a 2 chain structure with sequence from Rattus norvegicus. Full crystallographic information is available from OCA. For a guided tour on the structure components use FirstGlance. Method: X-ray diffraction, Resolution 1.599Å Ligands: Resources: FirstGlance, OCA, PDBe, RCSB, PDBsum, ProSAT Function OBP_RAT This protein is found in nasal epithelium and it binds a wide variety of chemical odorants. Evolutionary Conservation Check, as determined by ConSurfDB. You may read the explanation of the method and the full data available from ConSurf. Publication Abstract from PubMed The nasal mucosa is a specialist interfacial region sandwiched between the olfactory system and the gaseous chemical milieu. In mammals and insects, this region is rich in odorant-binding proteins that are thought to aid olfaction by assisting mass transfer of the many different organoleptic compounds that make up the olfactory landscape. However, in mammals at least, our grasp on the exact function of odorant-binding proteins is tentative and better insight into the role of these proteins is warranted, not least because of their apparent significance in the olfactory systems of insects. Here, the crystal structure of rat odorant-binding protein 1 is reported at 1.6 A resolution. This protein is one of the best-characterized mammalian odorant-binding proteins and only the third such protein structure to be solved at high resolution. The protein was crystallized in the holo form and contains an unidentifiable ligand that is probably an artefact from the Pichia pastoris expression system. Comparisons are made between this structure and a modelled OBP1 structure produced using the crystal structure of aphrodisin as a template. Comparisons are also made between OBP1 and the other two rat OBP subtypes, for which crystallographic data are unavailable. Interestingly, we also show that OBP1 is monomeric, which is in contrast to its previous assignment. Structure of rat odorant-binding protein OBP1 at 1.6 A resolution.,White SA, Briand L, Scott DJ, Borysik AJ Acta Crystallogr D Biol Crystallogr. 2009 May;65(Pt 5):403-10. Epub 2009, Apr 18. PMID:19390145 From MEDLINE®/PubMed®, a database of the U.S. National Library of Medicine. See Also Odorant binding protein 3D structures

spinqualitylabelsall models 3fiq, resolution 1.60Å Show:Asymmetric Unit Biological Assembly Drag the structure with the mouse to rotate   Export Animated Image