3lim

Crystal structure of the pore forming toxin frac from sea anemone actinia fragaceaCrystal structure of the pore forming toxin frac from sea anemone actinia fragacea

Structural highlights

3lim is a 6 chain structure with sequence from Actinia fragacea. Full crystallographic information is available from OCA. For a guided tour on the structure components use FirstGlance.
Method:	X-ray diffraction, Resolution 1.8Å
Ligands:
Resources:	FirstGlance, OCA, PDBe, RCSB, PDBsum, ProSAT

Function

ACTPC_ACTFR Pore-forming protein that forms cations-selective hydrophilic pores of around 1 nm and causes cardiac stimulation and hemolysis. Pore formation is a multi-step process that involves specific recognition of membrane sphingomyelin (but neither cholesterol nor phosphatidylcholine) using aromatic rich region and adjacent phosphocholine (POC) binding site, firm binding to the membrane (mainly driven by hydrophobic interactions) accompanied by the transfer of the N-terminal region to the lipid-water interface and finally pore formation after oligomerization of several monomers.^[1]

References

↑ Bellomio A, Morante K, Barlic A, Gutierrez-Aguirre I, Viguera AR, Gonzalez-Manas JM. Purification, cloning and characterization of fragaceatoxin C, a novel actinoporin from the sea anemone Actinia fragacea. Toxicon. 2009 Nov;54(6):869-80. doi: 10.1016/j.toxicon.2009.06.022. Epub 2009 Jun, 27. PMID:19563820 doi:10.1016/j.toxicon.2009.06.022

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OCA

[1] Bellomio A, Morante K, Barlic A, Gutierrez-Aguirre I, Viguera AR, Gonzalez-Manas JM. Purification, cloning and characterization of fragaceatoxin C, a novel actinoporin from the sea anemone Actinia fragacea. Toxicon. 2009 Nov;54(6):869-80. doi: 10.1016/j.toxicon.2009.06.022. Epub 2009 Jun, 27. PMID:19563820 doi:10.1016/j.toxicon.2009.06.022

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