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==Crystal structure of D1A mutant of nitrophorin 2 complexed with imidazole==
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== Structural highlights ==
<table><tr><td colspan='2'>[[2asn]] is a 1 chain structure with sequence from [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rhodnius_prolixus Rhodnius prolixus]. Full crystallographic information is available from [http://oca.weizmann.ac.il/oca-bin/ocashort?id=2ASN OCA]. For a <b>guided tour on the structure components</b> use [http://oca.weizmann.ac.il/oca-docs/fgij/fg.htm?mol=2ASN FirstGlance]. <br>
</td></tr><tr><td class="sblockLbl"><b>[[Ligand|Ligands:]]</b></td><td class="sblockDat"><scene name='pdbligand=HEM:PROTOPORPHYRIN+IX+CONTAINING+FE'>HEM</scene>, <scene name='pdbligand=IMD:IMIDAZOLE'>IMD</scene><br>
<tr><td class="sblockLbl"><b>[[Related_structure|Related:]]</b></td><td class="sblockDat">[[1pee|1pee]], [[1pm1|1pm1]]</td></tr>
<tr><td class="sblockLbl"><b>Resources:</b></td><td class="sblockDat"><span class='plainlinks'>[http://oca.weizmann.ac.il/oca-docs/fgij/fg.htm?mol=2asn FirstGlance], [http://oca.weizmann.ac.il/oca-bin/ocaids?id=2asn OCA], [http://www.rcsb.org/pdb/explore.do?structureId=2asn RCSB], [http://www.ebi.ac.uk/pdbsum/2asn PDBsum]</span></td></tr>
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== Evolutionary Conservation ==
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== Publication Abstract from PubMed ==
Nitrophorin 2 (NP2) (also known as prolixin-S) is a salivary protein that transports nitric oxide, binds histamine, and acts as an anticoagulant during blood feeding by the insect Rhodnius prolixus. The 2.0-A crystal structure of NP2 reveals an eight-stranded antiparallel beta-barrel containing a ferric heme coordinated through His(57), similar to the structures of NP1 and NP4. All four Rhodnius nitrophorins transport NO and sequester histamine through heme binding, but only NP2 acts as an anticoagulant. Here, we demonstrate that recombinant NP2, but not recombinant NP1 or NP4, is a potent anticoagulant; recombinant NP3 also displays minor activity. Comparison of the nitrophorin structures suggests that a surface region near the C terminus and the loops between beta strands B-C and E-F is responsible for the anticoagulant activity. NP2 also displays larger NO association rates and smaller dissociation rates than NP1 and NP4, which may result from a more open and more hydrophobic distal pocket, allowing more rapid solvent reorganization on ligand binding. The NP2 protein core differs from NP1 and NP4 in that buried Glu(53), which allows for larger NO release rates when deprotonated, hydrogen bonds to invariant Tyr(81). Surprisingly, this tyrosine lies on the protein surface in NP1 and NP4.

The crystal structure of nitrophorin 2. A trifunctional antihemostatic protein from the saliva of Rhodnius prolixus.,Andersen JF, Montfort WR J Biol Chem. 2000 Sep 29;275(39):30496-503. PMID:10884386<ref>PMID:10884386</ref>

From MEDLINE&reg;/PubMed&reg;, a database of the U.S. National Library of Medicine.<br>
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== References ==
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[[Category: Rhodnius prolixus]]
[[Category: Berry, R E.]]
[[Category: Montfort, W R.]]
[[Category: Walker, F A.]]
[[Category: Weichsel, A.]]
[[Category: Beta barrel]]
[[Category: Ferric heme]]
[[Category: Imidazole]]
[[Category: Lipocalin]]
[[Category: Transport protein]]