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==CRYSTAL STRUCTURE OF NITROPHORIN 4 COMPLEXED WITH CN==
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== Structural highlights ==
<table><tr><td colspan='2'>[[1eqd]] is a 1 chain structure with sequence from [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rhodnius_prolixus Rhodnius prolixus]. Full crystallographic information is available from [http://oca.weizmann.ac.il/oca-bin/ocashort?id=1EQD OCA]. For a <b>guided tour on the structure components</b> use [https://proteopedia.org/fgij/fg.htm?mol=1EQD FirstGlance]. <br>
</td></tr><tr id='method'><td class="sblockLbl"><b>[[Empirical_models|Method:]]</b></td><td class="sblockDat" id="methodDat">X-ray diffraction, [[Resolution|Resolution]] 1.6&#8491;</td></tr>
<tr id='ligand'><td class="sblockLbl"><b>[[Ligand|Ligands:]]</b></td><td class="sblockDat" id="ligandDat"><scene name='pdbligand=CIT:CITRIC+ACID'>CIT</scene>, <scene name='pdbligand=CYN:CYANIDE+ION'>CYN</scene></td></tr>
<tr id='resources'><td class="sblockLbl"><b>Resources:</b></td><td class="sblockDat"><span class='plainlinks'>[https://proteopedia.org/fgij/fg.htm?mol=1eqd FirstGlance], [http://oca.weizmann.ac.il/oca-bin/ocaids?id=1eqd OCA], [https://pdbe.org/1eqd PDBe], [https://www.rcsb.org/pdb/explore.do?structureId=1eqd RCSB], [https://www.ebi.ac.uk/pdbsum/1eqd PDBsum], [https://prosat.h-its.org/prosat/prosatexe?pdbcode=1eqd ProSAT]</span></td></tr>
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== Function ==
[https://www.uniprot.org/uniprot/NP4_RHOPR NP4_RHOPR] Heme-based protein that deliver nitric oxide gas (NO) to the victim while feeding, resulting in vasodilation and inhibition of platelet aggregation. Also bind tightly to histamine, which is released by the host to induce wound healing (By similarity).
== Evolutionary Conservation ==
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== Publication Abstract from PubMed ==
The nitrophorins comprise an unusual family of proteins that use ferric (Fe(III)) heme to transport highly reactive nitric oxide (NO) from the salivary gland of a blood sucking bug to the victim, resulting in vasodilation and reduced blood coagulation. We have determined structures of nitrophorin 4 in complexes with H2O, cyanide and nitric oxide. These structures reveal a remarkable feature: the nitrophorins have a broadly open distal pocket in the absence of NO, but upon NO binding, three or more water molecules are expelled and two loops fold into the distal pocket, resulting in the packing of hydrophobic groups around the NO molecule and increased distortion of the heme. In this way, the protein apparently forms a 'hydrophobic trap' for the NO molecule. The structures are very accurate, ranging between 1.6 and 1.4 A resolutions.

Nitric oxide binding to nitrophorin 4 induces complete distal pocket burial.,Weichsel A, Andersen JF, Roberts SA, Montfort WR Nat Struct Biol. 2000 Jul;7(7):551-4. PMID:10876239<ref>PMID:10876239</ref>

From MEDLINE&reg;/PubMed&reg;, a database of the U.S. National Library of Medicine.<br>
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==See Also==
*[[Nitrophorin|Nitrophorin]]
== References ==
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[[Category: Large Structures]]
[[Category: Rhodnius prolixus]]
[[Category: Andersen JF]]
[[Category: Montfort WR]]
[[Category: Roberts SA]]
[[Category: Weichsel A]]