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[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ester Ester bonds] between threonine and glutamine sidechains can form covalent cross-links between polypeptide chains<ref name="kwon2014">PMID: 24344302</ref>. First observed in repetitive domains of a putative surface-anchored adhesin of ''Clostridium perfringens'' (Gram positive)<ref name="kwon2014" />, analysis of sequences suggested "that these intramolecular ester bonds are a widespread and common feature of cell surface adhesion proteins in Gram-positive bacteria"<ref name="kwon2014" />. In the examples studied, the Thr-Gln ester bonds occur between the first and last beta strands of immunoglobulin-like domains, increasing thermal stability and resisance to proteases<ref name="kwon2014" />. The structures containing such ester crosslinks "have in common is that they are very long and thin but also subject to large mechanical shear stresses and protease-rich environments"<ref name="kwon2014" />. | [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ester Ester bonds] between threonine and glutamine sidechains can form covalent cross-links between polypeptide chains<ref name="kwon2014">PMID: 24344302</ref>. First observed in repetitive domains of a putative surface-anchored adhesin of ''Clostridium perfringens'' (Gram positive)<ref name="kwon2014" />, analysis of sequences suggested "that these intramolecular ester bonds are a widespread and common feature of cell surface adhesion proteins in Gram-positive bacteria"<ref name="kwon2014" />. In the examples studied, the Thr-Gln ester bonds occur between the first and last beta strands of immunoglobulin-like domains, increasing thermal stability and resisance to proteases<ref name="kwon2014" />. The structures containing such ester crosslinks "have in common is that they are very long and thin but also subject to large mechanical shear stresses and protease-rich environments"<ref name="kwon2014" />. | ||
Ester crosslinks have also been observed between serine and the carboxy termini of proteases (see examples below). These are formed autocatalytically. Similar ester crosslinks exist in proteases in which ester intermediates in the catalytic process have been trapped (see examples below). | |||
==Examples== | ==Examples== | ||
* [[4ni6]] | * [[4ni6]] Repeat domain 1 of ''Clostridium perfringens'' CPE0147 surface-anchored adhesin. | ||
* [[4mkm]] | * [[4mkm]] Repeat domains 1 & 2 of ''Clostridium perfringens'' CPE0147 surface-anchored adhesin. | ||
==Other Protein Crosslinks== | ==Other Protein Crosslinks== | ||