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Staphostatins resemble lipocalins, not cystatins in fold.Staphostatins resemble lipocalins, not cystatins in fold.
Structural highlights
Publication Abstract from PubMedStaphostatins are the endogenous inhibitors of the major secreted cysteine proteases of Staphylococcus aureus, the staphopains. Here, we present the 1.4 A crystal structure of staphostatin B and show that the fold can be described as a fully closed, highly sheared eight-stranded beta-barrel. Thus, staphostatin B is related to beta-barrel domains that are involved in the inhibition or regulation of proteases of various catalytic types and to the superfamily of lipocalins/cytosolic fatty acid binding proteins. Unexpectedly for a cysteine protease inhibitor, staphostatin B is not significantly similar to cystatins. Staphostatins resemble lipocalins, not cystatins in fold.,Rzychon M, Filipek R, Sabat A, Kosowska K, Dubin A, Potempa J, Bochtler M Protein Sci. 2003 Oct;12(10):2252-6. PMID:14500882[1] From MEDLINE®/PubMed®, a database of the U.S. National Library of Medicine. References |
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