1y4c

Designed Helical Protein fusion MBPDesigned Helical Protein fusion MBP

Structural highlights 1y4c is a 1 chain structure with sequence from Escherichia coli. Full crystallographic information is available from OCA. For a guided tour on the structure components use FirstGlance. Ligands: Related: 4hb1 Gene: malE (Escherichia coli) Resources: FirstGlance, OCA, RCSB, PDBsum Function [MALE_ECOLI] Involved in the high-affinity maltose membrane transport system MalEFGK. Initial receptor for the active transport of and chemotaxis toward maltooligosaccharides. Evolutionary Conservation Check, as determined by ConSurfDB. You may read the explanation of the method and the full data available from ConSurf. Publication Abstract from PubMed An IL-4 antagonist was designed based on structural and biochemical analysis of unbound IL-4 and IL-4 in complex with its high-affinity receptor (IL-4Ralpha). Our design strategy sought to capture a protein-protein interaction targeting the high affinity that IL-4 has for IL-4Ralpha. This strategy has impact due to the potential relevance of IL-4Ralpha as a drug target in the treatment of asthma. To mimic the IL-4 binding surface, critical side chains for receptor binding were identified, and these side chains were transplanted onto a previously characterized, de novo-designed four-helix protein called designed helical protein 1 (DHP-1). This first-generation design resolved the ambiguity previously described for the connectivity between helices in DHP-1 and resulted in a protein capable of binding to IL-4Ralpha. The second-generation antagonist was based upon further molecular modeling, and it succeeded in binding IL-4Ralpha better than the first-generation. This protein, termed DHP-14-AB, yielded a protein with a cooperative unfolding transition (DeltaGu0=8.1 kcal/mol) and an IC50 of 27 microM when in competition with IL-4 whereas DHP-1 had no affinity for IL-4Ralpha. The crystal structure of DHP-14-AB was determined to 1.9-A resolution and was compared with IL-4. This comparison revealed how design strategies targeting protein-protein interactions require high-resolution 3D data and the incorporation of orientation-specific information at the level of side-chains and secondary structure element interactions. De novo design of an IL-4 antagonist and its structure at 1.9 A.,Laporte SL, Forsyth CM, Cunningham BC, Miercke LJ, Akhavan D, Stroud RM Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2005 Feb 8;102(6):1889-94. Epub 2005 Jan 31. PMID:15684085 From MEDLINE®/PubMed®, a database of the U.S. National Library of Medicine.

spinqualitylabelsall models 1y4c, resolution 1.90Å Show:Asymmetric Unit Biological Assembly Drag the structure with the mouse to rotate   Export Animated Image