1sq2
Crystal Structure Analysis of the Nurse Shark New Antigen Receptor (NAR) Variable Domain in Complex With Lyxozyme
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| , resolution 1.45Å | |||||||
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| Ligands: | , | ||||||
| Activity: | Lysozyme, with EC number 3.2.1.17 | ||||||
| Resources: | FirstGlance, OCA, PDBsum, RCSB | ||||||
| Coordinates: | save as pdb, mmCIF, xml | ||||||
OverviewOverview
Cartilaginous fish are the phylogenetically oldest living organisms known to possess components of the vertebrate adaptive immune system. Key to their immune response are heavy-chain, homodimeric immunoglobulins called new antigen receptors (IgNARs), in which the variable (V) domains recognize antigens with only a single immunoglobulin domain, akin to camelid heavy-chain V domains. The 1.45 angstrom resolution crystal structure of the type I IgNAR V domain in complex with hen egg-white lysozyme (HEL) reveals a minimal antigen-binding domain that contains only two of the three conventional complementarity-determining regions but still binds HEL with nanomolar affinity by means of a binding interface comparable in size to conventional antibodies.
About this StructureAbout this Structure
1SQ2 is a Protein complex structure of sequences from Gallus gallus and Ginglymostoma cirratum. Full crystallographic information is available from OCA.
ReferenceReference
Crystal structure of a shark single-domain antibody V region in complex with lysozyme., Stanfield RL, Dooley H, Flajnik MF, Wilson IA, Science. 2004 Sep 17;305(5691):1770-3. Epub 2004 Aug 19. PMID:15319492
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