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Structure of the C-terminal receptor-binding domain of avian reovirus fibre sigmaC, Cd crystal formStructure of the C-terminal receptor-binding domain of avian reovirus fibre sigmaC, Cd crystal form
Structural highlights
FunctionEvolutionary ConservationCheck, as determined by ConSurfDB. You may read the explanation of the method and the full data available from ConSurf. Publication Abstract from PubMedAvian reovirus fibre, a homo-trimer of the sigmaC protein, is responsible for primary host cell attachment. The protein expressed in bacteria forms elongated fibres comprised of a carboxy-terminal globular head domain and a slender shaft, and partial proteolysis yielded a carboxy-terminal protease-stable domain that was amenable to crystallisation. Here, we show that this fragment retains receptor-binding capability and report its structure, solved using two-wavelength anomalous diffraction and refined using data collected from three different crystal forms at 2.1 angstroms, 2.35 angstroms and 3.0 angstroms resolution. The carboxy-terminal globular domain has a beta-barrel fold with the same overall topology as the mammalian reovirus fibre (sigma1). However, the monomers of the sigmaC trimer show a more splayed-out arrangement than in the sigma1 structure. Also resolved are two triple beta-spiral repeats of the shaft or stalk domain. The presence in the sequence of heptad repeats amino-terminal to these triple beta-spiral repeats suggests that the unresolved portion of the shaft domain contains a triple alpha-helical coiled-coil structure. Implications for the function and stability of the sigmaC protein are discussed. Structure of the carboxy-terminal receptor-binding domain of avian reovirus fibre sigmaC.,Guardado Calvo P, Fox GC, Hermo Parrado XL, Llamas-Saiz AL, Costas C, Martinez-Costas J, Benavente J, van Raaij MJ J Mol Biol. 2005 Nov 18;354(1):137-49. Epub 2005 Sep 30. PMID:16236316[1] From MEDLINE®/PubMed®, a database of the U.S. National Library of Medicine. See AlsoReferences
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