1alz
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GRAMICIDIN D FROM BACILLUS BREVIS (ETHANOL SOLVATE)
OverviewOverview
The linear pentadecapeptide antibiotic gramicidin D is a heterogeneous, mixture of six components. Precise refinements of three-dimensional, structures of naturally occurring gramicidin D in crystals obtained from, methanol, ethanol, and n-propanol demonstrate the unexpected presence of, stable left-handed antiparallel double-helical heterodimers that vary with, the crystallization solvent. The side chains of Trp residues in the three, structures exhibit sequence-specific patterns of conformational, preference. Tyr substitution for Trp at position 11 appears to favor beta, ribbon formation and stabilization of the antiparallel double helix that, acts as a template for gramicidin folding and nucleation of different, crystal forms. The fact that a minor component in a heterogeneous mixture, influences aggregation and crystal nucleation has potential applications, to other systems in which anomalous behavior is exhibited by aggregation, of apparently homogeneous materials, such as the enigmatic behavior of, prion proteins.
About this StructureAbout this Structure
1ALZ is a Protein complex structure of sequences from Brevibacillus brevis with EOH as ligand. This structure superseeds the now removed PDB entry 1GMA. Full crystallographic information is available from OCA.
ReferenceReference
Heterodimer formation and crystal nucleation of gramicidin D., Burkhart BM, Gassman RM, Langs DA, Pangborn WA, Duax WL, Biophys J. 1998 Nov;75(5):2135-46. PMID:9788907
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