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Glycosidase/carbohydrate PDB id
1abr
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Contents
Protein chains
251 a.a. *
267 a.a. *
Ligands
NDG-NGZ-MAN-MAN-
BMA
NDG-NDG-BGC-MAN-
BMA
Waters ×600
* Residue conservation analysis
PDB id:
1abr
Name: Glycosidase/carbohydrate
Title: Crystal structure of abrin-a
Structure: Abrin-a. Chain: a. Engineered: yes. Abrin-a. Chain: b. Engineered: yes
Source: Abrus precatorius. Indian licorice. Organism_taxid: 3816.
Biol. unit: Dimer (from PQS)
Resolution:
2.14Å     R-factor:   0.189    
Authors: T.H.Tahirov,T.-H.Lu,Y.-C.Liaw,S.-C.Chu,J.-Y.Lin
Key ref:
T.H.Tahirov et al. (1995). Crystal structure of abrin-a at 2.14 A. J Mol Biol, 250, 354-367. PubMed id: 7608980 DOI: 10.1006/jmbi.1995.0382
Date:
11-Nov-94     Release date:   07-Feb-95    
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Protein chain
Pfam   ArchSchema ?
P11140  (ABRA_ABRPR) -  Abrin-a
Seq:
Struc: 		 
Seq:
Struc: 		528 a.a.
251 a.a.*
Protein chain
Pfam   ArchSchema ?
P11140  (ABRA_ABRPR) -  Abrin-a
Seq:
Struc: 		 
Seq:
Struc: 		528 a.a.
267 a.a.
Key:    PfamA domain  Secondary structure  CATH domain
* PDB and UniProt seqs differ at 1 residue position (black cross)

 Enzyme reactions 
   Enzyme class: Chains A, B: E.C.3.2.2.22  - rRNA N-glycosylase.
[IntEnz]   [ExPASy]   [KEGG]   [BRENDA]
      Reaction: Endohydrolysis of the N-glycosidic bond at one specific adenosine on the 28S rRNA.
 Gene Ontology (GO) functional annotation 
  GO annot!
  Biological process     negative regulation of translation   1 term 
  Biochemical function     rRNA N-glycosylase activity     1 term  

 

 
DOI no: 10.1006/jmbi.1995.0382 J Mol Biol 250:354-367 (1995)
PubMed id: 7608980  
 
 
Crystal structure of abrin-a at 2.14 A.
T.H.Tahirov, T.H.Lu, Y.C.Liaw, Y.L.Chen, J.Y.Lin.
 
  ABSTRACT  
 
The crystal structure of abrin-a, a type II ribosome-inactivating protein from the seeds of Abrus precatorius, has been determined from a novel crystalline form by the molecular replacement method using the coordinates of ricin. The structure has been refined at 2.14 A to a R-factor of 18.9%. The root-mean-square deviations of bond lengths and angles from the standard values are 0.013 A and 1.82 degrees, respectively. The overall protein folding is similar to that of ricin, but there are differences in the secondary structure, mostly of the A-chain. Several parts of the molecular surface differ significantly; some of them are quite near the active site cleft, and probably influence ribosome recognition. The positions of invariant active site residues remain the same, except the position of Tyr74. Two water molecules of hydrogen-bonded active site residues have been located in the active site cleft. Both of them may be responsible for hydrolyzing the N-C glycosidic bond. The current abrin-a structure is lactose free; this is probably essential for abrin-a crystallization. The B-chain is a glycoprotein, and the positions of several sugar residues of two sugar chains linked to earlier predicted glycosylation sites were determined. One of the sugar chains is a bridge between two neighboring molecules, since one of its mannose residues is connected to the galactose binding site of the neighboring molecule. Another sugar chain covers the surface of the B-chain.
 
  Selected figure(s)  
 
Figure 7.
Figure 7. The electron density of the first sugar chain using the (Fo - Fc ) omit map contoured at 2.5 s. 		Figure 9.
Figure 9. Ramachandranplot of abrin-a. All residues of the A- and B-chains are included. The glycine residues are shown as triangles. The percentage of residues with (f, 8) conformational angles in the most favoured regions (A, B, L) is 86.0%. In additional allowed regions (0a, 0b, 0l, 0p) this percentage is 13.3%, and in the generously allowed regions (a,b,l,p) it is 0.7%. Proline, glycine and the end residues are excluded from percentage calculations. In the generously allowed regions, the labelled residues Asp35 belong to the A-chain, and Val2 and Ser5 belong to the B-chain.
 
  The above figures are reprinted by permission from Elsevier: J Mol Biol (1995, 250, 354-367) copyright 1995.  
  Figures were selected by an automated process.  

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