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Hormone PDB id
1bon
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Protein chains
20 a.a.
28 a.a.
PDB id:
1bon
Name: Hormone
Title: Three-dimensional structure of bombyxin-ii, an insulin- related brain-secretory peptide of the silkmoth bombyx mori: comparison with insulin and relaxin
Structure: Bombyxin-ii,bombyxin a-2. Chain: a. Engineered: yes. Bombyxin-ii,bombyxin a-6. Chain: b. Engineered: yes
Source: Bombyx mori. Domestic silkworm. Organism_taxid: 7091. Organism_taxid: 7091
NMR struc: 10 models
Authors: K.Nagata,H.Hatanaka,D.Kohda,F.Inagaki,Structural Proteomics In Europe (Spine)
Key ref:
K.Nagata et al. (1995). Three-dimensional solution structure of bombyxin-II an insulin-like peptide of the silkmoth Bombyx mori: structural comparison with insulin and relaxin. J Mol Biol, 253, 749-758. PubMed id: 7473749 DOI: 10.1006/jmbi.1995.0588
Date:
21-Jul-94     Release date:   26-Jan-95    
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Protein chain
Pfam   ArchSchema ?
P15411  (BXA2_BOMMO) -  Bombyxin A-2
Seq:
Struc:
89 a.a.
20 a.a.
Protein chain
Pfam   ArchSchema ?
P26729  (BXA6_BOMMO) -  Bombyxin A-6
Seq:
Struc:
92 a.a.
28 a.a.*
Key:    PfamA domain  Secondary structure
* PDB and UniProt seqs differ at 1 residue position (black cross)

 Gene Ontology (GO) functional annotation 
  GO annot!
  Cellular component     extracellular region   1 term 
  Biochemical function     hormone activity     1 term  

 

 
DOI no: 10.1006/jmbi.1995.0588 J Mol Biol 253:749-758 (1995)
PubMed id: 7473749  
 
 
Three-dimensional solution structure of bombyxin-II an insulin-like peptide of the silkmoth Bombyx mori: structural comparison with insulin and relaxin.
K.Nagata, H.Hatanaka, D.Kohda, H.Kataoka, H.Nagasawa, A.Isogai, H.Ishizaki, A.Suzuki, F.Inagaki.
 
  ABSTRACT  
 
The three-dimensional solution structure of bombyxin-II, an insulin-like two-chain peptide produced by the brain of the silkworm Bombyx mori, has been determined by simulated annealing calculations based on 535 distance constraints and 24 torsion-angle constraints derived from NMR data and three distance constraints of the disulfide bonds. To our knowledge, this is the first three-dimensional structure determined for an invertebrate insulin-related peptide. The root-mean-square deviations between the best 10 structures and the mean structure are 0.58(+/- 0.15) A for the backbone heavy atoms (N, C alpha, C) and 1.03(+/- 0.18) A for all non-hydrogen atom if less well-defined N and C termini (A1, A20, B(-2) to B4 and B23 to B25) are excluded. The overall main-chain structure of bombyxin-II is similar to that of insulin. However, there are significant conformational and functional differences in their B-chain C-terminal parts. The B-chain C-terminal part of bombyxin-II adopts an extension of the B-chain central helix like that of relaxin and is not required for bombyxin activity, while the corresponding part of insulin adopts a sharp turn and a beta-strand and is essential for insulin activity. This structure demonstrates that bombyxin-II is more closely related to relaxin than to insulin, and suggests that insulin might have evolved the additional receptor-recognition site in the B-chain C-terminal beta-strand to distinguish itself from bombyxin and relaxin. The structure of bombyxin-II thus provides novel insights into the receptor recognition and divergent molecular evolution of insulin-superfamily peptides.
 
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Figure 5.
Figure 5. Comparison of the solution structure of bombyxin-II with the solution structure of hu- man insulin (Brookhaven Protein Data Bank entry 1HIU; Hua et al. 1991) and crystal structure of hu- man relaxin 2 (6RLX; Eigenbrot et al. 1991). wSchematic representation of the main-chain fold (figure created with Molscript; Kraulis, 1991). The A-chain is shown in red and the B-chain in green.
Figure 6.
Figure 6. Comparison of the proposed receptor-recognition sur- face (viewed from the left side of Figures 4 and 5). Space-filling model. All non-hydrogen atoms are shown. A, Distribution of side-chain functional groups. The acidic, basic, polar and hydrophobic residues are colored in red, blue, yellow and green, respectively. The Arg residues at B9 and B13 in bombyxin- II and human relaxin 2 are exposed on the B-chain helix. B, Locked and unlocked states. The solution structure of human insulin (Brook- haven Protein Data Bank entry 1HIU; Hua et al. 1991) corresponds to the locked, inactive state, while the solution structure of [GlyB24]human insulin (1HIT; Hua et al. 1991) represents a model of the unlocked, active state (Hua et al. 1991). The solution structure of bombyxin-II and the crystal structure of human relaxin 2 (6RLX; Eigenbrot et al. 1991) correspond to the unlocked state. The hydrophobic surface is exposed in the unlocked state, while it is covered by the B-chain C-terminal section in the locked state. The B-chain C-terminal segments (from the residues at B20 to the C termini) are colored in yellow; the hydrophobic residues at A2 and A3 in light green; the other hydrophobic core residues in purple and other residues in light blue.
 
  The above figures are reprinted by permission from Elsevier: J Mol Biol (1995, 253, 749-758) copyright 1995.  
  Figures were selected by an automated process.  

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PDB code: 1ju8
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The prothoracicotropic hormone bombyxin has specific receptors on insect ovarian cells.
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