A.Jain
et al.
(2020).
The structure of MP-4 from Mucuna pruriens at 2.22 Å resolution.
Acta Crystallogr F Struct Biol Commun,
76,
47-57.
PubMed id: 32039885
DOI: 10.1107/S2053230X20000199
The structure of the MP-4 protein was previously determined at a resolution of
2.8 Å. Owing to the unavailability of gene-sequence information at the time,
the side-chain assignment was carried out on the basis of a partial sequence
available through Edman degradation, sequence homology to orthologs and electron
density. The structure of MP-4 has now been determined at a higher resolution
(2.22 Å) in another space group and all of the structural inferences that
were presented in the previous report of the structure were validated. In
addition, the present data allowed an improved assignment of side chains and
enabled further analysis of the MP-4 structure, and the accuracy of the
assignment was confirmed by the recently available gene sequence. The study
reinforces the traditional concept that conservative interpretations of
relatively low-resolution structures remain correct even with the availability
of high-resolution data.