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PDBsum entry 4afc

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Cell adhesion PDB id
4afc

 

 

 

 

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Protein chain
229 a.a.
Ligands
GLC-GAL
GOL ×2
PEG
Metals
_CA
Waters ×215
PDB id:
4afc
Name: Cell adhesion
Title: Crystal structure of subtype-switched epithelial adhesin 1 to 6 a domain (epa1to6a) from candida glabrata in complex with galb1-3glc
Structure: Epa1p. Chain: a. Fragment: adhesion domain (a domain), residues 31-271. Synonym: epithelial adhesin 1. Engineered: yes. Mutation: yes. Other_details: sub-type switched epa1a variant which emulates the binding pocket of epa6a
Source: Candida glabrata. Organism_taxid: 5478. Strain: cbs138. Atcc: 2001. Expressed in: escherichia coli. Expression_system_taxid: 562.
Resolution:
1.55Å     R-factor:   0.145     R-free:   0.171
Authors: M.Maestre-Reyna,R.Diderrich,M.S.Veelders,G.Eulenburg,V.Kalugin, S.Brueckner,P.Keller,S.Rupp,H.-U.Moesch,L.-O.Essen
Key ref: M.Maestre-Reyna et al. (2012). Structural basis for promiscuity and specificity during Candida glabrata invasion of host epithelia. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A, 109, 16864-16869. PubMed id: 23035251
Date:
18-Jan-12     Release date:   17-Oct-12    
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Protein chain
Pfam   ArchSchema ?
Q6VBJ0  (Q6VBJ0_CANGB) -  Epa1p from Candida glabrata
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Seq:
Struc:
1034 a.a.
229 a.a.*
Key:    PfamA domain  Secondary structure  CATH domain
* PDB and UniProt seqs differ at 2 residue positions (black crosses)

 

 
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 109:16864-16869 (2012)
PubMed id: 23035251  
 
 
Structural basis for promiscuity and specificity during Candida glabrata invasion of host epithelia.
M.Maestre-Reyna, R.Diderrich, M.S.Veelders, G.Eulenburg, V.Kalugin, S.Brückner, P.Keller, S.Rupp, H.U.Mösch, L.O.Essen.
 
  ABSTRACT  
 
The human pathogenic yeast Candida glabrata harbors more than 20 surface-exposed, epithelial adhesins (Epas) for host cell adhesion. The Epa family recognizes host glycans and discriminates between target tissues by their adhesin (A) domains, but a detailed structural basis for ligand-binding specificity of Epa proteins has been lacking so far. In this study, we provide high-resolution crystal structures of the Epa1A domain in complex with different carbohydrate ligands that reveal how host cell mucin-type O-glycans are recognized and allow a structure-guided classification of the Epa family into specific subtypes. Further detailed structural and functional characterization of subtype-switched Epa1 variants shows that specificity is governed by two inner loops, CBL1 and CBL2, involved in calcium binding as well as by three outer loops, L1, L2, and L3. In summary, our study provides the structural basis for promiscuity and specificity of Epa adhesins, which might further contribute to developing anti-adhesive antimycotics and combating Candida colonization.
 

 

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