3AYA

Crystal structure of galectin-3 CRD domian complexed with Thomsen-Friedenreich antigen


Experimental Data Snapshot

  • Method: X-RAY DIFFRACTION
  • Resolution: 2.00 Å
  • R-Value Free: 0.238 
  • R-Value Work: 0.199 

Starting Model: experimental
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Literature

Structural basis for distinct binding properties of the human galectins to thomsen-friedenreich antigen

Bian, C.F.Zhang, Y.Sun, H.Li, D.F.Wang, D.C.

(2011) PLoS One 6: e25007-e25007

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0025007
  • Primary Citation of Related Structures:  
    3AYA, 3AYC, 3AYD, 3AYE

  • PubMed Abstract: 

    The Thomsen-Friedenreich (TF or T) antigen, Galβ1-3GalNAcα1-O-Ser/Thr, is the core 1 structure of O-linked mucin type glycans appearing in tumor-associated glycosylation. The TF antigen occurs in about 90% of human cancer cells and is a potential ligand for the human endogenous galectins. It has been reported that human galectin-1 (Gal-1) and galectin-3 (Gal-3) can perform their cancer-related functions via specifically recognizing TF antigen. However, the detailed binding properties have not been clarified and structurally characterized. In this work, first we identified the distinct TF-binding abilities of Gal-1 and Gal-3. The affinity to TF antigen for Gal-3 is two orders of magnitude higher than that for Gal-1. The structures of Gal-3 carbohydrate recognition domain (CRD) complexed with TF antigen and derivatives, TFN and GM1, were then determined. These structures show a unique Glu-water-Arg-water motif-based mode as previously observed in the mushroom galectin AAL. The observation demonstrates that this recognition mode is commonly adopted by TF-binding galectins, either as endogenous or exogenous ones. The detailed structural comparisons between Gal-1 and Gal-3 CRD and mutagenesis experiments reveal that a pentad residue motif ((51)AHGDA(55)) at the loop (g1-L4) connecting β-strands 4 and 5 of Gal-1 produces a serious steric hindrance for TF binding. This motif is the main structural basis for Gal-1 with the low affinity to TF antigen. These findings provide the intrinsic structural elements for regulating the TF-binding activity of Gal-1 in some special conditions and also show certain target and approach for mediating some tumor-related bioactivities of human galectins.


  • Organizational Affiliation

    National Laboratory of Biomacromolecules, Institute of Biophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, People's Republic of China.


Macromolecules
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Entity ID: 1
MoleculeChains Sequence LengthOrganismDetailsImage
Galectin-3
A, B
135Homo sapiensMutation(s): 0 
Gene Names: LGALS3MAC2
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Go to UniProtKB:  P17931
PHAROS:  P17931
GTEx:  ENSG00000131981 
Entity Groups  
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UniProt GroupP17931
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Oligosaccharides

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Entity ID: 2
MoleculeChains Length2D Diagram Glycosylation3D Interactions
beta-D-galactopyranose-(1-3)-2-acetamido-2-deoxy-alpha-D-galactopyranose
C, D
2O-Glycosylation
Glycosylation Resources
GlyTouCan:  G00031MO
GlyCosmos:  G00031MO
GlyGen:  G00031MO
Biologically Interesting Molecules (External Reference) 1 Unique
Experimental Data & Validation

Experimental Data

  • Method: X-RAY DIFFRACTION
  • Resolution: 2.00 Å
  • R-Value Free: 0.238 
  • R-Value Work: 0.199 
  • Space Group: P 1
Unit Cell:
Length ( Å )Angle ( ˚ )
a = 32.72α = 64.7
b = 51.33β = 85.33
c = 59.77γ = 80.33
Software Package:
Software NamePurpose
CrystalCleardata collection
PHASESphasing
CNSrefinement
MOSFLMdata reduction
SCALAdata scaling

Structure Validation

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Entry History 

Deposition Data

Revision History  (Full details and data files)

  • Version 1.0: 2011-10-12
    Type: Initial release
  • Version 2.0: 2020-07-29
    Type: Remediation
    Reason: Carbohydrate remediation
    Changes: Atomic model, Data collection, Database references, Derived calculations, Structure summary
  • Version 2.1: 2023-11-01
    Changes: Data collection, Database references, Refinement description, Structure summary