Macromolecule Content

• Total Structure Weight: 2759.35 
• Atom Count: 193 
• Residue Count: 25 
• Unique protein chains: 1

1G92

SOLUTION STRUCTURE OF PONERATOXIN

• DOI: 10.2210/pdb1G92/pdb
• BMRB: 4921

• Classification: TOXIN
• Organism(s): Paraponera clavata


• Deposited: 2000-11-22 Released: 2003-11-18 
• Deposition Author(s): Szolajska, E., Poznanski, J., Ferber, M.L., Michalik, J., Gout, E., Fender, P., Bailly, I., Dublet, B., Chroboczek, J.

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Experimental Data Snapshot

• Method: SOLUTION NMR
• Conformers Calculated: 333 
• Conformers Submitted: 10 
• Selection Criteria: target function 

Literature

Poneratoxin, a neurotoxin from ant venom. Structure and expression in insect cells and construction of a bio-insecticide.

Szolajska, E., Poznanski, J., Ferber, M.L., Michalik, J., Gout, E., Fender, P., Bailly, I., Dublet, B., Chroboczek, J.

(2004) Eur.J.Biochem. 271: 2127-2136

• PubMed: 15153103 
• DOI: 10.1111/j.1432-1033.2004.04128.x


• PubMed Abstract: 
  

Poneratoxin is a small neuropeptide found in the venom of the ant Paraponera clavata. It is stored in the venom reservoir as an inactive 25-residue peptide. Here we describe both chemically synthesized poneratoxin and poneratoxin obtained by expression in insect cells. When expressed in insect cells, poneratoxin was observed attached to cell membranes. Both synthetic and recombinant ponerotoxins were soluble below pH 4.5. The structure of synthetic poneratoxin was characterized by circular dichroism and solved by nuclear magnetic resonance. In an environment imitating a lipid bilayer, at pH within the range of insect hemolymph, synthetic poneratoxin has a V shape, with two alpha-helices connected by a beta-turn. Insect larvae were paralyzed by injection of either of the purified toxins, with the recombinant one acting faster. The recombinant toxin-producing baculovirus reduced the average survival time of the insect host by 25 h compared with unmodified virus. Mass spectrometry analysis showed that the recombinant toxin has an N-terminal 21-residue extension, possibly improving its stability and/or stabilizing the membrane-bound state. The potential use of poneratoxin for the construction of biological insecticide is discussed.

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Organizational Affiliation: 

Institute of Biochemistry and Biophysics (IBB), Polish Academy of Sciences, Warsaw, Poland.

Macromolecules

Find similar proteins by: Sequence  |  Structure

Entity ID: 1
Molecule	Chains	Sequence Length	Organism	Details
PONERATOXIN	A	25	Paraponera clavata	Mutation(s): 0
Find proteins for P41736 (Paraponera clavata) Go to UniProtKB:  P41736

Experimental Data & Validation

Experimental Data

• Method: SOLUTION NMR
• Conformers Calculated: 333 
• Conformers Submitted: 10 
• Selection Criteria: target function 
• Olderado: 1G92 Olderado

Structure Validation

Entry History 

Deposition Data

• Deposited Date: 2000-11-22 
• Released Date: 2003-11-18 
• Deposition Author(s): Szolajska, E., Poznanski, J., Ferber, M.L., Michalik, J., Gout, E., Fender, P., Bailly, I., Dublet, B., Chroboczek, J.

Revision History 

• Version 1.0: 2003-11-18
  Type: Initial release
• Version 1.1: 2008-04-27
  Type: Version format compliance
• Version 1.2: 2011-07-13
  Type: Version format compliance