1IIZ

Crystal Structure of the Induced Antibacterial Protein from Tasar Silkworm, Antheraea mylitta


Experimental Data Snapshot

  • Method: X-RAY DIFFRACTION
  • Resolution: 2.40 Å
  • R-Value Free: 0.283 
  • R-Value Work: 0.231 

Starting Model: experimental
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Literature

Structure of the induced antibacterial protein from tasar silkworm, Antheraea mylitta. Implications to molecular evolution.

Jain, D.Nair, D.T.Swaminathan, G.J.Abraham, E.G.Nagaraju, J.Salunke, D.M.

(2001) J Biol Chem 276: 41377-41382

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1074/jbc.M104674200
  • Primary Citation of Related Structures:  
    1IIZ

  • PubMed Abstract: 

    The crystal structure of an antibacterial protein of immune origin (TSWAB), purified from tasar silkworm (Antheraea mylitta) larvae after induction by Escherichia coli infection, has been determined. This is the first insect lysozyme structure and represents induced lysozymes of innate immunity. The core structure of TSWAB is similar to c-type lysozymes and alpha-lactalbumins. However, TSWAB shows significant differences with respect to the other two proteins in the exposed loop regions. The catalytic residues in TSWAB are conserved with respect to the chicken lysozyme, indicating a common mechanism of action. However, differences in the noncatalytic residues in the substrate binding groove imply subtle differences in the specificity and the level of activity. Thus, conformational differences between TSWAB and chicken lysozyme exist, whereas functional mechanisms appear to be similar. On the other hand, alpha-lactalbumins and c-type lysozymes exhibit drastically different functions with conserved molecular conformation. It is evident that a common molecular scaffold is exploited in the three enzymes for apparently different physiological roles. It can be inferred on the basis of the structure-function comparison of these three proteins having common phylogenetic origin that the conformational changes in a protein are minimal during rapid evolution as compared with those in the normal course of evolution.


  • Organizational Affiliation

    National Institute of Immunology, New Delhi 110 067, India.


Macromolecules
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Entity ID: 1
MoleculeChains Sequence LengthOrganismDetailsImage
LYSOZYME120Antheraea mylittaMutation(s): 0 
EC: 3.2.1.17
UniProt
Find proteins for Q7SID7 (Antheraea mylitta)
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UniProt GroupQ7SID7
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Experimental Data & Validation

Experimental Data

  • Method: X-RAY DIFFRACTION
  • Resolution: 2.40 Å
  • R-Value Free: 0.283 
  • R-Value Work: 0.231 
  • Space Group: C 2 2 21
Unit Cell:
Length ( Å )Angle ( ˚ )
a = 47.985α = 90
b = 51.7β = 90
c = 94.664γ = 90
Software Package:
Software NamePurpose
DENZOdata reduction
SCALEPACKdata scaling
AMoREphasing
CNSrefinement

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Entry History 

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Revision History  (Full details and data files)

  • Version 1.0: 2001-12-12
    Type: Initial release
  • Version 1.1: 2008-04-27
    Changes: Version format compliance
  • Version 1.2: 2011-07-13
    Changes: Version format compliance
  • Version 1.3: 2023-08-16
    Changes: Data collection, Database references, Refinement description