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THE CRYSTAL STRUCTURE OF A FERTILIZATION PROTEIN

• PDB DOI: https://doi.org/10.2210/pdb1LIS/pdb

• Classification: FERTILIZATION PROTEIN
• Organism(s): Haliotis rufescens
• Mutation(s): No 


• Deposited: 1993-06-29 Released: 1993-10-31 
• Deposition Author(s): Shaw, A., Mcree, D.E., Vacquier, V.D., Stout, C.D.

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Experimental Data Snapshot

• Method: X-RAY DIFFRACTION
• Resolution: 1.90 Å
• R-Value Work: 0.187 
• R-Value Observed: 0.187 

Literature

The crystal structure of lysin, a fertilization protein.

Shaw, A., McRee, D.E., Vacquier, V.D., Stout, C.D.

(1993) Science 262: 1864-1867

• PubMed: 8266073 
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1126/science.8266073
• Primary Citation of Related Structures:  
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• PubMed Abstract: 
  

  Lysin, a protein from abalone sperm, creates a hole in the envelope of the egg, permitting the sperm to pass through the envelope and fuse with the egg. The structure of lysin, refined at 1.9 angstroms resolution, reveals an alpha-helical, amphipathic molecule. The surface of the protein exhibits three features: two tracks of basic residues that span the length of the molecule, a solvent-exposed cluster of aromatic and aliphatic amino acids, and an extended amino-terminal hypervariable domain that is species-specific. The structure suggests possible mechanisms of action.

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Organizational Affiliation: 

Department of Molecular Biology, Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, CA 92037-1093.

Biological Assembly 1  

Global Symmetry: Asymmetric - C1 
Global Stoichiometry: Monomer - A1 

Biological assembly 1 assigned by authors.

Macromolecule Content

• Total Structure Weight: 16.3 kDa 
• Atom Count: 1,180 
• Modelled Residue Count: 131 
• Deposited Residue Count: 136 
• Unique protein chains: 1

Macromolecules

Entity ID: 1
Molecule	Chains	Sequence Length	Organism	Details	Image
LYSIN	A	136	Haliotis rufescens	Mutation(s): 0
UniProt
Find proteins for P04552 (Haliotis rufescens) Explore P04552  Go to UniProtKB:  P04552

Experimental Data & Validation

Experimental Data

• Method: X-RAY DIFFRACTION
• Resolution: 1.90 Å
• R-Value Work: 0.187 
• R-Value Observed: 0.187 
• Space Group: P 2₁ 2₁ 2₁

Unit Cell:

Length ( Å )	Angle ( ˚ )
a = 52.6	α = 90
b = 45.9	β = 90
c = 81	γ = 90

Software Package:

Software Name	Purpose
X-PLOR	model building
X-PLOR	refinement
X-PLOR	phasing

Structure Validation

Entry History 

Deposition Data

• Released Date: 1993-10-31 
Deposition Author(s): Shaw, A., Mcree, D.E., Vacquier, V.D., Stout, C.D.

Revision History  

• Version 1.0: 1993-10-31
  Type: Initial release
  
• Version 1.1: 2008-03-24
  Changes: Version format compliance
• Version 1.2: 2011-07-13
  Changes: Version format compliance
• Version 1.3: 2024-02-14
  Changes: Data collection, Database references, Other