Trp-26 imparts functional versatility to human alpha-defensin HNP1.
Wei, G., Pazgier, M., de Leeuw, E., Rajabi, M., Li, J., Zou, G., Jung, G., Yuan, W., Lu, W.Y., Lehrer, R.I., Lu, W.(2010) J Biol Chem 285: 16275-16285
- PubMed: 20220136 
- DOI: 10.1074/jbc.M110.102749
- Primary Citation of Related Structures:  
3H6C, 3LO1, 3LO2, 3LO4, 3LO6, 3LO9, 3LOE, 3LVX - PubMed Abstract: 
We performed a comprehensive alanine scan of human alpha-defensin HNP1 and tested the ability of the resulting analogs to kill Staphylococcus aureus, inhibit anthrax lethal factor, and bind human immunodeficiency virus-1 gp120. By far, the most deleterious mutation for all of these functions was W26A ...