Regulators of Complement Activity Mediate Inhibitory Mechanisms Through a Common C3B-Binding Mode.
Forneris, F., Wu, J., Xue, X., Ricklin, D., Lin, Z., Sfyroera, G., Tzekou, A., Volokhina, E., Granneman, J.C., Hauhart, R., Bertram, P., Liszewski, M.K., Atkinson, J.P., Lambris, J.D., Gros, P.(2016) EMBO J 35: 1133
- PubMed: 27013439 
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.15252/embj.201593673
- Primary Citation of Related Structures:  
5FO7, 5FO8, 5FO9, 5FOA, 5FOB - PubMed Abstract: 
Regulators of complement activation (RCA) inhibit complement-induced immune responses on healthy host tissues. We present crystal structures of human RCA (MCP, DAF, and CR1) and a smallpox virus homolog (SPICE) bound to complement component C3b. Our structural data reveal that up to four consecutive homologous CCP domains (i-iv), responsible for inhibition, bind in the same orientation and extended arrangement at a shared binding platform on C3b ...