The Structure of calnexin, an ER chaperone involved in quality control of protein folding.
Schrag, J.D., Bergeron, J.J., Li, Y., Borisova, S., Hahn, M., Thomas, D.Y., Cygler, M.(2001) Mol Cell 8: 633-644
- PubMed: 11583625
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/s1097-2765(01)00318-5
- Primary Citation of Related Structures:
1JHN - PubMed Abstract:
The three-dimensional structure of the lumenal domain of the lectin-like chaperone calnexin determined to 2.9 A resolution reveals an extended 140 A arm inserted into a beta sandwich structure characteristic of legume lectins. The arm is composed of tandem repeats of two proline-rich sequence motifs which interact with one another in a head-to-tail fashion. Identification of the ligand binding site establishes calnexin as a monovalent lectin, providing insight into the mechanism by which the calnexin family of chaperones interacts with monoglucosylated glycoproteins.
Organizational Affiliation:
Biotechnology Research Institute, NRC, 6100 Royalmount Avenue, Montreal, Quebec H4P 2R2, Canada. joe@bri.nrc.ca