Structure of pentameric human serum amyloid P component.
Emsley, J., White, H.E., O'Hara, B.P., Oliva, G., Srinivasan, N., Tickle, I.J., Blundell, T.L., Pepys, M.B., Wood, S.P.(1994) Nature 367: 338-345
- PubMed: 8114934 
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/367338a0
- Primary Citation of Related Structures:  
1SAC - PubMed Abstract: 
The three-dimensional structure of pentameric human serum amyloid P component at high resolution, the first reported for a pentraxin, reveals that the tertiary fold is remarkably similar to that of the legume lectins. Carboxylate and phosphate compounds bind directly to two calcium ions; interactions with a carboxyethylidene ring are mediated by Asn 59 and Gln 148 ligands of the calcium ions. These X-ray results indicate the probable modes of binding of the biologically important ligands, DNA and amyloid fibrils.
Organizational Affiliation: 
Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Birkbeck College, London, UK.