The structure of Plasmodium vivax phosphatidylethanolamine-binding protein suggests a functional motif containing a left-handed helix
Arakaki, T., Neely, H., Boni, E., Mueller, N., Buckner, F.S., Van Voorhis, W.C., Lauricella, A., DeTitta, G., Luft, J., Hol, W.G., Merritt, E.A.(2007) Acta Crystallogr Sect F Struct Biol Cryst Commun 63: 178-182
- PubMed: 17329808
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.1107/S1744309107007580
- Primary Citation of Related Structures:
2GZQ - PubMed Abstract:
The structure of a putative Raf kinase inhibitor protein (RKIP) homolog from the eukaryotic parasite Plasmodium vivax has been studied to a resolution of 1.3 A using multiple-wavelength anomalous diffraction at the Se K edge. This protozoan protein is topologically similar to previously studied members of the phosphatidylethanolamine-binding protein (PEBP) sequence family, but exhibits a distinctive left-handed alpha-helical region at one side of the canonical phospholipid-binding site. Re-examination of previously determined PEBP structures suggests that the P. vivax protein and yeast carboxypeptidase Y inhibitor may represent a structurally distinct subfamily of the diverse PEBP-sequence family.
Organizational Affiliation:
Structural Genomics of Pathogenic Protozoa Consortium, USA.