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ArticleProtein science : a publication of the Protein Society2010

Topology of the disulfide bonds in the antiviral lectin scytovirin.

Tinoush Moulaei, Olga Stuchlik, Matthew Reed, Weirong Yuan, Jan Pohl, Wuyuan Lu, Lauren Haugh-Krumpe, Barry R O'Keefe, Alexander Wlodawer

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  1. Lectins and lectibodies: potential promising antiviral agents.Cellular & molecular biology letters · 2022
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  7. Antiviral lectins as potential HIV microbicides.Current opinion in virology · 2014
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9 authors.

Tinoush MoulaeiProtein Structure Section, Macromolecular Crystallography Laboratory, National Cancer Institute, NCI-Frederick, Frederick, Maryland 21702-1201, USA.
Olga Stuchlik
Matthew Reed
Weirong Yuan
Jan Pohl
Wuyuan Lu
Lauren Haugh-Krumpe
Barry R O'Keefe
Alexander Wlodawer

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Protein StructureZIABC010348 · NCI · DIVISION OF BASIC SCIENCES - NCI · PI WLODAWER, ALEXANDER · 2009 to 2025
$27.5M
Inhibition of Anthrax Lethal Factor by alpha-defensinsR01AI072732 · NIAID · UNIVERSITY OF MD BIOTECHNOLOGY INSTITUTE · PI LU, WUYUAN · 2007 to 2011
$2.4M
Intramural NIH HHSNIAID NIH HHS 5R01AI072732
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The antiviral lectin scytovirin (SVN) contains a total of five disulfide bonds in two structurally similar domains. Previous reports provided contradictory results on the disulfide pairing in each individual domain, and we have now re-examined the disulfide topology. N-terminal sequencing and mass spectrometry were used to analyze proteolytic fragments of native SVN obtained at acidic pH, yielding the assignment as Cys7-Cys55, Cys20-Cys32, Cys26-Cys38, Cys68-Cys80, and Cys74-Cys86. We also analyzed the N-terminal domain of SVN (SD1, residues 1-48) prepared by expression/oxidative folding of the recombinant protein and by chemical synthesis. The disulfide pairing in the chemically synthesized SD1 was forced into predetermined topologies: SD1A (Cys20-Cys26, Cys32-Cys38) or SD1B (Cys20-Cys32, Cys26-Cys38). The topology of native SVN was found to be in agreement with the SD1B and the one determined for the recombinant SD1 domain. Although the two synthetic forms of SD1 were distinct when subjected to chromatography, their antiviral properties were indistinguishable, having low nM activity against HIV. Tryptic fragments, the "cystine clusters" [Cys20-Cys32/Cys26-Cys38; SD1] and [Cys68-Cys80/Cys74-C-86; SD2], were found to undergo rapid disulfide interchange at pH 8. This interchange resulted in accumulation of artifactual fragments in alkaline pH digests that are structurally unrelated to the original topology, providing a rational explanation for the differences between the topology reported herein and the one reported earlier (Bokesh et al., Biochemistry 2003;42:2578-2584). Our observations emphasize the fact that proteins such as SVN, with disulfide bonds in close proximity, require considerable precautions when being fragmented for the purpose of disulfide assignment.

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Amino Acid SequenceAntiviral AgentsBacterial ProteinsCarrier ProteinsCyanobacteriaCystineDisulfidesLectinsMembrane ProteinsMolecular Sequence DataPepsin AProtein FoldingProtein Structure, TertiaryRecombinant ProteinsAntiviral AgentsBacterial ProteinsCarrier ProteinsCystineDisulfidesLectinsMembrane ProteinsPepsin ARecombinant Proteinsscytovirin protein, S varium

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PMID20572021
PMCPMC2975129

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