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ArticleActa crystallographica. Section F, Structural biology communications2015

Preliminary X-ray crystallographic analysis of an engineered variant of human chimera-type galectin-3 with a shortened N-terminal domain.

Andrea Flores-Ibarra, Federico M Ruiz, Sabine Vértesy, Sabine André, Hans-Joachim Gabius, Antonio Romero

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Article in Acta crystallographica. Section F, Structural biology communications, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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Andrea Flores-IbarraDepartment of Chemical and Physical Biology, Centro de Investigaciones Biológicas, CSIC, Ramiro de Maeztu 9, 28040 Madrid, Spain.
Federico M RuizDepartment of Chemical and Physical Biology, Centro de Investigaciones Biológicas, CSIC, Ramiro de Maeztu 9, 28040 Madrid, Spain.
Sabine VértesyInstitut für Physiologische Chemie, Tierärztliche Fakultät, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität, Veterinärstrasse 13, 80539 München, Germany.
Sabine AndréInstitut für Physiologische Chemie, Tierärztliche Fakultät, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität, Veterinärstrasse 13, 80539 München, Germany.
Hans-Joachim GabiusInstitut für Physiologische Chemie, Tierärztliche Fakultät, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität, Veterinärstrasse 13, 80539 München, Germany.
Antonio RomeroDepartment of Chemical and Physical Biology, Centro de Investigaciones Biológicas, CSIC, Ramiro de Maeztu 9, 28040 Madrid, Spain.
Centro de Investigaciones Biológicas Margarita Salas · ESLudwig-Maximilians-Universität München · DE

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

How lectins translate sugar-encoded information into cellular effects not only depends on glycan recognition. Other domains of the protein can contribute to the functional profile of a lectin. Human galectin-3 (Gal-3), an adhesion/growth-regulatory galectin, is composed of three different domains and is thus called a chimera-type protein. In addition to the carbohydrate-recognition domain, this lectin encompasses an N-terminal domain consisting of a peptide harbouring two phosphorylation sites and nine non-triple-helical collagen-like repeats. This region plays an as yet structurally undefined role in Gal-3 aggregation and ligand recognition. To date, crystallization of full-length Gal-3 has not been achieved. With the aim of providing structural insights into this modular organization, a Gal-3 variant was crystallized maintaining the terminal peptide and three of the nine collagen-like repeats. The crystals belonged to the orthorhombic space group P212121, with unit-cell parameters a = 94.04, b = 97.96, c = 236.20 Å, and diffracted to a resolution of 3.3 Å.

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Protein EngineeringCrystallizationCrystallography, X-RayGalectin 3HumansMutant ProteinsProtein Structure, TertiaryGalectin 3Mutant Proteinscollagengalectin-3glycomelipopolysaccharide

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PMID25664793
PMCPMC4321473
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