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ArticleStructure (London, England : 1993)2017

Crystal Structure of Chicken γS-Crystallin Reveals Lattice Contacts with Implications for Function in the Lens and the Evolution of the βγ-Crystallins.

Vatsala Sagar, Sumit K Chaturvedi, Peter Schuck, Graeme Wistow

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Article in Structure (London, England : 1993), 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers.

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8 citing papers in PubMed, 15 citations in OpenAlex.

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  8. γ-Crystallin redox-detox in the lens.The Journal of biological chemistry · 2018
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5 · Who and what money

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4 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Vatsala SagarSection on Molecular Structure and Functional Genomics, National Eye Institute, National Institutes of Health, Building 6, Room 106, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA.
Sumit K ChaturvediDynamics of Macromolecular Assembly Section, LCIMB, National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA.
Peter SchuckDynamics of Macromolecular Assembly Section, LCIMB, National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA.
Graeme WistowSection on Molecular Structure and Functional Genomics, National Eye Institute, National Institutes of Health, Building 6, Room 106, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA. Electronic address: graeme@helix.nih.gov.
National Institutes of Health · US

Funding

Molecular Structure and Function of CrystallinsZIAEY000255 · NEI · NATIONAL EYE INSTITUTE · PI WISTOW, GRAEME J · 2009 to 2025
$6.6M
Biophysical Characterization Of MacromoleculesZIAEB000008 · NIBIB · NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF BIOMEDICAL IMAGING AND BIOENGINEERING · PI SCHUCK, PETER · 2009 to 2019
$1.7M
ORIGINS, STRUCTURES AND FUNCTIONS OF CRYSTALLINSZ01EY000255 · NEI · NATIONAL EYE INSTITUTE · PI WISTOW, GRAEME J · 1990 to 2008
$1.3M
Intramural NIH HHS Z01 EY000255
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Previous attempts to crystallize mammalian γS-crystallin were unsuccessful. Native L16 chicken γS crystallized avidly while the Q16 mutant did not. The X-ray structure for chicken γS at 2.3 Å resolution shows the canonical structure of the superfamily plus a well-ordered N arm aligned with a β sheet of a neighboring N domain. L16 is also in a lattice contact, partially shielded from solvent. Unexpectedly, the major lattice contact matches a conserved interface (QR) in the multimeric β-crystallins. QR shows little conservation of residue contacts, except for one between symmetry-related tyrosines, but molecular dipoles for the proteins with QR show striking similarities while other γ-crystallins differ. In γS, QR has few hydrophobic contacts and features a thin layer of tightly bound water. The free energy of QR is slightly repulsive and analytical ultracentrifugation confirms no dimerization in solution. The lattice contacts suggest how γ-crystallins allow close packing without aggregation in the crowded environment of the lens.

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Evolution, MolecularMolecular Dynamics SimulationAmino Acid MotifsAnimalsbeta-CrystallinsChickensConserved Sequencegamma-CrystallinsProtein DomainsProtein Multimerizationbeta-Crystallinsgamma-Crystallinscrystallindimerizationlensmolecular dipolesnon-bonding interfaces

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PMID28648607
PMCPMC5518705
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