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ArticleScientific reports2017

Crystal Structure of MpPR-1i, a SCP/TAPS protein from Moniliophthora perniciosa, the fungus that causes Witches' Broom Disease of Cacao.

Renata M Baroni, Zhipu Luo, Rabih Darwiche, Elissa M Hudspeth, Roger Schneiter, Gonçalo A G Pereira, Jorge M C Mondego, Oluwatoyin A Asojo

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Article in Scientific reports, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers.

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9 citing papers in PubMed, 14 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

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8 authors at 5 institutions in 3 countries.

Renata M BaroniGenomics and Expression Laboratory (LGE), Institute of Biology, CP 6109, 13083-862 UNICAMP, Campinas, Brazil.
Zhipu LuoSynchrotron Radiation Research Section, Macromolecular Crystallography Laboratory, National Cancer Institute, Argonne, Illinois, 60439, USA.
Rabih DarwicheDepartment of Biology, University of Fribourg, Chemin du Museé 10, 1700, Fribourg, Switzerland.
Elissa M HudspethNational School of Tropical Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, 77030, USA.
Roger SchneiterDepartment of Biology, University of Fribourg, Chemin du Museé 10, 1700, Fribourg, Switzerland.
Gonçalo A G PereiraGenomics and Expression Laboratory (LGE), Institute of Biology, CP 6109, 13083-862 UNICAMP, Campinas, Brazil.
Jorge M C MondegoAgronomic Institute (IAC), CP 28, CEP 13012-970, Campinas, Brazil. jmcmondego@iac.sp.gov.br.
Oluwatoyin A AsojoNational School of Tropical Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, 77030, USA. asojo@bcm.edu.ORCID 0000-0002-4043-2700
Baylor College of Medicine · USUniversidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP) · BRUniversity of Fribourg · CHAgronomical Institute of Campinas · BRArgonne National Laboratory · US

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The pathogenic fungi Moniliophthora perniciosa causes Witches' Broom Disease (WBD) of cacao. The structure of MpPR-1i, a protein expressed by M. perniciosa when it infects cacao, are presented. This is the first reported de novo structure determined by single-wavelength anomalous dispersion phasing upon soaking with selenourea. Each monomer has flexible loop regions linking the core alpha-beta-alpha sandwich topology that comprise ~50% of the structure, making it difficult to generate an accurate homology model of the protein. MpPR-1i is monomeric in solution but is packed as a high ~70% solvent content, crystallographic heptamer. The greatest conformational flexibility between monomers is found in loops exposed to the solvent channel that connect the two longest strands. MpPR-1i lacks the conserved CAP tetrad and is incapable of binding divalent cations. MpPR-1i has the ability to bind lipids, which may have roles in its infection of cacao. These lipids likely bind in the palmitate binding cavity as observed in tablysin-15, since MpPR-1i binds palmitate with comparable affinity as tablysin-15. Further studies are required to clarify the possible roles and underlying mechanisms of neutral lipid binding, as well as their effects on the pathogenesis of M. perniciosa so as to develop new interventions for WBD.

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AgaricalesBinding SitesCacaoCrystallography, X-RayFungal ProteinsModels, MolecularPalmitatesPlant DiseasesProtein BindingProtein ConformationFungal ProteinsPalmitates

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PMID28798297
PMCPMC5552782
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