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ArticleToxins2020

Primary Sequence and 3D Structure Prediction of the Plant Toxin Stenodactylin.

Rosario Iglesias, Letizia Polito, Massimo Bortolotti, Manuela Pedrazzi, Lucía Citores, José M Ferreras, Andrea Bolognesi

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Article in Toxins, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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5 citing papers in PubMed, 7 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Rosario IglesiasDepartment of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology and Physiology, Faculty of Sciences, University of Valladolid, E-47011 Valladolid, Spain.ORCID 0000-0002-5021-1733
Letizia PolitoDepartment of Experimental, Diagnostic and Specialty Medicine-DIMES, General Pathology Section, Alma Mater Studiorum-University of Bologna, Via S. Giacomo 14, 40126 Bologna, Italy.ORCID 0000-0001-8051-4981
Massimo BortolottiDepartment of Experimental, Diagnostic and Specialty Medicine-DIMES, General Pathology Section, Alma Mater Studiorum-University of Bologna, Via S. Giacomo 14, 40126 Bologna, Italy.ORCID 0000-0001-9030-2237
Manuela PedrazziDepartment of Experimental, Diagnostic and Specialty Medicine-DIMES, General Pathology Section, Alma Mater Studiorum-University of Bologna, Via S. Giacomo 14, 40126 Bologna, Italy.
Lucía CitoresDepartment of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology and Physiology, Faculty of Sciences, University of Valladolid, E-47011 Valladolid, Spain.
José M FerrerasDepartment of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology and Physiology, Faculty of Sciences, University of Valladolid, E-47011 Valladolid, Spain.ORCID 0000-0003-4816-5878
Andrea BolognesiDepartment of Experimental, Diagnostic and Specialty Medicine-DIMES, General Pathology Section, Alma Mater Studiorum-University of Bologna, Via S. Giacomo 14, 40126 Bologna, Italy.ORCID 0000-0001-7497-4586
University of Bologna · ITUniversidad de Valladolid · ES

Funding

Consejería de Educación, Junta de Castilla y León VA033G19Fondazione CARISBO Project 2019.0539
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Stenodactylin is one of the most potent type 2 ribosome-inactivating proteins (RIPs); its high toxicity has been demonstrated in several models both in vitro and in vivo. Due to its peculiarities, stenodactylin could have several medical and biotechnological applications in neuroscience and cancer treatment. In this work, we report the complete amino acid sequence of stenodactylin and 3D structure prediction. The comparison between the primary sequence of stenodactylin and other RIPs allowed us to identify homologies/differences and the amino acids involved in RIP toxic activity. Stenodactylin RNA was isolated from plant caudex, reverse transcribed through PCR and the cDNA was amplificated and cloned into a plasmid vector and further analyzed by sequencing. Nucleotide sequence analysis showed that stenodactylin A and B chains contain 251 and 258 amino acids, respectively. The key amino acids of the active site described for ricin and most other RIPs are also conserved in the stenodactylin A chain. Stenodactylin amino acid sequence shows a high identity degree with volkensin (81.7% for A chain, 90.3% for B chain), whilst when compared with other type 2 RIPs the identity degree ranges from 27.7 to 33.0% for the A chain and from 42.1 to 47.7% for the B chain.

Indexed as

Amino Acid SequenceForecastingLectinsN-Glycosyl HydrolasesPhylogenyPlant ProteinsProtein Structure, SecondaryProtein Structure, TertiaryToxins, BiologicalLectinsN-Glycosyl HydrolasesPlant Proteinsstenodactylin protein, Adenia stenodactylaToxins, Biological3D structureplant toxinprimary sequenceribosome-inactivating proteinstenodactylintoxic lectin

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