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A novel pH-dependent dimerization motif in beta-lactoglobulin from pig (Sus scrofa)
JournalArticle (Originalarbeit in einer wissenschaftlichen Zeitschrift)
 
ID 4531068
Author(s) Hoedemaeker, F. J.; Visschers, R. W.; Alting, A. C.; de Kruif, K. G.; Kuil, M. E.; Abrahams, J. P.
Author(s) at UniBasel Abrahams, Jan Pieter
Year 2002
Title A novel pH-dependent dimerization motif in beta-lactoglobulin from pig (Sus scrofa)
Journal Acta Crystallographica. Section D, Biological Crystallography
Volume 58
Pages / Article-Number 480-486
Mesh terms Science & TechnologyLife Sciences & BiomedicinePhysical SciencesBiochemical Research MethodsBiochemistry & Molecular BiologyBiophysicsCrystallographyBiochemistry & Molecular BiologyBiophysicsCrystallography
Abstract beta-Lactoglobulin (BLG) is a lipocalin and is the major protein in the whey of the milk of cows and other ruminants, but not in all mammalian species. The biological function of BLG is not clear, but a potential role in carrying fatty acids through the digestive tract has been proposed. The capability of BLG to aggregate and form gels is often used to thicken foodstuffs. The structure of the porcine form is sufficiently different from other known BLG structures that SIRAS phases had to be measured in order to solve the crystal structure to 2.4 Angstrom resolution. The r.m.s. deviation of C-alpha atoms is 2.8 Angstrom between porcine and bovine BLG. Nevertheless, the typical lipocalin fold is conserved. Compared with bovine BLG, the tilted alpha-helix alters the arrangement of surface residues of the porcine form, completely changing the dimerization behaviour. Through a unique pH-dependent domain-swapping mechanism involving the first ten residues, a novel dimer interface is formed at the N-terminus of porcine BLG. The existence of this novel dimer at low pH is supported by gel-filtration experiments. These results provide a rationale for the difference in physicochemical behaviour between bovine and porcine BLG and point the way towards engineering such dimerization motifs into other members of the lipocalin family.
Publisher Munksgaard
ISSN/ISBN 0907-4449
edoc-URL https://edoc.unibas.ch/75983/
Full Text on edoc No
Digital Object Identifier DOI 10.1107/S0907444902000616
ISI-Number 000174227200013
Document type (ISI) Article
 
   

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