A TNF-like Trimeric Lectin Domain from Burkholderia cenocepacia with Specificity for Fucosylated Human Histo-Blood Group Antigens

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Authors

ŠULÁK Ondřej CIOCI Gianluca DELIA Monia LAHMANN Martina VARROT Annabelle IMBERTY Anne WIMMEROVÁ Michaela

Year of publication 2010
Type Article in Periodical
Magazine / Source Structure
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Faculty of Science

Citation
Web http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&dopt=Citation&list_uids=20152153
Doi http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.str.2009.10.021
Field Macromolecular chemistry
Keywords lectin; Burkholderia cenocepacia; pathogen; TNF
Description The opportunistic pathogen Burkholderia cenocepacia expresses several soluble lectins, among them BC2L-C. This lectin exhibits two domains: a C-terminal domain with high sequence similarity to the recently described calcium-dependent mannose-binding lectin BC2L-A, and an N-terminal domain of 156 amino acids without similarity to any known protein. The recombinant N-terminal BC2L-C domain is a new lectin with specificity for fucosylated human histo-blood group epitopes H-type 1, Lewis b, and Lewis Y, as determined by glycan array and isothermal titration calorimetry. Methylselenofucoside was used as ligand to solve the crystal structure of the N-terminal BC2L-C domain. Additional molecular modeling studies rationalized the preference for Lewis epitopes. The structure reveals a trimeric jellyroll arrangement with striking similarity to TNF-like proteins, and to BclA, the spore protein from Bacillus anthracis which may play an important role in bioadhesion of anthrax spores in human lungs.
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