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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
1
pubmed:dateCreated
2001-12-12
pubmed:databankReference
pubmed:abstractText
The crystal structure of the specific carrier of retinol (retinol-binding protein, RBP) purified from chicken plasma has been determined (space group P2(1)2(1)2(1), with a=46.06(5) A, b=53.56(6) A, c=73.41(8) A, and one protein molecule in the asymmetric unit). Despite being obtained from a species phylogenetically distant from mammals, chicken holoRBP has an overall structure that closely resembles the previously determined structures of mammalian holoRBPs. The lack in chicken RBP of eight carboxy-terminal amino acid residues characteristic of mammalian RBPs does not significantly affect the protein structure. A distinctive feature of the avian protein is a better definition of the loop 63-67, close to the opening of the beta-barrel cavity accommodating the retinol molecule, which is rather disordered in the structures of mammalian RBPs.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Nov
pubmed:issn
0006-3002
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
26
pubmed:volume
1550
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
64-9
pubmed:dateRevised
2007-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2001
pubmed:articleTitle
Structure of chicken plasma retinol-binding protein.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Organic Chemistry, University of Padua and Biopolymer Research Center, CNR, Padua, Italy. giuseppe.zanotti@unipd.it
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Comparative Study, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't