Multifunctionality and mechanism of ligand binding in a mosquito antiinflammatory protein.
Autor(es): Calvo Eric; Mans Ben J; Ribeiro José M C; Andersen John F
Resumo: The mosquito D7 salivary proteins are encoded by a multigene family related to the arthropod odorant-binding protein (OBP) superfamily. Forms having either one or two OBP domains are found in mosquito saliva. Four single-domain and one two-domain D7 proteins from Anopheles gambiae and Aedes aegypti (AeD7), respectively, were shown to bind biogenic amines with high affinity and with a stoichiometry of one ligand per protein molecule. Sequence comparisons indicated that only the C-terminal domain of AeD7 is homologous to the single-domain proteins from A. gambiae, suggesting that the N-terminal domain may bind a different class of ligands. Here, we describe the 3D structure of AeD7 and examine the ligand-binding characteristics of the N- and C-terminal domains. Isothermal titration calorimetry and ligand complex crystal structures show that the N-terminal domain binds cysteinyl leukotrienes (cysLTs) with high affinities (50-60 nM) whereas the C-terminal domain binds biogenic amines. The lipid chain of the cysLT binds in a hydrophobic pocket of the N-terminal domain, whereas binding of norepinephrine leads to an ordering of the C-terminal portion of the C-terminal domain into an alpha-helix that, along with rotations of Arg-176 and Glu-268 side chains, acts to bury the bound ligand.
Palavras-Chave: Biogenic amine; Bloodfeeding; Leukotriene; Odorant-binding protein; Saliva
Imprenta: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, v. 106, n. 10, p. 3728-3733, 2009
Identificador do objeto digital: 10.1073/pnas.0813190106.
Descritores: Aedes aegypti - Molecular Structure ; Aedes aegypti - Proteins ; Aedes aegypti - Infectious diseases
Data de publicação: 2009
