2CWG

CRYSTALLOGRAPHIC REFINEMENT AND STRUCTURE ANALYSIS OF THE COMPLEX OF WHEAT GERM AGGLUTININ WITH A BIVALENT SIALOGLYCOPEPTIDE FROM GLYCOPHORIN A

Summary for 2CWG

• Entry DOI: 10.2210/pdb2cwg/pdb
• Descriptor: AGGLUTININ ISOLECTIN 1 (WGA1), T5 SIALOGLYCOPEPTIDE OF GLYCOPHORIN A, N-acetyl-alpha-neuraminic acid-(2-3)-beta-D-galactopyranose-(1-3)-[N-acetyl-alpha-neuraminic acid-(2-6)]2-acetamido-2-deoxy-alpha-D-glucopyranose, ... (4 entities in total)
• Functional Keywords: lectin(agglutinin)
• Biological source: Triticum aestivum (bread wheat)
• Total number of polymer chains: 4
• Total formula weight: 37969.77

Authors

Wright, C.S. (deposition date: 1993-01-08, release date: 1994-01-31, Last modification date: 2024-11-06)

Primary citation

Wright, C.S.,Jaeger, J.
Crystallographic refinement and structure analysis of the complex of wheat germ agglutinin with a bivalent sialoglycopeptide from glycophorin A.
J.Mol.Biol., 232:620-638, 1993

PubMed Abstract: Wheat germ agglutinin (WGA) elicits a number of biological effects in erythrocytes as a result of specific binding to the transmembrane protein glycophorin A. The structure of co-crystals of WGA (isolectin 1: WGA1) with a bivalent sialoglycopeptide fragment of glycophorin A (T5), determined at 2.0 A resolution, has been further refined and analyzed with respect to ligand-induced changes in the tertiary structure, mobility, solvation, saccharide conformation and protein/saccharide interactions at three independent N-acetyl-D-neuraminic (NeuNAc) binding sites. The final model, which includes the two independent WGA1 monomers (composed of domains A, B, C and D), two positions for bound T5 sialo-tetrasaccharide (NeuNAc-alpha 2,3-Gal-beta 1,3-(alpha 2,6-NeuNAc)GalNAc) and 386 water molecules, refined to a crystallographic R-factor of 17.1% (Fo > 1.0 sigma) and an average temperature factor of 31.99 A2. Comparisons between the tertiary structures of the liganded and unliganded WGA1 dimers indicate that the largest deviations from 2-fold symmetry are localized in domains engaged in sugar binding (B1 and C2) and at the C-terminal domain of monomer II (D2), forming a strong lattice contact. Interactions of the tetrasaccharide with amino acid ligands in the three binding sites and with water were carefully analyzed and compared. Bound conformations of terminal NeuNAc match to within a root-mean-square delta r of 0.3 A. The specificity-determining N-acetyl group superimposes best in comparison with other substituents of the sugar ring. Of the five domain binding sites that are not occupied in this dimeric crosslinked complex, only one is accessible to the NeuNAc monosaccharide as determined from a difference Fourier map at 3.0 A resolution.

PubMed: 8345526
DOI: 10.1006/jmbi.1993.1415

Experimental method

X-RAY DIFFRACTION (2 Å)