2VSG

A Structural Motif in the Variant Surface Glycoproteins of Trypanosoma Brucei

Summary for 2VSG

Entry DOI	10.2210/pdb2vsg/pdb
Related	1VSG
Descriptor	VARIANT SURFACE GLYCOPROTEIN ILTAT 1.24 (2 entities in total)
Functional Keywords	vsg, trypanosome, antigenic variation, membrane protein
Biological source	Trypanosoma brucei
Cellular location	Cell membrane; Lipid-anchor, GPI-anchor: P26329
Total number of polymer chains	2
Total formula weight	76573.48
Authors	Blum, M.L.,Down, J.A.,Metcalf, P.,Freymann, D.M.,Wiley, D.C. (deposition date: 1998-11-19, release date: 1998-11-25, Last modification date: 2023-12-27)
Primary citation	Blum, M.L.,Down, J.A.,Gurnett, A.M.,Carrington, M.,Turner, M.J.,Wiley, D.C. A structural motif in the variant surface glycoproteins of Trypanosoma brucei. Nature, 362:603-609, 1993 Cited by PubMed: 8464512 DOI: 10.1038/362603a0 PDB entries with the same primary citation
Experimental method	X-RAY DIFFRACTION (2.7 Å)

Structure validation