2Y1S

Microvirin lectin

Summary for 2Y1S

• Entry DOI: 10.2210/pdb2y1s/pdb
• Descriptor: Mannan-binding lectin (1 entity in total)
• Functional Keywords: sugar binding protein, cyanovirin family, cell-cell attachment, anti-hiv protein
• Biological source: Microcystis aeruginosa
• Total number of polymer chains: 1
• Total formula weight: 12186.16

Authors

Bewley, C.A.,Hussan, S. (deposition date: 2010-12-10, release date: 2011-04-06, Last modification date: 2024-10-23)

Primary citation

Shahzad-ul-Hussan, S.,Gustchina, E.,Ghirlando, R.,Clore, G.M.,Bewley, C.A.
Solution structure of the monovalent lectin microvirin in complex with Man(alpha)(1-2)Man provides a basis for anti-HIV activity with low toxicity.
J. Biol. Chem., 286:20788-20796, 2011

PubMed Abstract: Lectins that bind surface envelope glycoprotein gp120 of HIV with high avidity can potently inhibit viral entry. Yet properties such as multivalency that facilitate strong interactions can also cause nonspecific binding and toxicity. The cyanobacterial lectin microvirin (MVN) is unusual as it potently inhibits HIV-1 with negligible toxicity compared with cyanovirin-N (CVN), its well studied antiviral homolog. To understand the structural and mechanistic basis for these differences, we solved the solution structure of MVN free and in complex with its ligand Manα(1-2)Man, and we compared specificity and time windows of inhibition with CVN and Manα(1-2)Man-specific mAb 2G12. We show by NMR and analytical ultracentrifugation that MVN is monomeric in solution, and we demonstrate by NMR that Manα(1-2)Man-terminating carbohydrates interact with a single carbohydrate-binding site. Synchronized infectivity assays show that 2G12, MVN, and CVN inhibit entry with distinct kinetics. Despite shared specificity for Manα(1-2)Man termini, combinations of the inhibitors are synergistic suggesting they recognize discrete glycans and/or dynamic glycan conformations on gp120. Entry assays employing amphotropic viruses show that MVN is inactive, whereas CVN potently inhibits both. In addition to demonstrating that HIV-1 can be inhibited through monovalent interactions, given the similarity of the carbohydrate-binding site common to MVN and CVN, these data suggest that gp120 behaves as a clustered glycan epitope and that multivalent-protein interactions achievable with CVN but not MVN are required for inhibition of some viruses.

PubMed: 21471192
DOI: 10.1074/jbc.M111.232678

Experimental method

SOLUTION NMR