4UAO

Crystal structure of Apical Membrane Antigen 1 from Plasmodium Knowlesi in complex with an invasion inhibitory antibody

4UAO の概要

• エントリーDOI: 10.2210/pdb4uao/pdb
• 関連するPDBエントリー: 4UV6
• 分子名称: Apical merozoite antigen 1, immunoglobulin R31C2 light chain, immunoglobulin R31C2 VH and CH1 regions (3 entities in total)
• 機能のキーワード: malaria, cell invasion, invasion inhibitory antibody
• 由来する生物種: Plasmodium knowlesi; 詳細
• タンパク質・核酸の鎖数: 3
• 化学式量合計: 90150.63

構造登録者

Vulliez-Le Normand, B.,Saul, F.A.,Bentley, G.A. (登録日: 2014-08-11, 公開日: 2015-04-29, 最終更新日: 2024-10-23)

主引用文献

Vulliez-Le Normand, B.,Faber, B.W.,Saul, F.A.,van der Eijk, M.,Thomas, A.W.,Singh, B.,Kocken, C.H.,Bentley, G.A.
Crystal Structure of Plasmodium knowlesi Apical Membrane Antigen 1 and Its Complex with an Invasion-Inhibitory Monoclonal Antibody.
Plos One, 10:e0123567-e0123567, 2015

PubMed Abstract: The malaria parasite Plasmodium knowlesi, previously associated only with infection of macaques, is now known to infect humans as well and has become a significant public health problem in Southeast Asia. This species should therefore be targeted in vaccine and therapeutic strategies against human malaria. Apical Membrane Antigen 1 (AMA1), which plays a role in Plasmodium merozoite invasion of the erythrocyte, is currently being pursued in human vaccine trials against P. falciparum. Recent vaccine trials in macaques using the P. knowlesi orthologue PkAMA1 have shown that it protects against infection by this parasite species and thus should be developed for human vaccination as well. Here, we present the crystal structure of Domains 1 and 2 of the PkAMA1 ectodomain, and of its complex with the invasion-inhibitory monoclonal antibody R31C2. The Domain 2 (D2) loop, which is displaced upon binding the Rhoptry Neck Protein 2 (RON2) receptor, makes significant contacts with the antibody. R31C2 inhibits binding of the Rhoptry Neck Protein 2 (RON2) receptor by steric blocking of the hydrophobic groove and by preventing the displacement of the D2 loop which is essential for exposing the complete binding site on AMA1. R31C2 recognizes a non-polymorphic epitope and should thus be cross-strain reactive. PkAMA1 is much less polymorphic than the P. falciparum and P. vivax orthologues. Unlike these two latter species, there are no polymorphic sites close to the RON2-binding site of PkAMA1, suggesting that P. knowlesi has not developed a mechanism of immune escape from the host's humoral response to AMA1.

PubMed: 25886591
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0123567

実験手法

X-RAY DIFFRACTION (3.1 Å)