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Crystal structure of calcium dodecin (Rv0379), from Mycobacterium tuberculosis with a unique calcium-binding site
✍ Scribed by Arulandu Arockiasamy; Anup Aggarwal; Christos G. Savva; Andreas Holzenburg; James C. Sacchettini
- Publisher
- Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press
- Year
- 2011
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 285 KB
- Volume
- 20
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0961-8368
- DOI
- 10.1002/pro.607
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✦ Synopsis
Abstract
In eukaryotes, calcium‐binding proteins play a pivotal role in diverse cellular processes, and recent findings suggest similar roles for bacterial proteins at different stages in their life cycle. Here, we report the crystal structure of calcium dodecin, Rv0379, from Mycobacterium tuberculosis with a dodecameric oligomeric assembly and a unique calcium‐binding motif. Structure and sequence analysis were used to identify orthologs of Rv0379 with different ligand‐binding specificity.