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Structure of ricin A-chain at 2.5 Å

✍ Scribed by Betsy J. Katzin; Edward J. Collins; Jon D. Robertus

Publisher
John Wiley and Sons
Year
1991
Tongue
English
Weight
847 KB
Volume
10
Category
Article
ISSN
0887-3585

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✦ Synopsis

Abstract

Ricin has been refined in a crystallographic sense to 2.5 Å resolution and the model for the A‐chain (RTA) is described in detail. Because RTA is the first member of the class of plant toxins to be analyzed, this model probably defines the major structural characteristics of the entire family of these medically important proteins. Explanations are provided to rationalize amino acids that are conserved between RTA and a number of homologous plant and bacterial toxins. Eight invariant residues appear to be involved in creating or stabilizing the active site. In the active site Arg180 and Glu177 are hydrogen bonded to each other and also coordinate a water molecule; each of these groups may be important in the N‐glycosidation reaction. Several other polar residues may play lesser roles in the mechanism, including tyrosines 80 and 123 and asparagines 78 and 209. A number of conserved hydrophobic residues are seen to cluster within several patches and probably drive the overall folding of the toxin molecule.

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