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- Title
Structural Studies of an Anti-Inflammatory Lectin from <i>Canavalia boliviana</i> Seeds in Complex with Dimannosides.
- Authors
Bezerra, Gustavo Arruda; Viertlmayr, Roland; Moura, Tales Rocha; Delatorre, Plínio; Rocha, Bruno Anderson Matias; do Nascimento, Kyria Santiago; Figueiredo, Jozi Godoy; Bezerra, Ingrid Gonçalves; Teixeira, Cicero Silvano; Simões, Rafael Conceição; Nagano, Celso Shiniti; de Alencar, Nylane Maria Nunes; Gruber, Karl; Cavada, Benildo Sousa
- Abstract
Plant lectins, especially those purified from species of the Leguminosae family, represent the best-studied group of carbohydrate-binding proteins. Lectins purified from seeds of the Diocleinae subtribe exhibit a high degree of sequence identity notwithstanding that they show very distinct biological activities. Two main factors have been related to this feature: variance in key residues influencing the carbohydrate-binding site geometry and differences in the pH-dependent oligomeric state profile. In this work, we have isolated a lectin from Canavalia boliviana (Cbol) and solved its x-ray crystal structure in the unbound form and in complex with the carbohydrates Man(α1-3)Man(α1-O)Me, Man(α1-4)Man(α1-O)Me and 5-bromo-4-chloro-3-indolyl-α-D-mannose. We evaluated its oligomerization profile at different pH values using Small Angle X-ray Scattering and compared it to that of Concanavalin A. Based on predicted pKa-shifts of amino acids in the subunit interfaces we devised a model for the dimer-tetramer equilibrium phenomena of these proteins. Additionally, we demonstrated Cbol anti-inflammatory properties and further characterized them using in vivo and in vitro models.
- Subjects
PLANT lectins; ANTI-inflammatory agents; CANAVALIA; SEEDS; PLANT species; LEGUMES
- Publication
PLoS ONE, 2014, Vol 9, Issue 5, p1
- ISSN
1932-6203
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1371/journal.pone.0097015