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X-ray diffraction
1.7Å resolution

FIRST STRUCTURAL EVIDENCE OF THE INHIBITION OF PHOSPHOLIPASE A2 BY ARISTOLOCHIC ACID: CRYSTAL STRUCTURE OF A COMPLEX FORMED BETWEEN PHOSPHOLIPASE A2 AND ARISTOLOCHIC ACID

Released:
DOI: 10.2210/pdb1fv0/pdb
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Source organism: Daboia russelii pulchella
Primary publication:
Structural basis of phospholipase A2 inhibition for the synthesis of prostaglandins by the plant alkaloid aristolochic acid from a 1.7 A crystal structure.
Chandra V, Jasti J, Kaur P, Srinivasan A, Betzel Ch, Singh TP
Biochemistry 41 10914-9 (2002)
PMID: 12206661

Function and Biology Details

Reaction catalysed: 
Phosphatidylcholine + H(2)O = 1-acylglycerophosphocholine + a carboxylate
Biochemical function:
Biological process:
Cellular component:
Sequence domains:
Structure domain:

Structure analysis Details

Assemblies composition:
monomeric
homo tetramer (preferred)
Assembly name:
PDBe Complex ID:
PDB-CPX-157771 (preferred)
Entry contents:
1 distinct polypeptide molecule
Macromolecule:
Basic phospholipase A2 VRV-PL-VIIIa Chains: A, B
Molecule details ›
Chains: A, B
Length: 121 amino acids
Theoretical weight: 13.63 KDa
Source organism: Daboia russelii pulchella
UniProt:
  • Canonical: P59071 (Residues: 1-121; Coverage: 100%)
Sequence domains: Phospholipase A2
Structure domains: Phospholipase A2 domain

Ligands and Environments

5 bound ligands:
Ligand SO4 4 x SO4
Ligand ACT 1 x ACT
Ligand 9AR 1 x 9AR
Ligand GOL 2 x GOL
Ligand DIO 2 x DIO
No modified residues

Experiments and Validation Details

Entry percentile scores
X-ray source: EMBL/DESY, HAMBURG BEAMLINE X11
Spacegroup: C2221
Unit cell:
a: 76.05Å b: 89.48Å c: 76.87Å
α: 90° β: 90° γ: 90°
R-values:
R R work R free
0.212 0.184 0.201

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Citations

7 review citations

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Kang et al. (2011)
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5 mentions without citation

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Silva et al. (2020)
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