The 2.4 Å resolution crystal structure of boar seminal plasma PSP-I/PSP-II: A zona pellucida-binding glycoprotein heterodimer of the spermadhesin family built by a CUB domain architecture

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 274, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 635-649

  Varela, Paloma F ^a   Romero, Antonio ^a   Sanz, Libia ^b   Romão, Maria J ^c,d   Töpfer Petersen, Edda ^b   Calvete, Juan J ^b  

^a CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIONES BIOLÓGICAS   (Spain)

^b Inst fur Reproduktionsmedizin   (Germany)

^c INSTITUTO DE TECNOLOGIA QUÍMICA E BIOLÓGICA   (Portugal)

^d INSTITUTO SUPERIOR TÉCNICO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Carbohydrate binding protein; Mammalian fertilization; Porcine seminal plasma PSP I PSP II; Spermadhesin; Zona pellucida binding protein

Indexed keywords

DIMER; GALECTIN; GLYCOPROTEIN; LECTIN; N ACETYLGLUCOSAMINE; PROTEIN SUBUNIT; SPERM ANTIGEN; SPERMADHESIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; WATER; SEMINAL VESICLE SECRETORY PROTEIN; SEMINAL VESICLE SECRETORY PROTEIN 109, PORCINE; SEMINAL VESICLE SECRETORY PROTEIN II, PORCINE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; DISULFIDE BOND; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN FAMILY; PROTEIN FOLDING; SEMINAL PLASMA; SWINE; ZONA PELLUCIDA; ANIMAL; CARBOHYDRATE METABOLISM; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIMERIZATION; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; VIRUS CAPSID; X RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHY;

MAMMALIA; MIRIDAE; SUIDAE; SUS SCROFA;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BINDING SITES; CAPSID; CARBOHYDRATE METABOLISM; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY, X-RAY; DIMERIZATION; GLYCOPROTEINS; MALE; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; SEMINAL VESICLE SECRETORY PROTEINS; SWINE; WATER; ZONA PELLUCIDA;

EID: 0031565824     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jmbi.1997.1424     Document Type: Article

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