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X-ray structures of Na-GST-1 and Na-GST-2 two glutathione s-transferase from the human hookworm Necator americanus

BACKGROUND: Human hookworm infection is a major cause of anemia and malnutrition of adults and children in the developing world. As part of on-going efforts to control hookworm infection, The Human Hookworm Vaccine Initiative has identified candidate vaccine antigens from the infective L3 larval sta...

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Autores principales: Asojo, Oluwatoyin A, Homma, Kohei, Sedlacek, Meghan, Ngamelue, Michelle, Goud, Gaddam N, Zhan, Bin, Deumic, Vehid, Asojo, Oluyomi, Hotez, Peter J
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1924862/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17594497
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1472-6807-7-42
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author Asojo, Oluwatoyin A
Homma, Kohei
Sedlacek, Meghan
Ngamelue, Michelle
Goud, Gaddam N
Zhan, Bin
Deumic, Vehid
Asojo, Oluyomi
Hotez, Peter J
author_facet Asojo, Oluwatoyin A
Homma, Kohei
Sedlacek, Meghan
Ngamelue, Michelle
Goud, Gaddam N
Zhan, Bin
Deumic, Vehid
Asojo, Oluyomi
Hotez, Peter J
author_sort Asojo, Oluwatoyin A
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description BACKGROUND: Human hookworm infection is a major cause of anemia and malnutrition of adults and children in the developing world. As part of on-going efforts to control hookworm infection, The Human Hookworm Vaccine Initiative has identified candidate vaccine antigens from the infective L3 larval stages and adult stages of the parasite. Adult stage antigens include the cytosolic glutathione-S-transferases (GSTs). Nematode GSTs facilitate the inactivation and degradation of a variety of electrophilic substrates (drugs) via the nucleophilic addition of reduced glutathione. Parasite GSTs also play significant roles in multi-drug resistance and the modulation of host-immune defense mechanisms. RESULTS: The crystal structures of Na-GST-1 and Na-GST-2, two major GSTs from Necator americanus the main human hookworm parasite, have been solved at the resolution limits of 2.4 Å and 1.9 Å respectively. The structure of Na-GST-1 was refined to R-factor 18.9% (R-free 28.3%) while that of Na-GST-2 was refined to R-factor 17.1% (R-free 21.7%). Glutathione usurped during the fermentation process in bound in the glutathione binding site (G-site) of each monomer of Na-GST-2. Na-GST-1 is uncomplexed and its G-site is abrogated by Gln 50. These first structures of human hookworm parasite GSTs could aid the design of novel hookworm drugs. CONCLUSION: The 3-dimensional structures of Na-GST-1 and Na-GST-2 show two views of human hookworm GSTs. While the GST-complex structure of Na-GST-2 reveals a typical GST G-site that of Na-GST-1 suggests that there is some conformational flexibility required in order to bind the substrate GST. In addition, the overall binding cavities for both are larger, more open, as well as more accessible to diverse ligands than those of GSTs from organisms that have other major detoxifying mechanisms. The results from this study could aid in the design of novel drugs and vaccine antigens.
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spelling pubmed-19248622007-07-19 X-ray structures of Na-GST-1 and Na-GST-2 two glutathione s-transferase from the human hookworm Necator americanus Asojo, Oluwatoyin A Homma, Kohei Sedlacek, Meghan Ngamelue, Michelle Goud, Gaddam N Zhan, Bin Deumic, Vehid Asojo, Oluyomi Hotez, Peter J BMC Struct Biol Research Article BACKGROUND: Human hookworm infection is a major cause of anemia and malnutrition of adults and children in the developing world. As part of on-going efforts to control hookworm infection, The Human Hookworm Vaccine Initiative has identified candidate vaccine antigens from the infective L3 larval stages and adult stages of the parasite. Adult stage antigens include the cytosolic glutathione-S-transferases (GSTs). Nematode GSTs facilitate the inactivation and degradation of a variety of electrophilic substrates (drugs) via the nucleophilic addition of reduced glutathione. Parasite GSTs also play significant roles in multi-drug resistance and the modulation of host-immune defense mechanisms. RESULTS: The crystal structures of Na-GST-1 and Na-GST-2, two major GSTs from Necator americanus the main human hookworm parasite, have been solved at the resolution limits of 2.4 Å and 1.9 Å respectively. The structure of Na-GST-1 was refined to R-factor 18.9% (R-free 28.3%) while that of Na-GST-2 was refined to R-factor 17.1% (R-free 21.7%). Glutathione usurped during the fermentation process in bound in the glutathione binding site (G-site) of each monomer of Na-GST-2. Na-GST-1 is uncomplexed and its G-site is abrogated by Gln 50. These first structures of human hookworm parasite GSTs could aid the design of novel hookworm drugs. CONCLUSION: The 3-dimensional structures of Na-GST-1 and Na-GST-2 show two views of human hookworm GSTs. While the GST-complex structure of Na-GST-2 reveals a typical GST G-site that of Na-GST-1 suggests that there is some conformational flexibility required in order to bind the substrate GST. In addition, the overall binding cavities for both are larger, more open, as well as more accessible to diverse ligands than those of GSTs from organisms that have other major detoxifying mechanisms. The results from this study could aid in the design of novel drugs and vaccine antigens. BioMed Central 2007-06-26 /pmc/articles/PMC1924862/ /pubmed/17594497 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1472-6807-7-42 Text en Copyright © 2007 Asojo et al; licensee BioMed Central Ltd. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0 This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License ( (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0) ), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
spellingShingle Research Article
Asojo, Oluwatoyin A
Homma, Kohei
Sedlacek, Meghan
Ngamelue, Michelle
Goud, Gaddam N
Zhan, Bin
Deumic, Vehid
Asojo, Oluyomi
Hotez, Peter J
X-ray structures of Na-GST-1 and Na-GST-2 two glutathione s-transferase from the human hookworm Necator americanus
title X-ray structures of Na-GST-1 and Na-GST-2 two glutathione s-transferase from the human hookworm Necator americanus
title_full X-ray structures of Na-GST-1 and Na-GST-2 two glutathione s-transferase from the human hookworm Necator americanus
title_fullStr X-ray structures of Na-GST-1 and Na-GST-2 two glutathione s-transferase from the human hookworm Necator americanus
title_full_unstemmed X-ray structures of Na-GST-1 and Na-GST-2 two glutathione s-transferase from the human hookworm Necator americanus
title_short X-ray structures of Na-GST-1 and Na-GST-2 two glutathione s-transferase from the human hookworm Necator americanus
title_sort x-ray structures of na-gst-1 and na-gst-2 two glutathione s-transferase from the human hookworm necator americanus
topic Research Article
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1924862/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17594497
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1472-6807-7-42
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