title: Structural relationship of streptavidin to the calycin protein superfamily.
abstract: Streptavidin is a binding protein, from the bacteria Streptomyces avidinii, with remarkable affinity for the vitamin biotin. The lipocalins and the fatty acid-binding proteins (FABPs), are two other protein families which also act by binding small hydrophobic molecules. Within a similar overall folding pattern (a beta-barrel with a repeated +1 topology), large parts of the lipocalin, FABP, and streptavidin molecules can be structurally equivalenced. The first structurally conserved region within the three-dimensional alignment, or common core, characteristic of the three groups corresponds to an unusual structural feature (a short 3(10) helix leading into a beta-strand, the first of the barrel), conserved in both its conformation and its location within their folds, which also displays characteristic sequence conservation. These similarities of structure and sequence suggest that all three families form part of a larger group: the calycin structural superfamily.
authors.affiliation: Department of Physical Chemistry, Fisons Plc, Pharmaceuticals Division, R & D Laboratories, Loughborough, Leicestershire, UK.
authors.forename: D R
authors.initials: DR
authors.lastname: Flower
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D001426:Bacterial Proteins / Q000737:chemistry*; D002352:Carrier Proteins / Q000737:chemistry*; D000071438:Fatty Acid-Binding Protein 7; D050556:Fatty Acid-Binding Proteins; D006801:Humans; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009363:Neoplasm Proteins; D009419:Nerve Tissue Proteins; D017433:Protein Structure, Secondary; D051381:Rats; D012177:Retinol-Binding Proteins / Q000737:chemistry*; D017386:Sequence Homology, Amino Acid; D019809:Streptavidin; D025521:Tumor Suppressor Proteins
chemical_list: D001426:Bacterial Proteins; D002352:Carrier Proteins; C107608:FABP7 protein, human; C490174:Fabp7 protein, rat; D000071438:Fatty Acid-Binding Protein 7; D050556:Fatty Acid-Binding Proteins; D009363:Neoplasm Proteins; D009419:Nerve Tissue Proteins; D012177:Retinol-Binding Proteins; D025521:Tumor Suppressor Proteins; D019809:Streptavidin