title: Crystal structure of the channel-forming polypeptide antiamoebin in a membrane-mimetic environment.
abstract: Crystals of an ion-channel-forming peptaibol peptide in a partial membrane environment have been obtained by cocrystallizing antiamoebin with n-octanol. The antiamoebin molecule has a bent helical conformation very similar to that established for Leu-zervamicin, despite a significantly different sequence for residues 1-8. The bent helices assemble to form a polar channel in the shape of an hour glass that is quite comparable to that of Leu-zervamicin. The molecules of cocrystallized octanol are found in two different areas with respect to the assembly of peptide molecules. One octanol molecule mimics a membrane segment along the hydrophobic exterior of the channel assembly. The other octanol molecules fill the channel in such a way that their OH termini satisfy the C==O moieties directed into the interior of the channel. Structure parameters for C82 H27 N17 O20(.3) C8H18O are space group P2(1) 2(1) 2(1), a = 9.143(2) A, b = 28.590(8) A, c = 44.289(8) A, Z = 4, agreement factor R1 = 11.95% for 4,113 observed reflections [>4sigma(F)], resolution approximately 1.0 A.
authors.affiliation: Laboratory for the Structure of Matter, Naval Research Laboratory, Washington, DC 20375-5341, USA.
authors.forename: I L
authors.initials: IL
authors.lastname: Karle
authors.forename: M A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Perozzo
authors.forename: V K
authors.initials: VK
authors.lastname: Mishra
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Balaram
mesh_terms: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000378:metabolism; D018360:Crystallography, X-Ray; D007473:Ion Channels / Q000737:chemistry*; D008958:Models, Molecular; D018716:Molecular Mimicry; D054848:Peptaibols; D010455:Peptides; D011487:Protein Conformation
chemical_list: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents; D007473:Ion Channels; D054848:Peptaibols; D010455:Peptides; C006596:antiamoebin