title: Crystal structures of catrocollastatin/VAP2B reveal a dynamic, modular architecture of ADAM/adamalysin/reprolysin family proteins.
abstract: Catrocollastatin/vascular apoptosis-inducing protein (VAP)2B is a metalloproteinase from Crotalus atrox venom, possessing metalloproteinase/disintegrin/cysteine-rich (MDC) domains that bear the typical domain architecture of a disintegrin and metalloproteinase (ADAM)/adamalysin/reprolysin family proteins. Here we describe crystal structures of catrocollastatin/VAP2B in three different crystal forms, representing the first reported crystal structures of a member of the monomeric class of this family of proteins. The overall structures show good agreement with both monomers of atypical homodimeric VAP1. Comparison of the six catrocollastatin/VAP2B monomer structures and the structures of VAP1 reveals a dynamic, modular architecture that may be important for the functions of ADAM/adamalysin/reprolysin family proteins.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiac Physiology, National Cardiovascular Center Research Institute 5-7-1 Fujishiro-dai, Suita, Osaka 565-8565, Japan.
authors.forename: Tomoko
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Igarashi
authors.forename: Satohiko
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Araki
authors.forename: Hidezo
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Mori
authors.forename: Soichi
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Takeda
mesh_terms: D051722:ADAM Proteins / Q000737:chemistry*; D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D001665:Binding Sites; D018360:Crystallography, X-Ray; D008666:Metalloendopeptidases / Q000737:chemistry*; D008958:Models, Molecular; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D011487:Protein Conformation; D016415:Sequence Alignment; D017386:Sequence Homology, Amino Acid; D014961:X-Ray Diffraction
chemical_list: D051722:ADAM Proteins; D008666:Metalloendopeptidases; C093237:catrocollastatin; C028220:Crotalus adamanteus proteinase II