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Major Basic Protein
Introduction
Eosinophil Major basic protein, often shortened to Major basic protein (MBP) (also called Proteoglycan 2(PRG2)) in humans is encoded by the PRG2 gene.[1]
Function
Function
The protein encoded by this gene is the predominant constituent of the crystalline core of the eosinophil granule. High levels of the proform of this protein are also present in placenta and pregnancy serum, where it exists as a complex with several other proteins including pregnancy-associated plasma protein A (PAPPA), angiotensinogen (AGT), and C3dg. This protein may be involved in antiparasitic defense mechanisms as a cytotoxin and helminthotoxin, and in immune hypersensitivity reactions. It is directly implicated in epithelial cell damage, exfoliation, and bronchospasm in allergic diseases.[1]
PRG2 is a 117-residue protein that predominates in eosinophil granules. It is a potent enzyme against helminths and is toxic towards bacteria and mammalian cells in vitro. The eosinophil major basic protein also causes the release of histamine from mast cells and basophils, and activates neutrophils and alveolar macrophages.
Structure
Structure
Structurally the major basic protein (MBP) is similar to lectins (sugar-binding proteins), and has a fold similar to that seen in C-type lectins. However, unlike other C-type lectins (those that bind various carbohydrates in the presence of calcium), MBP does not bind either calcium or any of the other carbohydrates that this family recognize.
Instead, MBP recognises heparan sulfate proteoglycans. Two crystallographic structures of MBP have been determined.[2][3]
Interactions
Interactions
Major basic protein has been shown to interact with Pregnancy-associated plasma protein A.[4][5][6]
References
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 “Entrez Gene: PRG2 proteoglycan 2, bone marrow (natural killer cell activator, eosinophil granule major basic protein)”.
- ↑ PDB: 1h8u; Swaminathan GJ, Weaver AJ, Loegering DA, Checkel JL, Leonidas DD, Gleich GJ, Acharya KR (July 2001). “Crystal structure of the eosinophil major basic protein at 1.8 A. An atypical lectin with a paradigm shift in specificity”. J. Biol. Chem. 276 (28): 26197–26203. doi:10.1074/jbc.M100848200. PMID 11319227.
- ↑ PDB: 2brs; Swaminathan GJ, Myszka DG, Katsamba PS, Ohnuki LE, Gleich GJ, Acharya KR (November 2005). “Eosinophil-granule major basic protein, a C-type lectin, binds heparin”. Biochemistry. 44 (43): 14152–14158. doi:10.1021/bi051112b. PMID 16245931.
- ↑ Overgaard, M T; Haaning J; Boldt H B; Olsen I M; Laursen L S; Christiansen M; Gleich G J; Sottrup-Jensen L; Conover C A; Oxvig C (October 2000). “Expression of recombinant human pregnancy-associated plasma protein-A and identification of the proform of eosinophil major basic protein as its physiological inhibitor”. J. Biol. Chem. UNITED STATES. 275 (40): 31128–31133. doi:10.1074/jbc.M001384200. ISSN 0021-9258. PMID 10913121.
- ↑ Overgaard MT, Sorensen ES, Stachowiak D, Boldt HB, Kristensen L, Sottrup-Jensen L, Oxvig C (January 2003). “Complex of pregnancy-associated plasma protein-A and the proform of eosinophil major basic protein. Disulfide structure and carbohydrate attachment”. J. Biol. Chem. United States. 278 (4): 2106–2117. doi:10.1074/jbc.M208777200. ISSN 0021-9258. PMID 12421832.
- ↑ Oxvig, C; Sand O; Kristensen T; Gleich G J; Sottrup-Jensen L (June 1993). “Circulating human pregnancy-associated plasma protein-A is disulfide-bridged to the proform of eosinophil major basic protein”. J. Biol. Chem. UNITED STATES. 268 (17): 12243–6. ISSN 0021-9258. PMID 7685339.
External links
External links
- Eosinophil+Major+Basic+Protein at the US National Library of Medicine Medical Subject Headings (MeSH)
Further reading
Further reading
- Vanhaesebroeck B, Alessi DR (2000). “The PI3K-PDK1 connection: more than just a road to PKB”. Biochem. J. 346 (3): 561–76. doi:10.1042/0264-6021:3460561. PMC 1220886. PMID 10698680.
- Yoshimatsu K, Ohya Y, Shikata Y, et al. (1992). “Purification and cDNA cloning of a novel factor produced by a human T-cell hybridoma: sequence homology with animal lectins”. Mol. Immunol. 29 (4): 537–546. doi:10.1016/0161-5890(92)90012-M. PMID 1565101.
- Barker RL, Loegering DA, Arakawa KC, et al. (1990). “Cloning and sequence analysis of the human gene encoding eosinophil major basic protein”. Gene. 86 (2): 285–289. doi:10.1016/0378-1119(90)90292-Y. PMID 2323577.
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- Wasmoen TL, McKean DJ, Benirschke K, et al. (1990). “Evidence of eosinophil granule major basic protein in human placenta”. J. Exp. Med. 170 (6): 2051–2063. doi:10.1084/jem.170.6.2051. PMC 2189540. PMID 2584934.
- Barker RL, Gleich GJ, Pease LR (1988). “Acidic precursor revealed in human eosinophil granule major basic protein cDNA”. J. Exp. Med. 168 (4): 1493–1498. doi:10.1084/jem.168.4.1493. PMC 2189086. PMID 3171483.
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- Wasmoen TL, Bell MP, Loegering DA, et al. (1988). “Biochemical and amino acid sequence analysis of human eosinophil granule major basic protein”. J. Biol. Chem. 263 (25): 12559–63. PMID 3410852.
- Weller PF, Ackerman SJ, Smith JA (1988). “Eosinophil granule cationic proteins: major basic protein is distinct from the smaller subunit of eosinophil peroxidase”. J. Leukoc. Biol. 43 (1): 1–4. PMID 3422083.
- Kristensen T, Oxvig C, Sand O, et al. (1994). “Amino acid sequence of human pregnancy-associated plasma protein-A derived from cloned cDNA”. Biochemistry. 33 (6): 1592–1598. doi:10.1021/bi00172a040. PMID 7508748.
- Oxvig C, Haaning J, Højrup P, Sottrup-Jensen L (1994). “Location and nature of carbohydrate groups in proform of human major basic protein isolated from pregnancy serum”. Biochem. Mol. Biol. Int. 33 (2): 329–36. PMID 7524900.
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- Oxvig C, Haaning J, Kristensen L, et al. (1995). “Identification of angiotensinogen and complement C3dg as novel proteins binding the proform of eosinophil major basic protein in human pregnancy serum and plasma”. J. Biol. Chem. 270 (23): 13645–13651. doi:10.1074/jbc.270.23.13645. PMID 7539791.
- Oxvig C, Sand O, Kristensen T, et al. (1993). “Circulating human pregnancy-associated plasma protein-A is disulfide-bridged to the proform of eosinophil major basic protein”. J. Biol. Chem. 268 (17): 12243–6. PMID 7685339.
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- Oxvig C, Gleich GJ, Sottrup-Jensen L (1994). “Localization of disulfide bridges and free sulfhydryl groups in human eosinophil granule major basic protein”. FEBS Lett. 341 (2–3): 213–217. doi:10.1016/0014-5793(94)80459-1. PMID 8137941.
- Shikata Y, Hayashi Y, Yoshimatsu K, et al. (1993). “Pro-major basic protein has three types of sugar chains at the pro-portion”. Biochim. Biophys. Acta. 1163 (3): 243–9. doi:10.1016/0167-4838(93)90158-N. PMID 8507662.
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