Clonagem, expressão, purificação e estudos estruturais dos domínios de reconhecimento de carboidratos (CRDs) da galectina-4 humana / Cloning, expression, purification and structural studies of the carbohydrate-recognition domains (CRDs) of human galectin-4

AUTOR(ES)

Ana Lucia Ribeiro Latorre Zimbardi

DATA DE PUBLICAÇÃO

2009

RESUMO

The galectin family comprises a group of lectins where the carbohydrate-recognition domains (CRDs) display specific affinity for ß-galactosides. They are widely distributed in normal and neoplasic cells of different organisms and are involved in a great diversity of cellular mechanisms. The galectins have been focus of recent studies, mainly for their involvement in inflammatory and neoplasic processes, however, many questions about the interactions with different carbohydrates, the specificity of these interactions and the specific role of the galectins in inflammation, cell adhesion, tumor progression and metastasis remain unanswered.The present project focused the strctural studies of human galectin-4 (HGal-4) carbohydrate-recognition domains (CRDs). Our work involved the independent cloning, heterologous expression and purification of both carbohydrate-recognition domains (CRD-I and CRD-II). The HGal-4 CRD-I domain has been successfully crystallized and its structure solved by X-ray crystallography techniques at 2 Å resolution. The crystallographic structure of HGal-4 CRD-I domain comprises two -sheets containing six (S1- S6) and five strands (F1-F6) each packed as a -sandwich domain. A structural comparison among members of galectin class of proteins shows that this folding is highly conserved and that the difference in specificity for carbohydrate molecules is consequence of punctual aminoacid mutations. Our results will be used as an important tool towards a better understanding of cellular processes such as inflammation, cell progression and metastasis, and consequently, contribute for the development of new strategies for diagnosis and treatment of neoplasies.

ASSUNTO(S)

cloning human galectin-4 galectin clonagem lectinas galetina-4 humana

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