Abstract
A complex of concanavalin A with methyl alpha-D-mannopyranoside has been crystallized in space group P212121 with a = 123.9 A, b = 129.1 A and c = 67.5 A. X-ray diffraction intensities to 2.9 A resolution have been collected on a Xentronics/Nicolet area detector. The structure has been solved by molecular replacement where the starting model was based on refined coordinates of an I222 crystal of saccharide-free concanavalin A. The structure of the saccharide complex was refined by restrained least-squares methods to an R-factor value of 0.19. In this crystal form, the asymmetric unit contains four protein subunits, to each of which a molecule of mannoside is bound in a shallow crevice near the surface of the protein. The methyl alpha-D-mannopyranoside molecule is bound in the C1 chair conformation 8.7 A from the calcium-binding site and 12.8 A from the transition metal-binding site. A network of seven hydrogen bonds connects oxygen atoms O-3, O-4, O-5 and O-6 of the mannoside to residues Asn14, Leu99, Tyr100, Asp208 and Arg228. O-2 and O-1 of the mannoside extend into the solvent. O-2 is hydrogen-bonded through a water molecule to an adjacent asymmetric unit. O-1 is not involved in any hydrogen bond and there is no fixed position for its methyl substituent.
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