Journal: Frontiers in Immunology
Article Title: Insights Into Enhanced Complement Activation by Structures of Properdin and Its Complex With the C-Terminal Domain of C3b
doi: 10.3389/fimmu.2019.02097
Figure Lengend Snippet: Overview of properdin structures. (A) From left to right: P N1/456 , P N12/456 , and P N1/456 -CTC. Structures are depicted in cartoon representation with a semi-transparent molecular surface (top row) and as ADP cartoon putty (bottom row). ADP colors for all three structures are on the same scale of 10–140 Å 2 . (B) Cartoon representation of individual properdin domains; the TSR Trp-ladder residues, disulphides, and glycans are depicted as sticks. A schematic representation of the general TSR domain topology is included, showing the three strands and the position of the WxxWxxW and RxRxR motifs; the three disulphides are represented by dashed lines. TSR domains are shown with the Trp-ladder in approximately the same orientation. TSR1 and TSR2 were taken from FP N12/456 , TSR6 from FP N1/456 -CTC and STB, TSR4 & TSR5 from FP N1/456 . Unless stated otherwise, domains are colored as follows: STB (purple), TSR1 (blue), TSR2 (coral), TSR4 (yellow), TSR5 (green), TSR6 (red) from properdin, and the C3/C3b CTC domain (gray).
Article Snippet: P N1/456 and the C3/C3b-CTC domain were dialyzed overnight at 4°C using a 3.5 kDa cutoff Slide-A-Lyzer Mini Dialysis Unit (Thermo Scientific) against 10 mM HEPES, 50 mM NaCl, pH 7.4.
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