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The structure of OMCI, a novel lipocalin inhibitor of the complement system.
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The complement (C) system is a potent innate immune defence system against parasites. We have recently characterised and expressed OmCI, a 16 kDa protein derived from the soft tick Ornithodoros moubata that specifically binds C5, thereby preventing C activation. The structure of recombinant OmCI determined at 1.9 A resolution confirms a lipocalin fold and reveals that the protein binds a fatty acid derivative that we have identified by mass spectrometry as ricinoleic acid. We propose that OmC...
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- Journal:
- Journal of molecular biology
- Volume:
- 369
- Issue:
- 3
- Pages:
- 784-793
- Publication date:
- 2007-06-01
- DOI:
- EISSN:
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1089-8638
- ISSN:
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0022-2836
- Source identifiers:
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28040
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- English
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- pubs:28040
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- 2012-12-19
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- 2007
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