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Three-dimensional NMR Structure of Hen Egg Gallin (Chicken Ovodefensin) Reveals a New Variation of the β-Defensin Fold

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Background: Ovodefensins are small peptides from eggs, related to avian antimicrobial defensins. Results: The first three-dimensional structure of ovodefensins (gallin) is solved, and its antimicrobial properties are screened. Conclusion: Gallin adopts a -defensin fold, with significant variations. Its antibacterial spectrum was restricted to E. coli. Significance: The first structural features may be related to E. coli specificity and/or other yet unknown functions. Gallin is a 41-residue protein, first identified as a minor component of hen egg white and found to be antimicrobial against Escherichia coli. Gallin may participate in the protection of the embryo during its development in the egg. Its sequence is related to antimicrobial -defensin peptides. In the present study, gallin was chemically synthesized 1) to further investigate its antimicrobial spectrum and 2) to solve its three-dimensional NMR structure and thus gain insight into structure-function relationships, a prerequisite to understanding its mode(s) of action. Antibacterial assays confirmed that gallin was active against Escherichia coli, but no additional antibacterial activity was observed against the other Gram-positive or Gram-negative bacteria tested. The three-dimensional structure of gallin, which is the first ovodefensin structure to have been solved to date, displays a new five-stranded arrangement. The gallin three-dimensional fold contains the three-stranded antiparallel -sheet and the disulfide bridge array typical of vertebrate -defensins. Gallin can therefore be unambiguously classified as a -defensin. However, an additional short two-stranded -sheet reveals that gallin and presumably the other ovodefensins form a new structural subfamily of -defensins. Moreover, gallin and the other ovodefensins calculated by homology modeling exhibit atypical hydrophobic surface properties, compared with the already known vertebrate -defensins. These specific structural features of gallin might be related to its restricted activity against E. coli and/or to other yet unknown functions. This work provides initial understanding of a critical sequence-structure-function relationship for the ovodefensin family.
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hal-01118312 , version 1 (27-05-2020)

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Virginie Hervé, Hervé Meudal, Valérie Labas, Sophie Réhault-Godbert, Joël Gautron, et al.. Three-dimensional NMR Structure of Hen Egg Gallin (Chicken Ovodefensin) Reveals a New Variation of the β-Defensin Fold. Journal of Biological Physics and Chemistry, 2014, 289 (10), pp.7211-20. ⟨10.1074/jbc.M113.507046⟩. ⟨hal-01118312⟩
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