PMID: 9559680

Authors:

Taylor P, Page AP, Kontopidis G, Husi H, Walkinshaw MD

Title:

The X-ray structure of a divergent cyclophilin from the nematode parasite Brugia malayi.

Journal:

FEBS Lett. 1998 Mar 27;425(2):361-6.

Abstract:

A structure of residues 1-177 of the cyclophilin domain of a large divergent cyclophilin from the filarial nematode parasite Brugia malayi has been crystallised and solved in two different crystal forms. The active site has a similar structure to that of human cyclophilin A. Two of the 13 residues important in forming the human cyclophilin A/cyclosporin A complex are altered in the B. malayi cyclophilin and explain the relatively poor inhibition of peptidyl prolyl isomerase activity by cyclosporin A.