Bacterial alpha-L-rhamnosidase 6 hairpin glycosidase domain. This family consists of bacterial rhamnosidase A and B enzymes. L-Rhamnose is abundant in biomass as a common constituent of glycolipids and glycosides, such as plant pigments, pectic polysaccharides, gums or biosurfactants. Some rhamnosides are important bioactive compounds. For example, terpenyl glycosides, the glycosidic precursor of aromatic terpenoids, act as important flavouring substances in grapes. Other rhamnosides act as cytotoxic rhamnosylated terpenoids, as signal substances in plants or play a role in the antigenicity of pathogenic bacteria.
Ornithodoros moubata CI, O. moubata moubatin, and similar proteins. The soft tick Ornithodoros moubata complement inhibitor CI (OmCI, also known as coversin) specifically targets C5, a member of the C3/C4/C5 protein family that orchestrates the assembly of the terminal C multiprotein complexes. O. moubata moubatin is a specific inhibitor of collagen-induced platelet aggregation. This subgroup belongs to the lipocalin/cytosolic fatty-acid binding protein family which have a large beta-barrel ligand-binding cavity. Lipocalins are mainly low molecular weight extracellular proteins that bind principally small hydrophobic ligands, and form covalent or non-covalent complexes with soluble macromolecules, as well as membrane bound-receptors. They participate in processes such as ligand transport, modulation of cell growth and metabolism, regulation of immune response, smell reception, tissue development and animal behavior. Cytosolic fatty-acid binding proteins, also bind hydrophobic ligands in a non-covalent, reversible manner, and have been implicated in intracellular uptake, transport and storage of hydrophobic ligands, regulation of lipid metabolism and sequestration of excess toxic fatty acids, as well as in signaling, gene expression, inflammation, cell growth and proliferation, and cancer development.
Crystalstructure of GH78 family rhamnosidase of Bacillus SP. GL1 AT 1.9 A [Bacillus sp. GL1],2OKX_B Crystal structure of GH78 family rhamnosidase of Bacillus SP. GL1 AT 1.9 A [Bacillus sp. GL1]