Nature Communications (Aug 2018)
Architecture of the native major royal jelly protein 1 oligomer
- Wenli Tian,
- Min Li,
- Huiyuan Guo,
- Wenjun Peng,
- Xiaofeng Xue,
- Yifan Hu,
- Yang Liu,
- Yazhou Zhao,
- Xiaoming Fang,
- Kai Wang,
- Xiuting Li,
- Yufeng Tong,
- Michael A. Conlon,
- Wei Wu,
- Fazheng Ren,
- Zhongzhou Chen
Affiliations
- Wenli Tian
- Beijing Advanced Innovation Center for Food Nutrition and Human Health, State Key Laboratory of Agrobiotechnology, China Agricultural University
- Min Li
- Beijing Advanced Innovation Center for Food Nutrition and Human Health, State Key Laboratory of Agrobiotechnology, China Agricultural University
- Huiyuan Guo
- Beijing Advanced Innovation Center for Food Nutrition and Human Health, State Key Laboratory of Agrobiotechnology, China Agricultural University
- Wenjun Peng
- Institute of Apicultural Research, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences
- Xiaofeng Xue
- Institute of Apicultural Research, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences
- Yifan Hu
- Institute of Apicultural Research, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences
- Yang Liu
- Beijing Advanced Innovation Center for Food Nutrition and Human Health, State Key Laboratory of Agrobiotechnology, China Agricultural University
- Yazhou Zhao
- Institute of Apicultural Research, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences
- Xiaoming Fang
- Institute of Apicultural Research, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences
- Kai Wang
- Institute of Apicultural Research, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences
- Xiuting Li
- Beijing Advanced Innovation Center for Food Nutrition and Human Health, Beijing Technology and Business University
- Yufeng Tong
- Structural Genomics Consortium, University of Toronto
- Michael A. Conlon
- CSIRO Health and Biosecurity
- Wei Wu
- Beijing Advanced Innovation Center for Food Nutrition and Human Health, State Key Laboratory of Agrobiotechnology, China Agricultural University
- Fazheng Ren
- Beijing Advanced Innovation Center for Food Nutrition and Human Health, State Key Laboratory of Agrobiotechnology, China Agricultural University
- Zhongzhou Chen
- Beijing Advanced Innovation Center for Food Nutrition and Human Health, State Key Laboratory of Agrobiotechnology, China Agricultural University
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-05619-1
- Journal volume & issue
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Vol. 9,
no. 1
pp. 1 – 12
Abstract
Major royal jelly protein 1 (MRJP1) is the most abundant glycoprotein in royal jelly (RJ). Here the authors isolated MRJP1 from RJ and determined the 2.65 Å resolution crystal structure of the 16-molecule oligomer, which also contained 24-methylenecholesterol and apisimin bound to MRJP1.