Octameric+Enolase (Cryptosporidium+parvum


 * Target (protein/gene name): ** Octameric Enolase
 * E.C. Number: **4.2.1.11
 * NCBI Gene # or RefSeq# or **** PBD ID: ** 1W6T
 * Organism: ** Streptococcus Pneumoniae
 * Etiologic Risk Group: **
 * Disease Information: **Pneumococcal disease is an infection caused by Streptococcus pneumoniae bacteria (“pneumococcus”). These bacteria can cause many types of illnesses, including: pneumonia (infection of the lungs), ear infections, sinus infections, meningitis (infection of the covering around the brain and spinal cord), and bacteremia (blood stream infection). Pneumococcus bacteria are spread through coughing, sneezing, and close contact with an infected person.

@https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/travel/diseases/pneumococcal-disease-streptococcus-pneumoniae

Alpha-enolases are ubiquitous cytoplasmic, glycolytic enzymes. In pathogenic bacteria, alpha-enolase doubles as a surface-displayed plasmin(ogen)-binder supporting virulence. The plasmin(ogen)-binding site was initially traced to the two C-terminal lysine residues. More recently, an internal nine-amino acid motif comprising residues 248 to 256 was identified with this function. We report the crystal structure of alpha-enolase from Streptococcus pneumoniae at 2.0A resolution, the first structure both of a plasminogen-binding and of an octameric alpha-enolase. While the dimer is structurally similar to other alpha-enolases, the octamer places the C-terminal lysine residues in an inaccessible, inter-dimer groove restricting the C-terminal lysine residues to a role in folding and oligomerization. The nine residue plasminogen-binding motif, by contrast, is exposed on the octamer surface revealing this as the primary site of interaction between alpha-enolase and plasminogen.
 * Essentiality: **

@https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0022283604010885?via%3Dihub


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Is it a monomer or multimer as biological unit ** ? (make prediction at ** @http://www.ebi.ac.uk/msd-srv/prot_int/pistart.html):
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 * *NCBI Gene # or RefSeq#: **
 * *Protein ID (NP or XP #) or Wolbachia#: **
 * *Organism (including strain): **
 * Etiologic Risk Group (see link below): **
 * */ Disease Information (sort of like the Intro to your Mini Research Write up): **
 * Link to TDR Targets page (if present): **
 * Link to Gene Database page (NCBI, EuPath databases -e.g. TryTryp, PlasmoDB, etc - or PATRIC, etc.) **
 * Essentiality of this protein: **
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 * Druggable Target (list number or cite evidence from a paper/database showing druggable in another organism): **

@http://www.brenda-enzymes.org/enzyme.php?ecno=4.2.1.11
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 * Link to BRENDA EC# page: **
 * -- ** Show screenshot of BRENDA enzyme mechanism schematic


 * Enzyme Assay information (spectrophotometric, coupled assay ?, reagents): **
 * -- link to Sigma (or other company ) page for assay (see Sigma links below) **
 * -- -or link (or citation) to paper that contains assay information **
 * -- links to assay reagents (substrates) pages. **
 * --- List cost and quantity of substrate reagents, supplier, and catalog # **

-- PDB # or closest PDB entry if using homology model: -- For Homology Model option: Show pairwise alignment of your BLASTP search in NCBI against the PDB Query Coverage: Max % Identities: % Positives Chain used for homology:
 * Structure (PDB or Homology model) **


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 * Image of protein (PyMol with features delineated and shown separately): **
 * *Amino Acid Sequence (paste as text only - not as screenshot or as 'code'): **
 * *length of your protein in Amino Acids **
 * Molecular Weight of your protein in kiloDaltons using the [|Expasy ProtParam] website **
 * Molar Extinction coefficient of your protein at 280 nm wavelength: **
 * TMpred graph Image ** (@http://www.ch.embnet.org/software/TMPRED_form.html). Input your amino acid sequence to it.
 * *CDS Gene Sequence (paste as text only): **
 * *GC% Content for gene: **
 * *CDS Gene Sequence (codon optimized) - copy from output of Primer Design Protocol (paste as text only): **
 * *GC% Content for gene (codon optimized): **

Do Not Need this info for Spring (but still copy these lines to your Target page for now) -- Ask a mentor, Dr. B, or a fellow researcher -how to link a GDocs file if you are not sure how to.
 * Primer design results for pNIC-Bsa4 cloning (list seqeunces of all of your ~40 nt long primers): **
 * ( link to DNA Works output text file - ** that should be saved in your Google Docs folder after you did the primer design protocol)

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 * Primer design results for 'tail' primers (this is just 2 sequences): **