HEADER    IMMUNE SYSTEM                           
COMPND    MOL_ID: 1;                                                  
COMPND   2 MOLECULE: VLSE1;                                           
COMPND   3 CHAIN: A, B, C, D;                                         
COMPND   4 SYNONYM: VARIABLE SURFACE ANTIGEN;                         
COMPND   5 ENGINEERED: YES                                            
SOURCE    MOL_ID: 1;                                                  
SOURCE   2 ORGANISM_SCIENTIFIC: BORRELIA BURGDORFERI;                 
SOURCE   3 ORGANISM_COMMON: LYME DISEASE SPIROCHETE;                  
SOURCE   4 EXPRESSION_SYSTEM: ESCHERICHIA COLI;                       
SOURCE   5 EXPRESSION_SYSTEM_COMMON: BACTERIA                         
RESOLUTION  SOURCE               : APS                        
AUTHOR    C.EICKEN,V.SHARMA,T.KLABUNDE,M.B.LAWRENZ,J.M.HARDHAM,       
AUTHOR   2 S.J.NORRIS,J.C.SACCHETTINI                                 
RESOLUTION     : BRUNGER,ADAMS,CLORE,DELANO,GROS,GROSSE-      
EXPDTA    X-RAY DIFFRACTION                                           
JRNL        AUTH   C.EICKEN,V.SHARMA,T.KLABUNDE,M.B.LAWRENZ,          
JRNL        AUTH 2 J.M.HARDHAM,S.J.NORRIS,J.C.SACCHETTINI             
JRNL        TITL   CRYSTAL STRUCTURE OF LYME DISEASE VARIABLE SURFACE 
JRNL        TITL 2 ANTIGEN VLSE OF BORRELIA BURGDORFERI               
JRNL        REF    J.BIOL.CHEM.                  V. 277 21691 2002    
JRNL        REFN   ASTM JBCHA3  US ISSN 0021-9258                     
RESOLUTION   2.30 ANGSTROMS.                                  



 Sequence in PIR format: 
>P1;1l8wA
 structureX:1l8wA:  52 :A: 342 :A:vlse1:borrelia burgdorferi: 9.99: 9.99
 GGLVAEAFGFKSDPKKSDVKTYFTTVAAKLEKTKTDLNSLP/TAVEGAIKEVSELLDKLVKAVKTAEGASSGTAA
 IGEVVADADAAKVADKASVKGIAKGIKEIVEAAGGSEKLKAVAAAKGENNKGAGKLFGKAGAAAHGDSEAASKAA
 GAVSAVSGEQILSAIVTAADAAEQDGKKPEEAKNPIAAAIGDKDGGAEFGQDE/KKDDQIAAAIALRGAKDGKFA
 VKDGEKEKAEGAIKGAAESAVRKVLGAITGLIGDAVSSGLRKVGDS*




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