Hi,

Another example is the Shiga-like toxin B-subunit pentamer (i.e. the 
cell-surface binding component of this A-B toxin), which binds 3 Gb3 
trisaccharides per monomer:

http://pdbe.org/1bos
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/9485303

Best wishes,

Randy Read

On 4 Mar 2014, at 10:41, Derek Logan <derek.lo...@biochemistry.lu.se> wrote:

> Dear Wei,
> 
> The enzyme ribonucleotide reductase can, depending on organism and class, 
> bind ATP as a substrate in the active site (c), as an allosteric regulator of 
> substrate specificity at another site (s) and as an overall activity 
> regulator at a third site (a)! It can also bind dATP at the second and third 
> sites, but not as a substrate. It cannot bind to sites (c) and (s) at the 
> same time although it could potentially bind to sites (s) and (a) 
> simultaneously. Here is a review that you might find useful:
> 
> http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22050358
> 
> Best wishes
> Derek
> 
> On 4 Mar 2014, at 04:48, Wei Shi <wei.shi...@gmail.com> wrote:
> 
>> Dear all,
>> Does anyone happen to know examples of 2 ligands bind to a single protein / 
>> each monomer protein in 2 different ligand binding pockets? 
>> I know the following example:
>> (1). phosphofructokinase, which binds ATP as both a ligand and a feedback 
>> inhibitor in different sites 
>> (2).  2 cAMP bound to each E. coli CAP monomer in the crystal structure. 
>> 
>> Does any of you know other examples? Thank you so much!
>> 
>> Best,
>> Wei 

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