Crystallization and initial X-ray diffraction studies of scaffolding protein (gp7) of bacteriophage ϕ29
- Departments of Microbiology and Oral Science, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN 55455 (United States)
ϕ29 bacteriophage scaffolding protein (gp7) has been overproduced in E. coli, purified, crystallized and characterized by X-ray diffraction. Two distinct crystal forms were obtained and a diffraction data set was collected to 1.8 Å resolution. The Bacillus subtilis bacteriophage ϕ29 scaffolding protein (gp7) has been crystallized by the hanging-drop vapour-diffusion method at 293 K. Two new distinct crystal forms that both differed from a previously crystallized and solved scaffolding protein were grown under the same conditions. Form I belongs to the primitive tetragonal space group P4{sub 1}2{sub 1}2, with unit-cell parameters a = b = 77.13, c = 37.12 Å. Form II crystals exhibit an orthorhombic crystal form, with space group C222 and unit-cell parameters a = 107.50, b = 107. 80, c = 37.34 Å. Complete data sets have been collected to 1.78 and 1.80 Å for forms I and II, respectively, at 100 K using Cu Kα X-rays from a rotating-anode generator. Calculation of a V{sub M} value of 2.46 Å{sup 3} Da{sup −1} for form I suggests the presence of one molecule in the asymmetric unit, corresponding to a solvent content of 50.90%, whereas form II has a V{sub M} of 4.80 Å{sup 3} Da{sup −1} with a solvent content of 48.76% and two molecules in the asymmetric unit. The structures of both crystal forms are being determined by the molecular-replacement method using the coordinates of the published crystal structure of gp7.
- OSTI ID:
- 22356125
- Journal Information:
- Acta Crystallographica. Section F, Vol. 61, Issue Pt 4; Other Information: PMCID: PMC1952437; PMID: 16511059; PUBLISHER-ID: pu5082; OAI: oai:pubmedcentral.nih.gov:1952437; Copyright (c) International Union of Crystallography 2005; Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); ISSN 1744-3091
- Country of Publication:
- United Kingdom
- Language:
- English
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