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Title: Purification, crystallization and preliminary crystallographic analysis of Streptococcus pyogenes laminin-binding protein Lbp

Journal Article · · Acta Crystallographica. Section F
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  1. School of Biological Sciences, University of Auckland, Private Bag 92019, Auckland (New Zealand)
  2. School of Medical Sciences, University of Auckland, Private Bag 92019, Auckland (New Zealand)

The S. pyogenes laminin-binding protein Lbp, which is essential for adhesion to human laminin, has been expressed, purified and crystallized. The laminin-binding protein Lbp (Spy2007) from Streptococcus pyogenes (a group A streptococcus) mediates adhesion to the human basal lamina glycoprotein laminin. Accordingly, Lbp is essential in in vitro models of cell adhesion and invasion. However, the molecular and structural basis of laminin binding by bacteria remains unknown. Therefore, the lbp gene has been cloned for recombinant expression in Escherichia coli. Lbp has been purified and crystallized from 30%(w/v) PEG 1500 by the sitting-drop vapour-diffusion method. The crystals belonged to the monoclinic space group P2{sub 1}, with unit-cell parameters a = 42.62, b = 92.16, c = 70.61 Å, β = 106.27°, and diffracted to 2.5 Å resolution.

OSTI ID:
22360501
Journal Information:
Acta Crystallographica. Section F, Vol. 64, Issue Pt 2; Other Information: PMCID: PMC2374178; PMID: 18259070; PUBLISHER-ID: hc5043; OAI: oai:pubmedcentral.nih.gov:2374178; Copyright (c) International Union of Crystallography 2008; Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); ISSN 1744-3091
Country of Publication:
United Kingdom
Language:
English