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Purification and Crystallization of a Multimodular Heterotrimeric Complex Containing Both Type I and Type II Cohesin-dockerin Interactions from the Cellulosome of Clostridium thermocellum

Journal Article · · Acta Crystallographica Section F: Structural Biology and Crystallization Communications
OSTI ID:1042200
The multimodular scaffoldin subunit CipA is the central component of the cellulosome, a multienzyme plant cell-wall-degrading complex, from Clostridium thermocellum. It captures secreted cellulases and hemicellulases and anchors the entire complex to the cell surface via high-affinity calcium-dependent interactions between cohesin and dockerin modules termed type I and type II interactions. The crystallization of a heterotrimeric complex comprising the type II cohesin module from the cell-surface protein SdbA, a trimodular C-terminal fragment of the scaffoldin CipA and the type I dockerin module from the CelD cellulase is reported. The crystals belonged to space group P2{sub 1}2{sub 1}2{sub 1}, with unit-cell parameters a = 119.37, b = 186.31, c = 191.17 {angstrom}. The crystals diffracted to 2.7 {angstrom} resolution with four or eight molecules of the ternary protein complex in the asymmetric unit.
Research Organization:
BROOKHAVEN NATIONAL LABORATORY (BNL)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE SC OFFICE OF SCIENCE (SC)
DOE Contract Number:
AC02-98CH10886
OSTI ID:
1042200
Report Number(s):
BNL--97878-2012-JA
Journal Information:
Acta Crystallographica Section F: Structural Biology and Crystallization Communications, Journal Name: Acta Crystallographica Section F: Structural Biology and Crystallization Communications Journal Issue: 3 Vol. 66
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English