Expression, purification and preliminary crystallographic analysis of oligopeptidase B from Trypanosoma brucei
Journal Article
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· Acta Crystallographica. Section F
- Department of Biological Sciences, University of Warwick, Gibbet Hill Road, Coventry CV4 7AL (United Kingdom)
- Section of Microbial Pathogenesis, Boyer Center for Molecular Medicine, Yale University School of Medicine, 295 Congress Avenue, New Haven, CT 06536 (United States)
- Department of Internal Medicine, University of Giessen Medical Centre, Aulweg 123 (Room 6-11), D-35392 Giessen (Germany)
Recombinant oligopeptidase B from T. brucei has been prepared and crystallized. Data were collected to 2.7 Å. Heavy-atom soaks and preparation of selenomethionine-substituted protein are in progress for structure determination by MAD or MIR. African sleeping sickness, also called trypanosomiasis, is a significant cause of morbidity and mortality in sub-Saharan Africa. Peptidases from Trypanosoma brucei, the causative agent, include the serine peptidase oligopeptidase B, a documented virulence factor and therapeutic target. Determination of the three-dimensional structure of oligopeptidase B is desirable to facilitate the development of novel inhibitors. Oligopeptidase B was overexpressed in Escherichia coli as an N-terminally hexahistidine-tagged fusion protein, purified using metal-affinity chromatography and crystallized using the hanging-drop vapour-diffusion technique in 7%(w/v) polyethylene glycol 6000, 1 M LiCl, 0.1 M bis-tris propane pH 7.5. Diffraction data to 2.7 Å resolution were collected using synchrotron radiation. The crystals belong to space group P3{sub 1}21 or P3{sub 2}21, with unit-cell parameters a = b = 124.5, c = 249.9 Å. A complete data set to 2.7 Å was collected using synchrotron radiation.
- OSTI ID:
- 22360171
- Journal Information:
- Acta Crystallographica. Section F, Journal Name: Acta Crystallographica. Section F Journal Issue: Pt 8 Vol. 62; ISSN ACSFCL; ISSN 1744-3091
- Country of Publication:
- United Kingdom
- Language:
- English
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