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Title: A putative siderophore-interacting protein from the marine bacterium Shewanella frigidimarina NCIMB 400: cloning, expression, purification, crystallization and X-ray diffraction analysis

Journal Article · · Acta Crystallographica. Section F, Structural Biology Communications
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  1. Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Avenida da República (EAN), 2780-157 Oeiras (Portugal)

The gene encoding a putative siderophore-interacting protein from the marine bacterium S. frigidimarina was successfully cloned, followed by expression and purification of the gene product. Optimized crystals diffracted to 1.35 Å resolution and preliminary crystallographic analysis is promising with respect to structure determination and increased insight into the poorly understood molecular mechanisms underlying iron acquisition. Siderophore-binding proteins (SIPs) perform a key role in iron acquisition in multiple organisms. In the genome of the marine bacterium Shewanella frigidimarina NCIMB 400, the gene tagged as SFRI-RS12295 encodes a protein from this family. Here, the cloning, expression, purification and crystallization of this protein are reported, together with its preliminary X-ray crystallographic analysis to 1.35 Å resolution. The SIP crystals belonged to the monoclinic space group P2{sub 1}, with unit-cell parameters a = 48.04, b = 78.31, c = 67.71 Å, α = 90, β = 99.94, γ = 90°, and are predicted to contain two molecules per asymmetric unit. Structure determination by molecular replacement and the use of previously determined ∼2 Å resolution SIP structures with ∼30% sequence identity as templates are ongoing.

OSTI ID:
22531141
Journal Information:
Acta Crystallographica. Section F, Structural Biology Communications, Vol. 72, Issue Pt 9; Other Information: PMCID: PMC5012204; PMID: 27599855; PUBLISHER-ID: wd5266; PUBLISHER-ID: S2053230X16011419; OAI: oai:pubmedcentral.nih.gov:5012204; Copyright (c) Trindade et al. 2016; This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Licence, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original authors and source are cited.; Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); ISSN 2053-230X
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English