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Title: Crystallization and Preliminary X-ray Diffraction Analysis of Hemextin A: A Unique Anticoagulant Protein from Hemachatus haemachatus Venom

Abstract

Hemextin A was isolated and purified from African Ringhals cobra (Hemachatus haemachatus). It is a three-finger toxin that specifically inhibits blood coagulation factor VIIa and clot formation and that also interacts with hemextin B to form a unique anticoagulant complex. Hemextin A was crystallized by the hanging-drop vapor-diffusion method by equilibration against 0.2 M ammonium acetate, 0.1 M sodium acetate trihydrate pH 4.6 and 30% PEG 4000 as the precipitating agent. The crystals belong to space group P2{sub 1}2{sub 1}2{sub 1}, with unit-cell parameters a = 49.27, b = 49.51, c = 57.87 {angstrom} and two molecules in the asymmetric unit. They diffracted to 1.5 {angstrom} resolution at beamline X25 at BNL.

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Research Org.:
Brookhaven National Laboratory (BNL) National Synchrotron Light Source
Sponsoring Org.:
Doe - Office Of Science
OSTI Identifier:
930007
Report Number(s):
BNL-80620-2008-JA
TRN: US200822%%1159
DOE Contract Number:
DE-AC02-98CH10886
Resource Type:
Journal Article
Resource Relation:
Journal Name: Acta Crystallographica Section F: Structural Biology and Crystallization Communications; Journal Volume: 63
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
59 BASIC BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES; 60 APPLIED LIFE SCIENCES; ACETATES; ANTICOAGULANTS; BLOOD COAGULATION FACTORS; BNL; CRYSTALLIZATION; CRYSTALS; MOLECULES; PROTEINS; RESOLUTION; SODIUM; SPACE GROUPS; TOXINS; VENOMS; X-RAY DIFFRACTION; national synchrotron light source

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Banerjee,Y., Kumar, S., Jobichen, C., and Kini, R.. Crystallization and Preliminary X-ray Diffraction Analysis of Hemextin A: A Unique Anticoagulant Protein from Hemachatus haemachatus Venom. United States: N. p., 2007. Web. doi:10.1107/S1744309107034239.
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Banerjee,Y., Kumar, S., Jobichen, C., & Kini, R.. Crystallization and Preliminary X-ray Diffraction Analysis of Hemextin A: A Unique Anticoagulant Protein from Hemachatus haemachatus Venom. United States. doi:10.1107/S1744309107034239.
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Banerjee,Y., Kumar, S., Jobichen, C., and Kini, R.. Mon . "Crystallization and Preliminary X-ray Diffraction Analysis of Hemextin A: A Unique Anticoagulant Protein from Hemachatus haemachatus Venom". United States. doi:10.1107/S1744309107034239.
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@article{osti_930007,
title = {Crystallization and Preliminary X-ray Diffraction Analysis of Hemextin A: A Unique Anticoagulant Protein from Hemachatus haemachatus Venom},
author = {Banerjee,Y. and Kumar, S. and Jobichen, C. and Kini, R.},
abstractNote = {Hemextin A was isolated and purified from African Ringhals cobra (Hemachatus haemachatus). It is a three-finger toxin that specifically inhibits blood coagulation factor VIIa and clot formation and that also interacts with hemextin B to form a unique anticoagulant complex. Hemextin A was crystallized by the hanging-drop vapor-diffusion method by equilibration against 0.2 M ammonium acetate, 0.1 M sodium acetate trihydrate pH 4.6 and 30% PEG 4000 as the precipitating agent. The crystals belong to space group P2{sub 1}2{sub 1}2{sub 1}, with unit-cell parameters a = 49.27, b = 49.51, c = 57.87 {angstrom} and two molecules in the asymmetric unit. They diffracted to 1.5 {angstrom} resolution at beamline X25 at BNL.},
doi = {10.1107/S1744309107034239},
journal = {Acta Crystallographica Section F: Structural Biology and Crystallization Communications},
number = ,
volume = 63,
place = {United States},
year = {Mon Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 2007},
month = {Mon Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 2007}
}
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