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Title: Production, Purification and Preliminary X-ray Crystallographic Studies of Adeno-Associated Virus Serotype 9

Journal Article · · Acta Crystallographica Section F: Structural Biology and Crystallization Communications

Adeno-associated virus (AAV) serotype 9, which is under development for gene-delivery applications, shows significantly enhanced capsid-associated transduction efficiency in muscle compared with other AAV serotypes. With the aim of characterizing the structural determinants of this property, the purification, crystallization and preliminary X-ray crystallographic analyses of the AAV9 viral capsid are reported. The crystals diffracted X-rays to 2.8 A resolution using synchrotron radiation and belonged to the trigonal space group P32, with unit-cell parameters a = b = 251.0, c = 640.0 A. There are three complete viral capsids in the crystal unit cell. The orientation and position of the asymmetric unit capsid have been determined by molecular-replacement methods and structure determination is in progress.

Research Organization:
Brookhaven National Lab. (BNL), Upton, NY (United States). National Synchrotron Light Source
Sponsoring Organization:
Doe - Office Of Science
DOE Contract Number:
DE-AC02-98CH10886
OSTI ID:
980408
Report Number(s):
BNL-93326-2010-JA; TRN: US1005494
Journal Information:
Acta Crystallographica Section F: Structural Biology and Crystallization Communications, Vol. 65
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English