Expression, purification and crystallization of CTB-MPR, a candidate mucosal vaccine component against HIV-1
Abstract
CTB-MPR is a fusion protein between the B subunit of cholera toxin (CTB) and the membrane-proximal region of gp41 (MPR), the transmembrane envelope protein of Human immunodeficiency virus 1 (HIV-1), and has previously been shown to induce the production of anti-HIV-1 antibodies with antiviral functions. To further improve the design of this candidate vaccine, X-ray crystallography experiments were performed to obtain structural information about this fusion protein. Several variants of CTB-MPR were designed, constructed and recombinantly expressed in Escherichia coli . The first variant contained a flexible GPGP linker between CTB and MPR, and yielded crystals that diffracted to a resolution of 2.3 Å, but only the CTB region was detected in the electron-density map. A second variant, in which the CTB was directly attached to MPR, was shown to destabilize pentamer formation. A third construct containing a polyalanine linker between CTB and MPR proved to stabilize the pentameric form of the protein during purification. The purification procedure was shown to produce a homogeneously pure and monodisperse sample for crystallization. Initial crystallization experiments led to pseudo-crystals which were ordered in only two dimensions and were disordered in the third dimension. Nanocrystals obtained using the same precipitant showed promising X-ray diffraction tomore »
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Lee, Ho-Hsien, Cherni, Irene, Yu, HongQi, Fromme, Raimund, Doran, Jeffrey D., Grotjohann, Ingo, Mittman, Michele, Basu, Shibom, Deb, Arpan, Dörner, Katerina, Aquila, Andrew, Barty, Anton, Boutet, Sébastien, Chapman, Henry N., Doak, R. Bruce, Hunter, Mark S., James, Daniel, Kirian, Richard A., Kupitz, Christopher, Lawrence, Robert M., Liu, Haiguang, Nass, Karol, Schlichting, Ilme, Schmidt, Kevin E., Seibert, M. Marvin, Shoeman, Robert L., Spence, John C. H., Stellato, Francesco, Weierstall, Uwe, Williams, Garth J., Yoon, Chunhong, Wang, Dingjie, Zatsepin, Nadia A., Hogue, Brenda G., Matoba, Nobuyuki, Fromme, Petra, and Mor, Tsafrir S. Expression, purification and crystallization of CTB-MPR, a candidate mucosal vaccine component against HIV-1. United Kingdom: N. p., 2014.
Web. doi:10.1107/S2052252514014900.
Lee, Ho-Hsien, Cherni, Irene, Yu, HongQi, Fromme, Raimund, Doran, Jeffrey D., Grotjohann, Ingo, Mittman, Michele, Basu, Shibom, Deb, Arpan, Dörner, Katerina, Aquila, Andrew, Barty, Anton, Boutet, Sébastien, Chapman, Henry N., Doak, R. Bruce, Hunter, Mark S., James, Daniel, Kirian, Richard A., Kupitz, Christopher, Lawrence, Robert M., Liu, Haiguang, Nass, Karol, Schlichting, Ilme, Schmidt, Kevin E., Seibert, M. Marvin, Shoeman, Robert L., Spence, John C. H., Stellato, Francesco, Weierstall, Uwe, Williams, Garth J., Yoon, Chunhong, Wang, Dingjie, Zatsepin, Nadia A., Hogue, Brenda G., Matoba, Nobuyuki, Fromme, Petra, & Mor, Tsafrir S. Expression, purification and crystallization of CTB-MPR, a candidate mucosal vaccine component against HIV-1. United Kingdom. https://doi.org/10.1107/S2052252514014900
Lee, Ho-Hsien, Cherni, Irene, Yu, HongQi, Fromme, Raimund, Doran, Jeffrey D., Grotjohann, Ingo, Mittman, Michele, Basu, Shibom, Deb, Arpan, Dörner, Katerina, Aquila, Andrew, Barty, Anton, Boutet, Sébastien, Chapman, Henry N., Doak, R. Bruce, Hunter, Mark S., James, Daniel, Kirian, Richard A., Kupitz, Christopher, Lawrence, Robert M., Liu, Haiguang, Nass, Karol, Schlichting, Ilme, Schmidt, Kevin E., Seibert, M. Marvin, Shoeman, Robert L., Spence, John C. H., Stellato, Francesco, Weierstall, Uwe, Williams, Garth J., Yoon, Chunhong, Wang, Dingjie, Zatsepin, Nadia A., Hogue, Brenda G., Matoba, Nobuyuki, Fromme, Petra, and Mor, Tsafrir S. Wed .
"Expression, purification and crystallization of CTB-MPR, a candidate mucosal vaccine component against HIV-1". United Kingdom. https://doi.org/10.1107/S2052252514014900.
@article{osti_1335054,
title = {Expression, purification and crystallization of CTB-MPR, a candidate mucosal vaccine component against HIV-1},
author = {Lee, Ho-Hsien and Cherni, Irene and Yu, HongQi and Fromme, Raimund and Doran, Jeffrey D. and Grotjohann, Ingo and Mittman, Michele and Basu, Shibom and Deb, Arpan and Dörner, Katerina and Aquila, Andrew and Barty, Anton and Boutet, Sébastien and Chapman, Henry N. and Doak, R. Bruce and Hunter, Mark S. and James, Daniel and Kirian, Richard A. and Kupitz, Christopher and Lawrence, Robert M. and Liu, Haiguang and Nass, Karol and Schlichting, Ilme and Schmidt, Kevin E. and Seibert, M. Marvin and Shoeman, Robert L. and Spence, John C. H. and Stellato, Francesco and Weierstall, Uwe and Williams, Garth J. and Yoon, Chunhong and Wang, Dingjie and Zatsepin, Nadia A. and Hogue, Brenda G. and Matoba, Nobuyuki and Fromme, Petra and Mor, Tsafrir S.},
abstractNote = {CTB-MPR is a fusion protein between the B subunit of cholera toxin (CTB) and the membrane-proximal region of gp41 (MPR), the transmembrane envelope protein of Human immunodeficiency virus 1 (HIV-1), and has previously been shown to induce the production of anti-HIV-1 antibodies with antiviral functions. To further improve the design of this candidate vaccine, X-ray crystallography experiments were performed to obtain structural information about this fusion protein. Several variants of CTB-MPR were designed, constructed and recombinantly expressed in Escherichia coli . The first variant contained a flexible GPGP linker between CTB and MPR, and yielded crystals that diffracted to a resolution of 2.3 Å, but only the CTB region was detected in the electron-density map. A second variant, in which the CTB was directly attached to MPR, was shown to destabilize pentamer formation. A third construct containing a polyalanine linker between CTB and MPR proved to stabilize the pentameric form of the protein during purification. The purification procedure was shown to produce a homogeneously pure and monodisperse sample for crystallization. Initial crystallization experiments led to pseudo-crystals which were ordered in only two dimensions and were disordered in the third dimension. Nanocrystals obtained using the same precipitant showed promising X-ray diffraction to 5 Å resolution in femtosecond nanocrystallography experiments at the Linac Coherent Light Source at the SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory. The results demonstrate the utility of femtosecond X-ray crystallography to enable structural analysis based on nano/microcrystals of a protein for which no macroscopic crystals ordered in three dimensions have been observed before.},
doi = {10.1107/S2052252514014900},
journal = {IUCrJ},
number = 5,
volume = 1,
place = {United Kingdom},
year = {Wed Aug 20 00:00:00 EDT 2014},
month = {Wed Aug 20 00:00:00 EDT 2014}
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https://doi.org/10.1107/S2052252514014900
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