CRYSTALLIZATION AND PRELIMINARY-X-RAY CHARACTERIZATION OF MALTOPORIN FROM ESCHERICHIA-COLI

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作者
STAUFFER, KA
PAGE, MGP
HARDMEYER, A
KELLER, TA
PAUPTIT, RA
机构
[1] UNIV BASEL,DEPT MICROBIOL,CH-4056 BASEL,SWITZERLAND
[2] UNIV BASEL,BIOCTR,DEPT STRUCT BIOL,CH-4056 BASEL,SWITZERLAND
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10.1016/0022-2836(90)90351-L
中图分类号
Q5 [生物化学]; Q7 [分子生物学];
学科分类号
071010 ; 081704 ;
摘要
Crystals of maltoporin (the bacteriophage λ receptor of Escherichia coli) that diffract X-rays to 3 Å resolution can be grown reproducibly. Maltoporin is an integral membrane protein, which forms a channel in the E. coli outer membrane that specifically facilitates the diffusion of maltose and maltodextrins. The crystals have a rhombic prismatic habit and belong to the orthorhombic space group C2221 with unit cell dimensions a = 130 A ̊,b = 213 A ̊ and c = 216 A ̊. X-ray structure determination is underway. © 1990.
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