EFFECT OF ORGANIC-ANIONS ON THE CRYSTALLIZATION OF THE CA2+-ATPASE OF MUSCLE SARCOPLASMIC-RETICULUM

被引:11
作者
MISRA, M [1 ]
TAYLOR, D [1 ]
OLIVER, T [1 ]
TAYLOR, K [1 ]
机构
[1] DUKE UNIV,MED CTR,DEPT CELL BIOL,BOX 3011,DURHAM,NC 27710
关键词
ATPASE; CA2+-; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; 2-DIMENSIONAL CRYSTAL; PROPIONATE;
D O I
10.1016/0167-4838(91)90532-5
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
The effect of varying the solute species on the crystallization of the Ca2+-ATPase from rabbit muscle reticulum (SR) is reported. We have found that substitution of KCl with salts of organic acids in the crystallization protocol reported by Pikula et al. [1] has a profound effect on the size of two-dimensional crystalline arrays. Crystalline arrays of up to 3-mu-m diameter have been obtained by incubating purified calcium ATPase in standard crystallization medium but with 0.8 M sodium propionate substituted for KCl. These two-dimensional (2-D) arrays display a reduced tendency to stack in addition to having larger planar dimensions. Increasing the KCl concentration does not have the same effect on stacking or crystal growth that sodium propionate has. The production of 2-D sheets has some dependence on the hydrocarbon chain length of the salt because crystals formed in propionate were larger and less stacked than those formed in acetate or formate. There seems to be no dependence on cation. These observations suggest that in addition to reducing the forces that lead to stacking of the sheets, propionate may facilitate incorporation of the detergent-solubilized protein into the 2-D sheet.
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页码:107 / 118
页数:12
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