PURIFICATION, CRYSTALLIZATION AND PRELIMINARY-X-RAY DIFFRACTION STUDIES OF ALPHA-TOXIN OF CLOSTRIDIUM-PERFRINGENS

被引:17
作者
BASAK, AK
STUART, DI
NIKURA, T
BISHOP, DHL
KELLY, DC
FEARN, A
TITBALL, RW
机构
[1] NERC,INST VIROL,OXFORD OX2 6SR,ENGLAND
[2] OXFORD CTR MOLEC SCI,NEW CHEM LAB,OXFORD OX1 3RE,ENGLAND
[3] CHEM & BIOL DEF ESTAB,SALISBURY SP4 0JQ,WILTS,ENGLAND
关键词
TOXIN; X-RAY DIFFRACTION; PURIFICATION; CRYSTALLIZATION; STRUCTURE;
D O I
10.1006/jmbi.1994.1758
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
Alpha-toxin of Clostridium perfringes, cloned in Escherichia coli, has been purified and crystallized from ammonium sulphate using the hanging drop vapour diffusion method at 20 degrees C. The crystals diffract to a minimum Bragg spacing of 2.7 Angstrom, belong to the space group R32 (with a = b = 153.3 Angstrom, c = 95.4 Angstrom, alpha = beta = 90 degrees and gamma = 120 degrees) and contain a single polypeptide chain in the crystallographic unit.
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页数:3
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