PRELIMINARY CRYSTALLOGRAPHIC STUDY OF BLUETONGUE VIRUS CAPSID PROTEIN, VP7

被引:19
作者
BASAK, AK [1 ]
STUART, DI [1 ]
ROY, P [1 ]
机构
[1] NERC,INST VIROL & ENVIRONM MICROBIOL,OXFORD OX1 3SR,ENGLAND
关键词
VIRUS STRUCTURE; X-RAY DIFFRACTION; CRYSTALLIZATION;
D O I
10.1016/0022-2836(92)90850-J
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
Bluetongue virus serotype 10 (BTV-10) VP7, expressed by insect cells infected with the recombinant baculovirus, has been purified and crystallized. Two crystal forms suitable for X-ray analysis have been obtained. Type I crystals belong to space group P6322 with a = b = 95.2 A ̊, c = 181.0 A ̊, α = β = 90 ° γ = 120.0 °, and contain a single subunit in the crystallographic asymmetric unit. They diffract to dmin = 3.0 A ̊. Type II crystals belong to space group P21 with a = 69.4 A ̊, b = 97.1 A ̊, c = 71.4 A ̊, β = 109.0 °, and contain a trimer in the crystallographic asymmetric unit. They diffract to dmin = 2.1 A ̊. These results, together with solution studies, show that the molecule is a trimer. © 1992.
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页数:3
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