scholarly journals Structure of the Fc fragment of the NIST reference antibody RM8671

Author(s):  
D. Travis Gallagher ◽  
Connor V. Galvin ◽  
Ioannis Karageorgos

As the link between antigen binding and immune activation, the antibody Fc region has received extensive structural study. In this report, the structure of the Fc fragment of the NIST IgG1 mAb (reference material 8671) is described at 2.1 Å resolution in space group P212121, with approximate unit-cell parameters a = 50, b = 80, c = 138 Å. Prior Fc structures with a wide variety of modifications are also surveyed, focusing on those in the same crystal form. To facilitate the analysis of conformations, a reference frame and a two-parameter metric are proposed, considering the CH2 domains as mobile with respect to a fixed dimeric CH3 core. Over several human Fc structures, a significant variation in Fc elbow conformations is observed, which may serve to facilitate the regulation of Fc effector signaling.

1999 ◽  
Vol 55 (2) ◽  
pp. 522-524 ◽  
Author(s):  
Randall L. Oliver ◽  
Jacqueline M. Tremblay ◽  
George M. Helmkamp ◽  
Lynwood R. Yarbrough ◽  
Natalie W. Breakfield ◽  
...  

Phosphatidylinositol-transfer protein (PITP) is a soluble, ubiquitously expressed, highly conserved protein encoded by two genes in humans, rodents and other mammals. A cDNA encoding the alpha isoform of the rat gene was expressed to high levels in Escherichia coli, the protein purified and the homogeneous protein used for crystallization studies. Crystals of rat PITP-α were obtained by vapor-diffusion techniques using the sitting-drop method. Crystals grow within two weeks by vapor-diffusion techniques in the presence of polyethylene glycol 4000. Both crystal forms pack in the monoclinic space group P21. Crystal form I has unit-cell parameters a = 44.75, b = 74.25, c = 48.32 Å and β = 114.14°. Unit-cell parameters for crystal form II are a = 47.86, b = 73.59, c = 80.49 Å and β = 98.54°. Crystal form I has a Vm of 2.295 Å3 Da−1 and an estimated solvent content of 46.4% with one molecule per asymmetric unit, while crystal form II has a Vm of 2.196 Å3 Da−1 and an estimated solvent content of 44.0%, assuming two molecules per asymmetric unit.


1999 ◽  
Vol 55 (4) ◽  
pp. 907-909 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jun Masuda ◽  
Tetsuya Yamaguchi ◽  
Takamasa Tobimatsu ◽  
Tetsuo Toraya ◽  
Kyoko Suto ◽  
...  

Two crystal forms of Klebsiella oxytoca diol dehydratase complexed with cyanocobalamin have been obtained and preliminary crystallographic experiments have been performed. The crystals belong to two different space groups, depending on the crystallization conditions. One crystal (form I) belongs to space group P212121 with unit-cell parameters a = 76.2, b = 122.3, c = 209.6 Å, and diffracts to 2.2 Å resolution using an X-ray beam from a synchrotron radiation source. The other crystal (form II) belongs to space group P21 with unit-cell parameters a = 75.4, b = 132.7, c = 298.8 Å, β = 91.9°, and diffracts to 3.0 Å resolution. For the purpose of structure determination, a heavy-atom derivative search was carried out and some mercuric derivatives were found to be promising. Structure analysis by the multiple isomorphous replacement method is now under way.


1999 ◽  
Vol 55 (9) ◽  
pp. 1616-1617
Author(s):  
I. Polikarpov ◽  
R. T. de Oliveira ◽  
J. Abrahão-Neto

L-Asparaginase is an enzyme which hydrolyzes asparagine to produce aspartic acid and ammonia. It is an effective chemotherapeutic drug, especially in the treatment of acute lymphoblastic leukaemia in children. The enzyme from Escherichia coli was crystallized in a new crystal form with space group C2, unit-cell parameters a = 76.3 (0), b = 134.6 (2), c = 64.8 (7) Å, β = 110.5 (1)° and a dimer in the asymmetric unit. Synchrotron-radiation diffraction data have been collected to 1.95 Å resolution.


1999 ◽  
Vol 55 (7) ◽  
pp. 1373-1374 ◽  
Author(s):  
Meredith Hodach ◽  
Flavia Todone ◽  
Jyrki J. Eloranta ◽  
Silvia Onesti ◽  
Robert O. J. Weinzierl

Crystals of the RNA polymerase subunit RPB5 from Saccharomyces cerevisiae have been obtained by vapour-diffusion techniques. The protein has been overexpressed in bacterial cells as a fusion with glutathione S-transferase. Two monoclinic crystal forms can be grown under different sets of conditions. In both cases, the diffraction is consistent with space group P21, with unit-cell parameters a = 45.3, b = 135.3, c = 47.3 Å, β = 118.6° for crystal form I and a = 48.4, b = 137.1, c = 47.1 Å, β = 118.6° for crystal form II.


Author(s):  
San Hadži ◽  
Abel Garcia-Pino ◽  
Kenn Gerdes ◽  
Jurij Lah ◽  
Remy Loris

The HigA2 antitoxin and the HigBA2 toxin–antitoxin complex fromVibrio choleraewere crystallized in complex with their operator box. Screening of 22 different DNA duplexes led to two crystal forms of HigA2 complexes and one crystal form of a HigBA2 complex. Crystals of HigA2 in complex with a 17 bp DNA duplex belong to space groupP3221, with unit-cell parametersa=b= 94.0,c= 123.7 Å, and diffract to 2.3 Å resolution. The second form corresponding to HigA2 in complex with a 19 bp duplex belong to space groupP43212 and only diffract to 3.45 Å resolution. Crystals of the HigBA2 toxin–antitoxin were obtained in complex with a 31 bp duplex and belonged to space groupP41212, with unit-cell parametersa=b= 113.6,c= 121.1 Å. They diffract to 3.3 Å resolution.


Author(s):  
Sarah Haesaerts ◽  
John Alexander Rodriguez Buitrago ◽  
Remy Loris ◽  
Danielle Baeyens-Volant ◽  
Mohamed Azarkan

The latex of the common fig (Ficus carica) contains a mixture of at least five cysteine proteases commonly known as ficins (EC 3.4.22.3). Four of these proteases were purified to homogeneity and crystals were obtained in a variety of conditions. The four ficin (iso)forms appear in ten different crystal forms. All diffracted to better than 2.10 Å resolution and for each form at least one crystal form diffracted to 1.60 Å resolution or higher. Ficin (iso)forms B and C share a common crystal form, suggesting close sequence and structural similarity. The latter diffracted to a resolution of 1.20 Å and belonged to space groupP3121 orP3221, with unit-cell parametersa=b= 88.9,c= 55.9 Å.


Author(s):  
Mads Gabrielsen ◽  
M. Florencia Rey-Burusco ◽  
Kate Griffiths ◽  
Andrew J. Roe ◽  
Alan Cooper ◽  
...  

Na-FAR-1 is an unusual α-helix-rich fatty acid- and retinol-binding protein fromNecator americanus, a blood-feeding intestinal parasitic nematode of humans. It belongs to the FAR protein family, which is unique to nematodes; no structural information is available to date for FAR proteins from parasites. Crystals were obtained with two different morphologies that corresponded to different space groups. Crystal form 1 exhibited space groupP432 (unit-cell parametersa = b = c = 120.80 Å, α = β = γ = 90°) and diffracted to 2.5 Å resolution, whereas crystal form 2 exhibited space groupF23 (unit-cell parametersa = b = c = 240.38 Å, α = β = γ = 90°) and diffracted to 3.2 Å resolution. Crystal form 2 showed signs of significant twinning.


Author(s):  
Srinivasan Rengachari ◽  
Philipp Aschauer ◽  
Christian Sturm ◽  
Monika Oberer

The protein Yju3p is the orthologue of monoglyceride lipases in the yeastSaccharomyces cerevisiae. A soluble variant of this lipase termed s-Yju3p (38.3 kDa) was generated and purified to homogeneity by affinity and size-exclusion chromatography. s-Yju3p was crystallized in a vapour-diffusion setup at 293 K and a complete data set was collected to 2.4 Å resolution. The crystal form was orthorhombic (space groupP212121), with unit-cell parametersa= 77.2,b= 108.6,c= 167.7 Å. The asymmetric unit contained four molecules with a solvent content of 46.4%.


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