5o4x

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Protein structure determination by electron diffraction using a single three-dimensional nanocrystalProtein structure determination by electron diffraction using a single three-dimensional nanocrystal

Structural highlights

5o4x is a 2 chain structure with sequence from Gallus gallus. Full crystallographic information is available from OCA. For a guided tour on the structure components use FirstGlance.
Method:Electron crystallography, Resolution 2.11Å
Resources:FirstGlance, OCA, PDBe, RCSB, PDBsum, ProSAT

Function

LYSC_CHICK Lysozymes have primarily a bacteriolytic function; those in tissues and body fluids are associated with the monocyte-macrophage system and enhance the activity of immunoagents. Has bacteriolytic activity against M.luteus.[1]

Publication Abstract from PubMed

Three-dimensional nanometre-sized crystals of macromolecules currently resist structure elucidation by single-crystal X-ray crystallography. Here, a single nanocrystal with a diffracting volume of only 0.14 microm3, i.e. no more than 6 x 105 unit cells, provided sufficient information to determine the structure of a rare dimeric polymorph of hen egg-white lysozyme by electron crystallography. This is at least an order of magnitude smaller than was previously possible. The molecular-replacement solution, based on a monomeric polyalanine model, provided sufficient phasing power to show side-chain density, and automated model building was used to reconstruct the side chains. Diffraction data were acquired using the rotation method with parallel beam diffraction on a Titan Krios transmission electron microscope equipped with a novel in-house-designed 1024 x 1024 pixel Timepix hybrid pixel detector for low-dose diffraction data collection. Favourable detector characteristics include the ability to accurately discriminate single high-energy electrons from X-rays and count them, fast readout to finely sample reciprocal space and a high dynamic range. This work, together with other recent milestones, suggests that electron crystallography can provide an attractive alternative in determining biological structures.

Protein structure determination by electron diffraction using a single three-dimensional nanocrystal.,Clabbers MTB, van Genderen E, Wan W, Wiegers EL, Gruene T, Abrahams JP Acta Crystallogr D Struct Biol. 2017 Sep 1;73(Pt 9):738-748. doi:, 10.1107/S2059798317010348. Epub 2017 Aug 15. PMID:28876237[2]

From MEDLINE®/PubMed®, a database of the U.S. National Library of Medicine.

See Also

References

  1. Maehashi K, Matano M, Irisawa T, Uchino M, Kashiwagi Y, Watanabe T. Molecular characterization of goose- and chicken-type lysozymes in emu (Dromaius novaehollandiae): evidence for extremely low lysozyme levels in emu egg white. Gene. 2012 Jan 15;492(1):244-9. doi: 10.1016/j.gene.2011.10.021. Epub 2011 Oct, 25. PMID:22044478 doi:10.1016/j.gene.2011.10.021
  2. Clabbers MTB, van Genderen E, Wan W, Wiegers EL, Gruene T, Abrahams JP. Protein structure determination by electron diffraction using a single three-dimensional nanocrystal. Acta Crystallogr D Struct Biol. 2017 Sep 1;73(Pt 9):738-748. doi:, 10.1107/S2059798317010348. Epub 2017 Aug 15. PMID:28876237 doi:http://dx.doi.org/10.1107/S2059798317010348

5o4x, resolution 2.11Å

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