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==Structure of a Complex Between Thaumatin and Thioflavin T==
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== Structural highlights ==
<table><tr><td colspan='2'>[[6c6w]] is a 1 chain structure with sequence from [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thaumatococcus_daniellii Thaumatococcus daniellii]. Full crystallographic information is available from [http://oca.weizmann.ac.il/oca-bin/ocashort?id=6C6W OCA]. For a <b>guided tour on the structure components</b> use [http://oca.weizmann.ac.il/oca-docs/fgij/fg.htm?mol=6C6W FirstGlance]. <br>
</td></tr><tr id='ligand'><td class="sblockLbl"><b>[[Ligand|Ligands:]]</b></td><td class="sblockDat"><scene name='pdbligand=TFX:2-[4-(DIMETHYLAMINO)PHENYL]-3,6-DIMETHYL-1,3-BENZOTHIAZOL-3-IUM'>TFX</scene>, <scene name='pdbligand=TLA:L(+)-TARTARIC+ACID'>TLA</scene></td></tr>
<tr id='resources'><td class="sblockLbl"><b>Resources:</b></td><td class="sblockDat"><span class='plainlinks'>[http://oca.weizmann.ac.il/oca-docs/fgij/fg.htm?mol=6c6w FirstGlance], [http://oca.weizmann.ac.il/oca-bin/ocaids?id=6c6w OCA], [http://pdbe.org/6c6w PDBe], [http://www.rcsb.org/pdb/explore.do?structureId=6c6w RCSB], [http://www.ebi.ac.uk/pdbsum/6c6w PDBsum], [http://prosat.h-its.org/prosat/prosatexe?pdbcode=6c6w ProSAT]</span></td></tr>
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== Publication Abstract from PubMed ==
It was found that the crystals of at least a dozen different proteins could be thoroughly stained to an intense color with a panel of dyes. Many, if not most, of the stained protein crystals retained the dyes almost indefinitely when placed in large volumes of dye-free mother liquor. Dialysis experiments showed that most of the dyes that were retained in crystals also bound to the protein when free in solution; less frequently, some dyes bound only in the crystal. The experiments indicated a strong association of the dyes with the proteins. Four protein crystals were investigated by X-ray diffraction to ascertain the mode of binding. These were crystals of lysozyme, thaumatin, trypsin inhibited with benzamidine and satellite tobacco mosaic virus. In 30 X-ray analyses of protein crystal-dye complexes, in only three difference Fourier maps was any difference electron density present that was consistent with the binding of dye molecules, and even in these three cases (thaumatin plus thioflavin T, xylene cyanol and m-cresol purple) the amount of dye observed was inadequate to explain the intense color of the crystals. It was concluded that the dye molecules, which are clearly inside the crystals, are disordered but are paradoxically tightly bound to the protein. It is speculated that the dyes, which exhibit large hydrophobic cores and peripheral charged groups, may interact with the crystalline proteins in the manner of conventional detergents.

Investigation into the binding of dyes within protein crystals.,McPherson A, Larson SB Acta Crystallogr F Struct Biol Commun. 2018 Sep 1;74(Pt 9):593-602. doi:, 10.1107/S2053230X18010300. Epub 2018 Sep 3. PMID:30198893<ref>PMID:30198893</ref>

From MEDLINE&reg;/PubMed&reg;, a database of the U.S. National Library of Medicine.<br>
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== References ==
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[[Category: Thaumatococcus daniellii]]
[[Category: McPherson, A]]
[[Category: Amyloid staining]]
[[Category: Dimer]]
[[Category: Dye binding]]
[[Category: Protein binding]]
[[Category: Sweet tasting protein]]
[[Category: Unknown function]]