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ArticleActa crystallographica. Section F, Structural biology and crystallization communications2006

Expression, purification and crystallization of Streptococcus dysgalactiae-derived mitogen.

Anastassios C Papageorgiou, Susanna Saarinen, Rosa Ramirez-Bartutis, Hidehito Kato, Takehiko Uchiyama, Teruo Kirikae, Toru Miyoshi-Akiyama

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Article in Acta crystallographica. Section F, Structural biology and crystallization communications, 2006. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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Anastassios C PapageorgiouTurku Centre for Biotechnology, University of Turku, Turku 20521, Finland. tassos.papageorgiou@btk.fi
Susanna Saarinen
Rosa Ramirez-Bartutis
Hidehito Kato
Takehiko Uchiyama
Teruo Kirikae
Toru Miyoshi-Akiyama

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Abstract

Superantigens are bacterial or viral toxins with potent immunostimulatory properties. Streptococcus dysgalactiae-derived mitogen, a 25 kDa protein, is a recently discovered superantigen isolated from S. dysgalactiae culture supernatant. Sequence considerations suggest that it belongs to a new superantigen family distinct from other superantigens. The protein was expressed in Escherichia coli cells and purified to homogeneity. Crystals were grown at pH 4.2-4.4 in the presence of 18-20%(w/v) PEG 3350 and 0.4 M lithium nitrate. A complete data set to 2.4 A resolution was collected from a single crystal at liquid-nitrogen temperatures using synchrotron radiation. The crystals belong to space group P3/P3(1)/P3(2), with unit-cell parameters a = b = 52.7, c = 62.4 A, gamma = 120 degrees and one molecule in the crystallographic asymmetric unit.

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CrystallizationCrystallography, X-RayEscherichia coliMitogensStreptococcusSuperantigensMitogensSuperantigens

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PMID16511312
PMCPMC2197169

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