Crystallization and preliminary X-ray analysis of the RAD protein from Antirrhinum majus

Acta Crystallogr Sect F Struct Biol Cryst Commun. 2005 Oct 1;61(Pt 10):885-8. doi: 10.1107/S1744309105027168. Epub 2005 Sep 13.

Abstract

Crystals of the RADIALIS protein from Antirrhinum majus were grown by vapour diffusion after limited proteolysis. Mass spectrometry indicated that an 8 kDa fragment had been crystallized corresponding to the predicted MYB DNA-binding domain. X-ray data collected at room temperature were consistent with tetragonal symmetry, whereas data collected at 100 K using crystals cryoprotected by supplementing the mother liquor with ethylene glycol conformed to orthorhombic symmetry. It was subsequently shown that crystals soaked in cryoprotectants that were ;osmolality-matched' to the mother liquor retained tetragonal symmetry. Using these crystals, X-ray data were collected in-house to a maximum resolution of 2 A.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Antirrhinum / metabolism*
  • Cryopreservation
  • Crystallography, X-Ray
  • DNA / chemistry
  • Diffusion
  • Electrophoresis, Polyacrylamide Gel
  • Ethylene Glycol / chemistry
  • Protein Binding
  • Protein Conformation
  • Protein Structure, Tertiary
  • Spectrometry, Mass, Matrix-Assisted Laser Desorption-Ionization
  • Temperature
  • Transcription Factors / chemistry*
  • X-Ray Diffraction

Substances

  • Transcription Factors
  • DNA
  • Ethylene Glycol