Crystallization and preliminary X-ray diffraction analysis of a class II phospholipase D from Loxosceles intermedia venom

Acta Crystallogr Sect F Struct Biol Cryst Commun. 2011 Feb 1;67(Pt 2):234-6. doi: 10.1107/S1744309110050931. Epub 2011 Jan 22.

Abstract

Phospholipases D are the major dermonecrotic component of Loxosceles venom and catalyze the hydrolysis of phospholipids, resulting in the formation of lipid mediators such as ceramide-1-phosphate and lysophosphatidic acid which can induce pathological and biological responses. Phospholipases D can be classified into two classes depending on their catalytic efficiency and the presence of an additional disulfide bridge. In this work, both wild-type and H12A-mutant forms of the class II phospholipase D from L. intermedia venom were crystallized. Wild-type and H12A-mutant crystals were grown under very similar conditions using PEG 200 as a precipitant and belonged to space group P12(1)1, with unit-cell parameters a = 50.1, b = 49.5, c = 56.5 Å, β = 105.9°. Wild-type and H12A-mutant crystals diffracted to maximum resolutions of 1.95 and 1.60 Å, respectively.

Publication types

  • Comparative Study
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Amino Acid Sequence
  • Animals
  • Crystallization
  • Crystallography, X-Ray / methods
  • Diffusion
  • Disulfides / chemistry
  • Escherichia coli / genetics
  • Histidine / chemistry
  • Hot Temperature
  • Hydrogen Bonding
  • Hydrogen-Ion Concentration
  • Molecular Sequence Data
  • Molecular Weight
  • Mutation
  • Phospholipase D / chemistry*
  • Phospholipase D / classification*
  • Phospholipase D / genetics
  • Phospholipase D / isolation & purification
  • Phosphoric Diester Hydrolases
  • Recombinant Fusion Proteins / chemistry
  • Recombinant Fusion Proteins / classification
  • Recombinant Fusion Proteins / isolation & purification
  • Sequence Homology, Amino Acid
  • Spider Venoms / enzymology*
  • Spiders / enzymology*
  • Transformation, Bacterial
  • X-Ray Diffraction

Substances

  • Disulfides
  • Recombinant Fusion Proteins
  • Spider Venoms
  • loxosceles venom
  • Histidine
  • Phosphoric Diester Hydrolases
  • Phospholipase D