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Crystallization and X-ray diffraction analysis of the RNA primer/promoter-binding domain of influenza A virus RNA-dependent RNA polymerase PB2.

ABSTRACT: The C-terminal domain protein (amino-acid residues 535-759) of the PB2 subunit of the RNA-dependent RNA polymerase from the highly pathogenic influenza A virus was expressed as a soluble protein in Escherichia coli and crystallized using sodium formate as a precipitant. Data sets were collected from crystals of native and selenomethionine-substituted protein on the KEK NW12 beamline at the Photon Factory and the crystals diffracted to a maximum resolution of 2.44 A for the SeMet-derivative crystal. The native crystals were found to belong to space group P3(2)21, with unit-cell parameters a = b = 52.5, c = 156.3 A. The Matthews value (V(M)) was 2.7 A(3) Da(-1), assuming the presence of one molecule in the asymmetric unit. The SeMet-derivative crystals were found to belong to the same space group, with unit-cell parameters a = b = 52.6, c = 156.4 A. Attempts are being made to solve the structure by multi-wavelength anomalous dispersion phasing.

SUBMITTER: Kuzuhara T

PROVIDER: S-EPMC2635877 | biostudies-literature | 2009 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Crystallization and X-ray diffraction analysis of the RNA primer/promoter-binding domain of influenza A virus RNA-dependent RNA polymerase PB2.

Kuzuhara Takashi T Kise Daisuke D Yoshida Hiroko H Horita Takahiro T Murazaki Yoshimi Y Utsunomiya Hiroko H Tsuge Hideaki H

Acta crystallographica. Section F, Structural biology and crystallization communications 20090131 Pt 2

The C-terminal domain protein (amino-acid residues 535-759) of the PB2 subunit of the RNA-dependent RNA polymerase from the highly pathogenic influenza A virus was expressed as a soluble protein in Escherichia coli and crystallized using sodium formate as a precipitant. Data sets were collected from crystals of native and selenomethionine-substituted protein on the KEK NW12 beamline at the Photon Factory and the crystals diffracted to a maximum resolution of 2.44 A for the SeMet-derivative cryst ...[more]

PMID: 19194006

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Crystallization and X-ray diffraction analysis of the RNA primer/promoter-binding domain of influenza A virus RNA-dependent RNA polymerase PB2.

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Crystallization and X-ray diffraction analysis of the RNA primer/promoter-binding domain of influenza A virus RNA-dependent RNA polymerase PB2.

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