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SUBMITTER: Hashimoto W
PROVIDER: S-EPMC2675599 | biostudies-literature | 2009 May
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Acta crystallographica. Section F, Structural biology and crystallization communications 20090424 Pt 5
Sphingomonas sp. A1, a Gram-negative bacterium, directly internalizes alginate macromolecules through a mouth-like pit that is present on its cell surface. The alginate-binding protein Algp7, which was found to be localized on the cell surface, contributes to the accumulation of alginate in the pit. Algp7 was crystallized at 293 K by means of the sitting-drop vapour-diffusion method with polyethylene glycol 3350 as a crystallizing agent. Preliminary X-ray analysis showed that the Algp7 crystal b ...[more]