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Campanacci, V. et al.

Recombinant chemosensory protein (CSP2) from the moth Mamestra brassicae: crystallization and preliminary crystallographic study.

Chemosensory proteins (CSPs) are small proteins (13 kDa on average) present in several sensory organs from a wide range of insect species. They are believed to be involved in chemoperception (olfaction or taste) and to play a role in chemical transport from air or water to chemosensitive receptors. Here, the first crystals of a CSP originating from the moth Mamestra brassicae (Mbra) proboscis and expressed as recombinant protein in Escherichia coli periplasm are reported. Crystals of MbraCSP2 were obtained by the hanging-drop vapour-diffusion method under the following conditions: 1 microl of a 46 mg ml(-1) protein solution in 50 mM Tris pH 8.0 containing cetyl alcohol as ligand (1:5 molar ratio) was mixed with 1 microl of well solution containing 30% PEG 4000, 0.2 M sodium acetate in 100 mM Tris at pH 8. 4. The protein-cetyl alcohol complex crystallizes in space group P2(1), with unit-cell parameters a = 47.9, b = 49.7, c = 50.3 A, beta = 110.1 degrees. With two molecules in the asymmetric unit, the V(M) is 2.15 A(3) Da(-1) and the solvent content is 42%. A complete data set has been collected at 1.6 A resolution on beamline ID14-2 (ESRF, Grenoble). Se-Met expression has been performed with a view to solving the CSP2 structure with MAD data collection using the Se absorption edge.[1]

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Recombinant chemosensory protein (CSP2) from the moth Mamestra brassicae: crystallization and preliminary crystallographic study. Campanacci, V., Spinelli, S., Lartigue, A., Lewandowski, C., Brown, K., Tegoni, M., Cambillau, C. Acta Crystallogr. D Biol. Crystallogr. (2001) [Pubmed]

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