TY - JOUR
T1 - Crystallization of truncated hemolysin A from Proteus mirabilis
AU - Bailey, Luke
AU - Agger, Sean
AU - Peterson, Luke
AU - Thompson, James
AU - Weaver, Todd
PY - 2005
Y1 - 2005
N2 - Proteus species are second only to Escherichia coli as the most common causative agent of Gram-negative bacteria-based urinary-tract infections and many harbor several virulence factors that provide inherent uropathogenicity. One virulence factor stems from a two-partner secretion pathway comprised of hemolysin A and hemolysin B; upon hemolysin B-dependent secretion, hemolysin A becomes activated. This system is distinct from the classic type I secretion pathway exemplified by the hemolysin system within Escherichia coli. In order to describe the mechanism by which hemolysin A is activated for pore formation, an amino-terminal truncated form capable of complementing the non-secreted full-length hemolysin A and thereby restoring hemolytic activity has been constructed, expressed and purified. A room-temperature data set has been collected to 2.5 Å resolution. The crystal belongs to the orthorhombic space group P21212, with unit-cell parameters a = 34.47, b = 58.40, c = 119.74 Å. The asymmetric unit is expected to contain a single monomer, which equates to a Matthews coefficient of 1.72 Å3 Da-1 and a solvent content of 28.3%.
AB - Proteus species are second only to Escherichia coli as the most common causative agent of Gram-negative bacteria-based urinary-tract infections and many harbor several virulence factors that provide inherent uropathogenicity. One virulence factor stems from a two-partner secretion pathway comprised of hemolysin A and hemolysin B; upon hemolysin B-dependent secretion, hemolysin A becomes activated. This system is distinct from the classic type I secretion pathway exemplified by the hemolysin system within Escherichia coli. In order to describe the mechanism by which hemolysin A is activated for pore formation, an amino-terminal truncated form capable of complementing the non-secreted full-length hemolysin A and thereby restoring hemolytic activity has been constructed, expressed and purified. A room-temperature data set has been collected to 2.5 Å resolution. The crystal belongs to the orthorhombic space group P21212, with unit-cell parameters a = 34.47, b = 58.40, c = 119.74 Å. The asymmetric unit is expected to contain a single monomer, which equates to a Matthews coefficient of 1.72 Å3 Da-1 and a solvent content of 28.3%.
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U2 - 10.1107/S1744309105009589
DO - 10.1107/S1744309105009589
M3 - Article
C2 - 16511066
AN - SCOPUS:33744466572
SN - 1744-3091
VL - 61
SP - 448
EP - 450
JO - Acta Crystallographica Section F: Structural Biology and Crystallization Communications
JF - Acta Crystallographica Section F: Structural Biology and Crystallization Communications
IS - 4
ER -