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Perdeuteration, purification, crystallization and preliminary neutron diffraction of an ocean pout type III antifreeze protein.
Abstract : The highly homologous type III antifreeze protein (AFP) subfamily share the capability to inhibit ice growth at subzero temperatures. Extensive studies by X-ray crystallography have been conducted, mostly on AFPs from polar fishes. Although interactions between a defined flat ice-binding surface and a particular lattice plane of an ice crystal have now been identified, the fine structural features underlying the antifreeze mechanism still remain unclear owing to the intrinsic difficulty in identifying H atoms using X-ray diffraction data alone. Here, successful perdeuteration (i.e. complete deuteration) for neutron crystallographic studies of the North Atlantic ocean pout (Macrozoarces americanus) AFP in Escherichia coli high-density cell cultures is reported. The perdeuterated protein (AFP D) was expressed in inclusion bodies, refolded in deuterated buffer and purified by cation-exchange chromatography. Well shaped perdeuterated AFP D crystals have been grown in D(2)O by the sitting-drop method. Preliminary neutron Laue diffraction at 293 K using LADI-III at ILL showed that with a few exposures of 24 h a very low background and clear small spots up to a resolution of 1.85 A were obtained using a ;radically small' perdeuterated AFP D crystal of dimensions 0.70 x 0.55 x 0.35 mm, corresponding to a volume of 0.13 mm(3).
https://www.hal.inserm.fr/inserm-00384528
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Submitted on : Tuesday, May 26, 2009 - 5:13:01 PM
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Contributor : Maité Peney <>
Submitted on : Tuesday, May 26, 2009 - 5:13:01 PM
Last modification on : Wednesday, July 15, 2020 - 1:02:02 PM
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