Crystallographic studies of the coupling segment NBD94(674-781) of the nucleotide-binding domain of the Plasmodium yoelii reticulocyte-binding protein Py235

Acta Crystallogr Sect F Struct Biol Cryst Commun. 2010 Dec 1;66(Pt 12):1631-4. doi: 10.1107/S1744309110040996. Epub 2010 Nov 26.

Abstract

The Plasmodium yoelii reticulocyte-binding protein Py235 has a role as an ATP/ADP sensor. The sensor domain of Py235 is called NBD94; it consists of at least three functional regions, the nucleotide-binding region (NBD94(444-547)), hinge region (NBD94(566-663)) and C-terminal coupling region (NBD94(674-781)), and has been proposed to link ATP/ADP binding to the interaction of Py235 with the red blood cell. Here, NBD94(674-781) was cloned, expressed and purified to high purity. The monodisperse protein was crystallized by vapour diffusion. A diffraction data set was collected to 2.9 Å resolution with 97.2% completeness using a synchrotron-radiation source. The crystals belonged to space group C2, with unit-cell parameters a=65.08, b=82.71, c=114.27 Å, β=94.72°, and contained four molecules in the asymmetric unit.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Crystallography, X-Ray
  • Electrophoresis, Polyacrylamide Gel
  • Nucleotides / metabolism*
  • Plasmodium yoelii / chemistry*
  • Protein Binding
  • Protein Structure, Tertiary
  • Protozoan Proteins / chemistry*
  • Reticulocytes / metabolism*

Substances

  • Nucleotides
  • Protozoan Proteins