Capillary-seeding crystallization and preliminary crystallographic analysis of a solvent-tolerant elastase from Pseudomonas aeruginosa strain K

Int J Mol Sci. 2013 Aug 28;14(9):17608-17. doi: 10.3390/ijms140917608.

Abstract

Seeding is a versatile method for optimizing crystal growth. Coupling this technique with capillary counter diffusion crystallization enhances the size and diffraction quality of the crystals. In this article, crystals for organic solvent-tolerant recombinant elastase strain K were successfully produced through microseeding with capillary counter-diffusion crystallization. This technique improved the nucleation success rate with a low protein concentration (3.00 mg/mL). The crystal was grown in 1 M ammonium phosphate monobasic and 0.1 M sodium citrate tribasic dihydrate pH 5.6. The optimized crystal size was 1 × 0.1 × 0.05 mm³. Elastase strain K successfully diffracted up to 1.39 Å at SPring-8, Japan, using synchrotron radiation for preliminary data diffraction analysis. The space group was determined to be monoclinic space group P12(1)1 with unit cell parameters of a = 38.99 Ǻ, b = 90.173 Å and c = 40.60 Å.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Crystallization / methods*
  • Pancreatic Elastase / chemistry*
  • Pseudomonas aeruginosa / enzymology*
  • Solvents / chemistry*

Substances

  • Solvents
  • Pancreatic Elastase