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Expression of a selenomethionine derivative and preliminary crystallographic studies of human cystatin C

Kozak, M ; Jankowska, E ; Janowski, R ; Grzonka, Z ; Grubb, Anders LU orcid ; Alvarez-Fernandez, M ; Abrahamson, Magnus LU and Jaskolski, M (1999) In Acta Crystallographica. Section D: Biological Crystallography 55(11). p.1939-1942
Abstract
Human cystatin C, a protein with amyloidogenic properties and a potent inhibitor of papain-like mammalian proteases, has been produced in its full-length form by recombinant techniques and crystallized in two polymorphic forms: cubic and tetragonal. A selenomethionyl derivative of the protein, obtained by Escherichia coli expression and with complete Met→Se-Met substitution confirmed by mass spectrometry, amino-acid analysis and X-ray absorption spectra, was crystallized in the cubic form. A truncated variant of the protein, lacking ten N-terminal residues, has also been crystallized. The crystals of this variant are tetragonal and, like the two polymorphs of the full-length protein, contain multiple copies of the molecule in the... (More)
Human cystatin C, a protein with amyloidogenic properties and a potent inhibitor of papain-like mammalian proteases, has been produced in its full-length form by recombinant techniques and crystallized in two polymorphic forms: cubic and tetragonal. A selenomethionyl derivative of the protein, obtained by Escherichia coli expression and with complete Met→Se-Met substitution confirmed by mass spectrometry, amino-acid analysis and X-ray absorption spectra, was crystallized in the cubic form. A truncated variant of the protein, lacking ten N-terminal residues, has also been crystallized. The crystals of this variant are tetragonal and, like the two polymorphs of the full-length protein, contain multiple copies of the molecule in the asymmetric unit, suggesting oligomerization of the protein. (Less)
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cysteine proteases, protease inhibitors, cystatins, selenomethionyl derivatives
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Acta Crystallographica. Section D: Biological Crystallography
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55
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11
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1939 - 1942
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John Wiley & Sons Inc.
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1399-0047
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10.1107/S090744499901121X
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English
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  author       = {{Kozak, M and Jankowska, E and Janowski, R and Grzonka, Z and Grubb, Anders and Alvarez-Fernandez, M and Abrahamson, Magnus and Jaskolski, M}},
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  keywords     = {{cysteine proteases; protease inhibitors; cystatins; selenomethionyl derivatives}},
  language     = {{eng}},
  number       = {{11}},
  pages        = {{1939--1942}},
  publisher    = {{John Wiley & Sons Inc.}},
  series       = {{Acta Crystallographica. Section D: Biological Crystallography}},
  title        = {{Expression of a selenomethionine derivative and preliminary crystallographic studies of human cystatin C}},
  url          = {{http://dx.doi.org/10.1107/S090744499901121X}},
  doi          = {{10.1107/S090744499901121X}},
  volume       = {{55}},
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