Crystallization, diffraction data collection and preliminary crystallographic analysis of DING protein from Pseudomonas fluorescens

Sebastien Moniot, Mikael Elias, Donghyo Kim, Ken Scott, Eric Chabriere

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Abstract

PfluDING is a phosphate-binding protein expressed in Pseudomonas fluorescens. This protein is clearly distinct from the bacterial ABC transporter soluble phosphate-binding protein PstS and is more homologous to eukaryotic DING proteins. Interestingly, bacterial DING proteins have only been detected in certain Pseudomonas species. Although DING proteins seem to be ubiquitous in eukaryotes, they are systematically absent from eukaryotic genomic databases and thus are still quite mysterious and poorly characterized. PfluDING displays mitogenic activity towards human cells and binds various ligands such as inorganic phosphate, pyrophosphate, nucleotide triphosphates and cotinine. Here, the crystallization of PfluDING is reported in a monoclinic space group (P21), with typical unit-cell parameters a = 36.7, b = 123.7, c = 40.8 Å, α = 90, β = 116.7, γ = 90°. Preliminary crystallographic analysis reveals good diffraction quality for these crystals and a 1.43 Å resolution data set has been collected.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)590-592
Number of pages3
JournalActa Crystallographica Section F: Structural Biology and Crystallization Communications
Volume63
Issue number7
DOIs
StatePublished - Jun 15 2007

Keywords

  • DING protein
  • Phosphate-binding proteins
  • Pseudomonas fluorescens

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