Phosphate-binding protein from Polaromonas JS666: Purification, characterization, crystallization and sulfur SAD phasing

Vanessa R. Pegos, Louis Hey, Jacob Lamirande, Rachel Pfeffer, Rosalie Lipsh, Moshe Amitay, Daniel Gonzalez, Mikael Elias

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Abstract

Phosphate-binding proteins (PBPs) are key proteins that belong to the bacterial ABC-type phosphate transporters. PBPs are periplasmic (or membrane-anchored) proteins that capture phosphate anions from the environment and release them to the transmembrane transporter. Recent work has suggested that PBPs have evolved for high affinity as well as high selectivity. In particular, a short, unique hydrogen bond between the phosphate anion and an aspartate residue has been shown to be critical for selectivity, yet is not strictly conserved in PBPs. Here, the PBP from Polaromonas JS666 is focused on. Interestingly, this PBP is predicted to harbor different phosphate-binding residues to currently known PBPs. Here, it is shown that the PBP from Polaromonas JS666 is capable of binding phosphate, with a maximal binding activity at pH 8. Its structure is expected to reveal its binding-cleft configuration as well as its phosphate-binding mode. Here, the expression, purification, characterization, crystallization and X-ray diffraction data collection to 1.35 Å resolution of the PBP from Polaromonas JS666 are reported.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)342-346
Number of pages5
JournalActa Crystallographica Section:F Structural Biology Communications
Volume73
Issue number6
DOIs
StatePublished - Jun 2017

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Keywords

  • Polaromonas JS666
  • molecular specificity
  • phosphate ABC transporter
  • phosphate-binding protein

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