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Outer Membrane Proteins >> Outer membrane adhesin OpcA

NAME:Outer membrane adhesin OpcA

PDB IDs: 2VDF

SOURCE ORGANISM: Neisseria menningitidis

SEQUENCE: UniProt Q9AE79>>

ORIENTATION IN MEMBRANE: OPM >>

CRYSTALLIZATION CONDITIONS:

LCP 200 nL Ppt solution 2 µL
Lipid 60 %w/w Protein Solution 40 %w/w
Lipid: 100 %w/w Monoolein Protein: 12 mg/mL OpcA Buffer: 50 mM Hepes pH 7.0
Buffer: 50 mM Bis tris propane pH 7.0 Precipitant: 18 %v/v PEG 400
Detergent: 0.1 %w/v DDM Salt: 0.1 M K sulfate

Temperature (°C): 20

Crystal growth time (d): 20 – 30           Crystal size (µm): 25 x 25 x 70

Reference: V. Cherezov, W. Liu, J. P. Derrick, B. Luan, A. Aksimentiev, V. Katritch and M. Caffrey. 2008. In meso crystal structure and docking simulations suggest an alternative proteoglycan binding site in the OpcA outer membrane adhesin. Proteins 71: 24-34 >>

SPACE GROUP: P 21 21 21           UNIT CELL: 37.86 42.50 150.30 90.0 90.0 90.0

CRYSTAL PACKING:

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