Crystallization of ClfA and ClfB fragments: The fibrinogen-binding surface proteins of Staphylococcus aureus

Champion C.S. Deivanayagam, Samuel Perkins, Sita Danthuluri, Rick T. Owens, Todd Bice, Tamanna Nanavathy, Timothy J. Foster, Magnus Höök, Sthanam V.L. Narayana

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    Abstract

    Recombinant constructs encoding the fibrinogen-binding domains of ClfA and ClfB from Staphylococcus aureus have been crystallized. ClfA was crystallized in the orthorhombic space group P212121 with unit-cell parameters a = 39.58, b = 81.39 and c = 112.65 Å. A complete data set was recorded to 2.1 Å resolution and had a V(m) of 2.3 Å3 Da-1 with 46.5% solvent, suggesting one molecule per asymmetric unit. Co-crystals of ClfA with the 17 amino-acid C-terminal peptide of fibrinogen γ-chain diffracted to 2.1 Å resolution and had unit-cell parameters a = 39.11, b = 81.39 and c = 109.51 Å in the space group P212121. ClfB was crystallized in the tetragonal space group P41212 or P43212 with unit-cell parameters a = 96.31, b = 96.31 and c = 84.13 Å and diffracted to 2.45 Å resolution. The estimated V(m) of 2.6 Å3 Da-1 with 53% solvent indicated one molecule in the asymmetric unit.

    Original languageEnglish (US)
    Pages (from-to)554-556
    Number of pages3
    JournalActa Crystallographica Section D: Biological Crystallography
    Volume55
    Issue number2
    DOIs
    StatePublished - Feb 1999

    ASJC Scopus subject areas

    • Structural Biology

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