Publication Date:
2018-01-01
Description:
The membrane protein DsbD is a reductase that acts as an electron hub, translocating reducing equivalents from cytoplasmic thioredoxin to a number of periplasmic substrates involved in oxidative protein folding, cytochromecmaturation and oxidative stress defence. DsbD is a multi-domain protein consisting of a transmembrane domain (t-DsbD) flanked by two periplasmic domains (n-DsbD and c-DsbD). Previous studies have shown that DsbD is required for the survival of the obligate human pathogenNeisseria meningitidis. To help understand the structural and functional aspects ofN. meningitidisDsbD, the two periplasmic domains which are required for electron transfer are being studied. Here, the expression, purification and biophysical properties of n-NmDsbD and c-NmDsbD are described. The crystallization and crystallographic analysis of n-NmDsbD and c-NmDsbD are also described in both redox states, which differ only in the presence or absence of a disulfide bond but which crystallized in completely different conditions. Crystals of n-NmDsbDOx, n-NmDsbDRed, c-NmDsbDOxand c-NmDsbDReddiffracted to 2.3, 1.6, 2.3 and 1.7 Å resolution and belonged to space groupsP213,P321,P41andP1211, respectively.
Electronic ISSN:
2053-230X
Topics:
Biology
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Chemistry and Pharmacology
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Geosciences
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Physics
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