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lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
12
pubmed:dateCreated
2003-11-20
pubmed:abstractText
Here we report the successful three-dimensional crystallization of GlpT, the glycerol-3-phosphate transporter from Escherichia coli inner membrane. GlpT possesses 12 transmembrane alpha-helices and is a member of the major facilitator superfamily. It mediates the exchange of glycerol-3-phosphate for inorganic phosphate across the membrane. Approximately 20 phospholipid molecules per protein, identified as negatively charged phosphatidylethanolamine, phosphatidylglycerol, and cardiolipin, were required for the monodispersity of purified GlpT. Analytical size-exclusion chromatography proved to be efficient in identifying detergents for GlpT monodispersity. Nine such detergents were later used for GlpT crystallization. Screening for crystal nucleation was carried out with a variety of polyethylene glycols as the precipitant over a wide pH range. Subsequent identification of a rigid protein core by limited proteolysis and mass spectroscopy resulted in better-ordered crystals. These crystals exhibited order to 3.7 A resolution in two dimensions. However, the stacking in the third dimension was partially disordered. This stacking problem was overcome by using a detergent mixture and manipulating the ionic interactions in the crystallization solution. The resulting GlpT crystals diffracted isotropically to 3.3 A resolution and were suitable for structure determination by X-ray crystallography.
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pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Dec
pubmed:issn
0961-8368
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
12
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
2748-56
pubmed:dateRevised
2009-11-18
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2003
pubmed:articleTitle
Three-dimensional crystallization of the Escherichia coli glycerol-3-phosphate transporter: a member of the major facilitator superfamily.
pubmed:affiliation
Skirball Institute of Biomolecular Medicine and Department of Cell Biology, New York University School of Medicine, New York, New York 10016, USA.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S., Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't