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We investigated in meso crystallization of membrane proteins to develop a fast screening technology which combines features of the well established classical vapor diffusion experiment with the batch meso phase crystallization, but without premixing of protein and monoolein. It inherits the advantages of both methods, namely (i) the stabilization of membrane proteins in the meso phase, (ii) the control of hydration level and additive concentration by vapor diffusion. The new technology (iii) significantly simplifies in meso crystallization experiments and allows the use of standard liquid handling robots suitable for 96 well formats. CIMP crystallization furthermore allows (iv) direct monitoring of phase transformation and crystallization events. Bacteriorhodopsin (BR) crystals of high quality and diffraction up to 1.3 Å resolution have been obtained in this approach. CIMP and the developed consumables and protocols have been successfully applied to obtain crystals of sensory rhodopsin II (SRII) from Halobacterium salinarum for the first time. 相似文献
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Human C-reactive protein (CRP) is a clinically important classical acute phase protein. Although CRP has been reported to
bind with many nucleated cells, the direct binding of CRP to erythrocytes in diseases remains largely unexplored. The main
focus of the present study was to investigate the binding of disease-specific CRP to erythrocytes of same patients. Distinct
molecular variant of disease-specific CRP was affinity purified from sera of malaria patients (CRPMal). This CRP showed strong binding with malaria erythrocytes (RBCMal) as confirmed by flow cytometric analysis (FACS), enzyme-linked immunosorbent assays (ELISA), and radio binding assays. Calcium
and phosphoryl choline (PC) were found to be essential for this interaction. A 2.3-fold increased binding of induced CRP to
RBCMal as compared to normal erythrocytes (RBCN) confirmed disease-specificity. Preincubation of RBCMal with unconjugated CRP showed 3–5 fold inhibition. The association constant of CRP and RBCMal was 4.7 × 106 cpm/μg with the corresponding number of receptors/cell being 4.3 × 105. The effector function of CRPMal has been demonstrated by its potency to activate the complement pathway. An optimal dose of 10 μg/ml of CRP induced three-fold
higher hemolysis of patient erythrocytes as compared to RBCN. These studies provide direct evidence for an important phagocytic functional interaction of this acute-phase protein by
triggering the CRP-complement pathway after the binding of CRPMal with RBCMal. Hemolysis as triggered by this pathway may be one of the causative factors of anemia, a common clinical manifestation of
this disease. 相似文献
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