title: Crystallization and preliminary X-ray analysis of the complex between a mouse Fab fragment and a single IgG-binding domain from streptococcal protein G.
abstract: The Fab fragment of a mouse immunoglobulin G1, complexed with a single IgG-binding domain from streptococcal protein G, has been crystallized in a form suitable for analysis by X-ray diffraction. The needle-shaped crystals were grown from polyethylene glycol 4000 using vapour diffusion methods and diffract to 2.3 A resolution. The space group is P2(1)2(1)2(1) (a = 64.5 A, b = 70.5 A and c = 120.1 A), with one Fab-protein G domain complex in the asymmetric unit. Solution of the three-dimensional structure of the complex will permit a detailed analysis of the molecular interactions between protein G and the Fab portion of IgG.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biochemistry, University of Leicester, U.K.
authors.forename: J P
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Derrick
authors.forename: G J
authors.initials: GJ
authors.lastname: Davies
authors.forename: Z
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Dauter
authors.forename: K S
authors.initials: KS
authors.lastname: Wilson
authors.forename: D B
authors.initials: DB
authors.lastname: Wigley
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001426:Bacterial Proteins / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000378:metabolism; D001665:Binding Sites; D007140:Immunoglobulin Fab Fragments / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000378:metabolism; D007074:Immunoglobulin G / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000378:metabolism; D051379:Mice; D014961:X-Ray Diffraction
chemical_list: D001426:Bacterial Proteins; C034284:IgG Fc-binding protein, Streptococcus; D007140:Immunoglobulin Fab Fragments; D007074:Immunoglobulin G