title: Crystallization and preliminary X-ray investigation of factor D of human complement.
abstract: Human factor D, an essential enzyme of the alternative pathway of complement activation, has been crystallized. Crystals were grown by vapor diffusion using polyethylene glycol 6000 and NaCl as precipitants. The factor D crystals are triclinic and the space group is P1 with unit cell dimensions a = 40.8 A, b = 64.7 A, c = 40.3 A, alpha = 101.0 degrees, beta = 109.7 degrees, gamma = 74.3 degrees. The unit cell contains two molecules of factor D related by a non-crystallographic 2-fold axis. The crystals grow to dimensions of 0.8 mm x 0.5 mm x 0.2 mm within five days, are stable in the X-ray beam and diffract beyond 2.5 A.
authors.affiliation: Center for Macromolecular Crystallography, University of Alabama, Birmingham 35294.
authors.forename: S V
authors.initials: SV
authors.lastname: Narayana
authors.forename: J M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Kilpatrick
authors.forename: O
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: el-Kabbani
authors.forename: Y S
authors.initials: YS
authors.lastname: Babu
authors.forename: C E
authors.initials: CE
authors.lastname: Bugg
authors.forename: J E
authors.initials: JE
authors.lastname: Volanakis
authors.forename: L J
authors.initials: LJ
authors.lastname: DeLucas
mesh_terms: D011416:Complement Factor D / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000302:isolation & purification; D003460:Crystallization; D005198:Fanconi Syndrome / Q000652:urine; D006801:Humans; D011487:Protein Conformation; D014961:X-Ray Diffraction / Q000379:methods
chemical_list: C493488:CFD protein, human; D011416:Complement Factor D