title: Three-dimensional crystals of an integral membrane protein: an initial x-ray analysis.
abstract: Matrix protein, a pore-forming transmembrane protein spanning the outer membrane of Escherichia coli, has been obtained in a variety of three-dimensional crystal forms amenable to both electron microscope and x-ray analyses. Successful association into large crystals depended on the use of alpha-octyl glucoside, a detergent with relatively low affinity for the protein. Electron micrographs of thin-sectioned crystals show a high degree of order. Preliminary crystallographic data suggest that the crystals, which exhibit diffraction to 3.8 A, have a cubic space group.
mesh_terms: D001426:Bacterial Proteins; D002352:Carrier Proteins; D003461:Crystallography; D004926:Escherichia coli; D007473:Ion Channels; D008565:Membrane Proteins; D011487:Protein Conformation; D014961:X-Ray Diffraction
chemical_list: D001426:Bacterial Proteins; D002352:Carrier Proteins; D007473:Ion Channels; D008565:Membrane Proteins