title: Crystallization of the ribosome inactivating protein ML1 from Viscum album (mistletoe) complexed with beta-D-galactose.
abstract: A ribosome inactivating protein (ML1) from the mistletoe plant (Viscum album) has been crystallized. The crystals, grown in the presence of beta-D-galactose, are hexagonal, space group P6(1)22 or P6(5)22, a = b = 111.0 A, c = 309.3 A with 24 molecules per unit cell (assuming 33% solvent by weight). The protein of molecular mass 63 kDa is a heterodimer consisting of two chains, A and B, joined by a disulfide bond. The A-chain, 29 kDa, inhibits protein synthesis by depurinating an adenine residue (A4324) in a highly conserved RNA loop of the 28 S ribosomal subunit. The toxicity of the protein is mediated by the B-chain, 34 kDa, which has lectin activity, interacting with sugar residues of glycoproteins and glycolipids on the surface of target cells.
authors.affiliation: Department of Crystallography, Birkbeck College, University of London, U.K.
authors.forename: E C
authors.initials: EC
authors.lastname: Sweeney
authors.forename: R A
authors.initials: RA
authors.lastname: Palmer
authors.forename: U
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Pfüller
mesh_terms: D018360:Crystallography, X-Ray; D005690:Galactose / Q000737:chemistry; D037102:Lectins; D014784:Mistletoe / Q000737:chemistry*; D037121:Plant Lectins; D028321:Plant Preparations; D010940:Plant Proteins / Q000648:ultrastructure*; D010946:Plants, Medicinal; D054790:Ribosome Inactivating Proteins, Type 2; D012270:Ribosomes / Q000187:drug effects; D014118:Toxins, Biological
chemical_list: D037102:Lectins; D037121:Plant Lectins; D028321:Plant Preparations; D010940:Plant Proteins; D054790:Ribosome Inactivating Proteins, Type 2; D014118:Toxins, Biological; C009674:ribosome inactivating protein, Viscum; D005690:Galactose