title: Crystallization and preliminary X-ray analysis of Borrelia burgdorferi outer surface protein A (OspA) complexed with a murine monoclonal antibody Fab fragment.
abstract: The Borrelia burgdorferi outer surface lipoprotein OspA is a current focus for vaccine development to prevent Lyme disease infection. A soluble, recombinant form of the protein lacking the amino-terminal lipid membrane anchor was cocrystallized with the Fab fragment of an agglutinating mouse monoclonal antibody. The crystals belong to space group P2(1)2(1)2(1), with a = 90.0 A, b = 91.9 A, and c = 102.9 A and they were found to diffract to a maximum resolution of 2.8 A using synchrotron radiation.
authors.affiliation: Biology Department, Brookhaven National Laboratory, New York 11973-5000, USA.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: C L
authors.initials: CL
authors.lastname: Lawson
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000907:Antibodies, Bacterial / Q000276:immunology*; D000911:Antibodies, Monoclonal / Q000276:immunology*; D000936:Antigen-Antibody Complex / Q000737:chemistry*; D000942:Antigens, Bacterial / Q000276:immunology / Q000648:ultrastructure*; D000954:Antigens, Surface / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000276:immunology; D001425:Bacterial Outer Membrane Proteins / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000276:immunology; D001428:Bacterial Vaccines; D015748:Borrelia burgdorferi Group / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000276:immunology; D003460:Crystallization; D018360:Crystallography, X-Ray; D007140:Immunoglobulin Fab Fragments / Q000276:immunology*; D008074:Lipoproteins; D051379:Mice; D012995:Solubility
chemical_list: D000907:Antibodies, Bacterial; D000911:Antibodies, Monoclonal; D000936:Antigen-Antibody Complex; D000942:Antigens, Bacterial; D000954:Antigens, Surface; D001425:Bacterial Outer Membrane Proteins; D001428:Bacterial Vaccines; D007140:Immunoglobulin Fab Fragments; D008074:Lipoproteins; C072045:OspA protein