title: Purification, crystallization and preliminary X-ray analysis of the ligand-binding domain of human lectin-like oxidized low-density lipoprotein receptor 1 (LOX-1).
abstract: Two different fragments of the ligand-binding domain of LOX-1, the major receptor for oxidized low-density lipoprotein (LDL) on endothelial cells, have been crystallized in different forms. One crystal form contains the disulfide-linked dimer, which is the form of the molecule present on the cell surface; the other contains a monomeric form of the receptor that lacks the cysteine residue necessary to form disulfide-linked homodimers. The crystal of the monomeric ligand-binding domain belongs to space group P2(1)2(1)2(1), with unit-cell parameters a = 56.79, b = 67.57, c = 79.02 A. The crystal of the dimeric form belongs to space group C2, with unit-cell parameters a = 70.86, b = 49.56, c = 76.73 A, beta = 98.59 degrees. Data for the dimeric form of the LOX-1 ligand-binding domain have been collected to 2.4 A. For the monomeric form of the ligand-binding domain, native, heavy-atom derivative and SeMet-derivative crystals have been obtained; their diffraction data have been measured to 3.0, 2.4 and 1.8 A resolution, respectively.
authors.affiliation: Department of Structural Biology, Biomolecular Engineering Research Institute, 6-2-3 Furuedai, Suita, Osaka 565-0874, Japan.
authors.forename: Tomoko
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Ishigaki
authors.forename: Izuru
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Ohki
authors.forename: Takuji
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Oyama
authors.forename: Sachiko
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Machida
authors.forename: Kousuke
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Morikawa
authors.forename: Shin-ichi
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Tate
mesh_terms: D003460:Crystallization; D018360:Crystallography, X-Ray; D004926:Escherichia coli / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D006801:Humans; D002479:Inclusion Bodies / Q000201:enzymology / Q000378:metabolism; D008024:Ligands; D011485:Protein Binding; D017510:Protein Folding; D017434:Protein Structure, Tertiary; D011994:Recombinant Proteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D051127:Scavenger Receptors, Class E / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D008024:Ligands; C495137:OLR1 protein, human; D011994:Recombinant Proteins; D051127:Scavenger Receptors, Class E