Purification, crystallization and preliminary X-ray crystallographic analysis of the nucleocapsid protein of Bunyamwera virus.
Bunyamwera virus (BUNV) is the prototypic member of the Bunyaviridae family of segmented negative-sense RNA viruses. The BUNV nucleocapsid protein has been cloned and expressed in Escherichia coli. The purified protein has been crystallized and a complete data set has been collected to 3.3 angstroms resolution at a synchrotron source. Crystals of the nucleocapsid protein belong to space group C2, with unit-cell parameters a = 384.7, b = 89.8, c = 89.2 angstroms, beta = 94.4 degrees . Self-rotation function analysis of the X-ray diffraction data has provided insight into the oligomeric state of the protein as well as the orientation of the oligomers in the asymmetric unit. The structure determination of the protein is ongoing.
Department of Microbiology, School of Medicine, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL 35294, USA.
John W
JW
Rodgers
Qingxian
Q
Zhou
Todd J
TJ
Green
John N
JN
Barr
Ming
M
Luo
D002042:Bunyamwera virus / Q000737:chemistry*; D018360:Crystallography, X-Ray; D046911:Macromolecular Substances; D019590:Nucleocapsid Proteins / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000302:isolation & purification; D014764:Viral Proteins / Q000737:chemistry / Q000302:isolation & purification; D014961:X-Ray Diffraction
D046911:Macromolecular Substances; D019590:Nucleocapsid Proteins; D014764:Viral Proteins