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High-level over-expression, purification, and crystallization of a novel phospholipase C/sphingomyelinase from Pseudomonas aeruginosa

Truan, D; Vasil, A; Stonehouse, M; Vasil, ML; Pohl, E.

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Authors

D Truan

A Vasil

M Stonehouse

ML Vasil



Abstract

The hemolytic phospholipase C/sphingomyelinase PlcH from the opportunistic pathogen Pseudomonas aeruginosa represents the founding member of a growing family of virulence factors identified in a wide range of bacterial and fungal pathogens. In P. aeruginosa PlcH is co-expressed with a 17 kDa chaperone (PlcR2) and secreted as a fully folded heterodimer (PlcHR2) of approximately 95 kDa, by the twin arginine translocase (TAT) via the cytoplasmic membrane and through the outer membrane, by the Xcp (TypeII) secretory system. PlcHR2 has been shown to be an important virulence factor in model P. aeruginosa infections and is selectively cytotoxic, at picomolar concentrations to mammalian endothelial cells. Here we report how the various challenges starting from protein overexpression in the native organism P. aeruginosa, the use of detergents in the crystallization and data collection using the most advanced μ-focus synchrotron beam lines were overcome. Native diffraction data of this heterodimeric protein complex were collected up to a resolution of 4 Å, whereas needle-shaped crystals of l-selenomethionine substituted PlcHR2 with a maximum diameter of 10 micron were used to collect data sets with a maximum resolution of 2.75 Å.

Citation

Truan, D., Vasil, A., Stonehouse, M., Vasil, M., & Pohl, E. (2013). High-level over-expression, purification, and crystallization of a novel phospholipase C/sphingomyelinase from Pseudomonas aeruginosa. Protein Expression and Purification, 90(1), 40-46. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pep.2012.11.005

Journal Article Type Article
Publication Date Jul 1, 2013
Deposit Date Apr 24, 2013
Publicly Available Date Mar 28, 2024
Journal Protein Expression and Purification
Print ISSN 1046-5928
Publisher Elsevier
Peer Reviewed Peer Reviewed
Volume 90
Issue 1
Pages 40-46
DOI https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pep.2012.11.005

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