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Crystallization and preliminary X-ray diffraction analysis of calexcitin from Loligo pealei: a neuronal protein implicated in learning and memory

Crystallization and preliminary X-ray diffraction analysis of calexcitin from Loligo pealei: a neuronal protein implicated in learning and memory
Crystallization and preliminary X-ray diffraction analysis of calexcitin from Loligo pealei: a neuronal protein implicated in learning and memory
The neuronal protein calexcitin from the long-finned squid Loligo pealei has been expressed in Escherichia coli and purified to homogeneity. Calexcitin is a 22 kDa calcium-binding protein that becomes up-regulated in invertebrates following Pavlovian conditioning and is likely to be involved in signal transduction events associated with learning and memory. Recombinant squid calexcitin has been crystallized using the hanging-drop vapour-diffusion technique in the orthorhombic space group P212121. The unit-cell parameters of a = 46.6, b = 69.2, c = 134.8 Å suggest that the crystals contain two monomers per asymmetric unit and have a solvent content of 49%. This crystal form diffracts X-rays to at least 1.8 Å resolution and yields data of high quality using synchrotron radiation.
calexcitin, calcium-binding proteins
2053-230X
879-881
Beaven, G.D.E.
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Mohammed, F.
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Wood, S.P.
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Vernon, J.
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Giese, K.P.
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Mohammed, F.
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Wood, S.P.
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Vernon, J.
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Giese, K.P.
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Cooper, J.B.
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Beaven, G.D.E., Erskine, P.T., Wright, J.N., Mohammed, F., Gill, R., Wood, S.P., Vernon, J., Giese, K.P. and Cooper, J.B. (2005) Crystallization and preliminary X-ray diffraction analysis of calexcitin from Loligo pealei: a neuronal protein implicated in learning and memory. Acta Crystallographica Section F: Structural Biology Communications, 61 (10), 879-881. (doi:10.1107/S1744309105026758).

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The neuronal protein calexcitin from the long-finned squid Loligo pealei has been expressed in Escherichia coli and purified to homogeneity. Calexcitin is a 22 kDa calcium-binding protein that becomes up-regulated in invertebrates following Pavlovian conditioning and is likely to be involved in signal transduction events associated with learning and memory. Recombinant squid calexcitin has been crystallized using the hanging-drop vapour-diffusion technique in the orthorhombic space group P212121. The unit-cell parameters of a = 46.6, b = 69.2, c = 134.8 Å suggest that the crystals contain two monomers per asymmetric unit and have a solvent content of 49%. This crystal form diffracts X-rays to at least 1.8 Å resolution and yields data of high quality using synchrotron radiation.

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Submitted date: 13 September 2005
Published date: 1 October 2005
Keywords: calexcitin, calcium-binding proteins
Organisations: Biological Sciences

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Local EPrints ID: 35627
URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/35627
ISSN: 2053-230X
PURE UUID: 982f4080-d483-4b9c-a7d7-82b54cb897c1

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Date deposited: 22 May 2006
Last modified: 15 Mar 2024 07:53

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Author: G.D.E. Beaven
Author: P.T. Erskine
Author: J.N. Wright
Author: F. Mohammed
Author: R. Gill
Author: S.P. Wood
Author: J. Vernon
Author: K.P. Giese
Author: J.B. Cooper

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