Journal article

Crystallization and X-ray crystallographic analysis of the cholesterol-dependent cytolysin listeriolysin O from Listeria monocytogenes


Authors listKoester, Stefan; Hudel, Martina; Chakraborty, Trinad; Yildiz, Oezkan

Publication year2013

Pages1212-1215

JournalActa Crystallographica Section F: Structural Biology Communications

Volume number69

eISSN2053-230X

Open access statusGreen

DOI Linkhttps://doi.org/10.1107/S1744309113025761

PublisherInternational Union of Crystallography


Abstract
The secreted pore-forming toxin listeriolysin O (LLO) from the intracellular pathogen Listeria monocytogenes is a member of the family of cholesterol-dependent cytolysins (CDC) with broad properties in pathogenesis. Its role as a virulence factor is enigmatic: it disrupts membranes and acts as an inductor of both pro- and anti-inflammatory responses in infected cells. In addition, LLO is also a potent target for immunogenicity during infection. Natively secreted LLO from a recombinant L. innocua strain was crystallized in its water-soluble monomeric form. The crystals obtained belonged to the orthorhombic space group P2(1)2(1)2(1), with unit-cell parameters a = 26.7, b = 85.1, c = 230.0 angstrom, and diffracted to beyond 2.2 angstrom resolution. The Matthews coefficient and the solvent content were estimated to be 2.4 angstrom(3) Da(-1) and 49.2%, respectively. The structure with one molecule in the asymmetric unit was solved using Phaser employing the structure of the previously characterized CDC toxin perfringolysin O as a search model.



Citation Styles

Harvard Citation styleKoester, S., Hudel, M., Chakraborty, T. and Yildiz, O. (2013) Crystallization and X-ray crystallographic analysis of the cholesterol-dependent cytolysin listeriolysin O from Listeria monocytogenes, Acta Crystallographica Section F: Structural Biology Communications, 69, pp. 1212-1215. https://doi.org/10.1107/S1744309113025761

APA Citation styleKoester, S., Hudel, M., Chakraborty, T., & Yildiz, O. (2013). Crystallization and X-ray crystallographic analysis of the cholesterol-dependent cytolysin listeriolysin O from Listeria monocytogenes. Acta Crystallographica Section F: Structural Biology Communications. 69, 1212-1215. https://doi.org/10.1107/S1744309113025761



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