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Publication Abstract from PubMed

Controlled protein assembly and crystallization is necessary as a means of generating diffraction-quality crystals as well as providing a basis for new types of biomaterials. Water-soluble calixarenes are useful mediators of protein crystallization. Recently, it was demonstrated that Ralstonia solanacearum lectin (RSL) co-crystallizes with anionic sulfonato-calix[8]arene (sclx(8)) in three space groups. Two of these co-crystals only grow at pH </= 4 where the protein is cationic, and the crystal packing is dominated by the calixarene. This paper describes a fourth RSL-sclx(8) co-crystal, which was discovered while working with a cation-enriched mutant. Crystal form IV grows at high ionic strength in the pH range 5-6. While possessing some features in common with the previous forms, the new structure reveals alternative calixarene binding modes. The occurrence of C(2)-symmetric assemblies, with the calixarene at special positions, appears to be an important result for framework fabrication. Questions arise regarding crystal screening and exhaustive searching for polymorphs.

Protein-macrocycle polymorphism: crystal form IV of the Ralstonia solanacearum lectin-sulfonato-calix[8]arene complex.,Mockler NM, Ramberg KO, Crowley PB Acta Crystallogr D Struct Biol. 2023 Jul 1;79(Pt 7):624-631. doi: , 10.1107/S2059798323003832. Epub 2023 Jun 14. PMID:37314405^[1]

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