A streamlined approach to structure elucidation using in cellulo crystallized recombinant proteins, InCellCryst.


Journal

Nature communications
ISSN: 2041-1723
Titre abrégé: Nat Commun
Pays: England
ID NLM: 101528555

Informations de publication

Date de publication:
24 Feb 2024
Historique:
received: 02 06 2023
accepted: 02 02 2024
medline: 25 2 2024
pubmed: 25 2 2024
entrez: 24 2 2024
Statut: epublish

Résumé

With the advent of serial X-ray crystallography on microfocus beamlines at free-electron laser and synchrotron facilities, the demand for protein microcrystals has significantly risen in recent years. However, by in vitro crystallization extensive efforts are usually required to purify proteins and produce sufficiently homogeneous microcrystals. Here, we present InCellCryst, an advanced pipeline for producing homogeneous microcrystals directly within living insect cells. Our baculovirus-based cloning system enables the production of crystals from completely native proteins as well as the screening of different cellular compartments to maximize chances for protein crystallization. By optimizing cloning procedures, recombinant virus production, crystallization and crystal detection, X-ray diffraction data can be collected 24 days after the start of target gene cloning. Furthermore, improved strategies for serial synchrotron diffraction data collection directly from crystals within living cells abolish the need to purify the recombinant protein or the associated microcrystals.

Identifiants

pubmed: 38402242
doi: 10.1038/s41467-024-45985-7
pii: 10.1038/s41467-024-45985-7
doi:

Types de publication

Journal Article

Langues

eng

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IM

Pagination

1709

Subventions

Organisme : Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung (Federal Ministry of Education and Research)
ID : 05K18FLA
Organisme : Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (German Research Foundation)
ID : EXC 306

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© 2024. The Author(s).

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Auteurs

Robert Schönherr (R)

Institute of Biochemistry, University of Lübeck, Lübeck, Germany.

Juliane Boger (J)

Institute of Biochemistry, University of Lübeck, Lübeck, Germany.

J Mia Lahey-Rudolph (JM)

Institute of Biochemistry, University of Lübeck, Lübeck, Germany.
Center for Free-Electron Laser Science (CFEL), Hamburg, Germany.
X-ray technology lab, TH Lübeck - University of Applied Sciences Lübeck, Lübeck, Germany.

Mareike Harms (M)

Institute of Biochemistry, University of Lübeck, Lübeck, Germany.

Jacqueline Kaiser (J)

Institute of Biochemistry, University of Lübeck, Lübeck, Germany.

Sophie Nachtschatt (S)

Institute of Biochemistry, University of Lübeck, Lübeck, Germany.

Marla Wobbe (M)

Institute of Biochemistry, University of Lübeck, Lübeck, Germany.

Rainer Duden (R)

Institute of Biology, University of Lübeck, Lübeck, Germany.

Peter König (P)

Institute of Anatomy, University of Lübeck, Lübeck, Germany.
Airway Research Center North (ARCN), University of Lübeck, German Center for Lung Research (DZL), Lübeck, Germany.

Gleb Bourenkov (G)

European Molecular Biology Laboratory, Hamburg Unit c/o Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron DESY, Hamburg, Germany.

Thomas R Schneider (TR)

European Molecular Biology Laboratory, Hamburg Unit c/o Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron DESY, Hamburg, Germany.

Lars Redecke (L)

Institute of Biochemistry, University of Lübeck, Lübeck, Germany. redecke@biochem.uni-luebeck.de.
Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron DESY, Hamburg, Germany. redecke@biochem.uni-luebeck.de.

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