Cristalização, análise preliminar de difração de raios X, determinação da massa molecular e seqüência protéica por espectrometria de massa de uma lectina de sementes de Dioclea virgata.

Abstract

The lectin from Dioclea virgata (Dvir) was purified and subjected to crystallization experiments, determination of protein molecular weight and sequence by mass spectrometry. The crystals of the protein complexes were obtained by X-man and using the vapor diffusion method at a constant temperature of 293 K and grew in a condition containing 0.5 M ammonium sulphate, 0.1 M sodium citrate tribasic dihydrate pH 5.6 and 1.0 M lithium sulphate monohydrate. A complete data set was collected at 1.8 Å resolution using a synchrotron radiation source. Dvir The crystal belongs to a centered orthorhombic space group I222, with unit cell parameters a = 647.5 Å, b = 86.6 Å, c = 90.2 Å and angles α = 90.0 ° β = 90 ° γ = 90.0 °. The best solution for the detection of molecular replacement had a correlation coefficient of 77.1% and 44.6% of rfactor. The lectin has a molecular mass of 25 412 Da ± 2 (α chain) at pH 6.5 or higher, is in a tetrameric arrangement and presents as a dimer in the asymmetric unit suggests a crystal packing similar to other lectin subtribe Diocleinae, D. guianensis, D. rostrata, regarding the carbohydrate-binding site and contacts dimeric.