Crystallization and preliminary diffraction data of neurotoxin Ts-gamma from the venom of the scorpion Tityus serrulatus

Acta Crystallogr D Biol Crystallogr. 1998 Nov 1;54(Pt 6 Pt 2):1440-1. doi: 10.1107/s0907444998007197.

Abstract

Scorpion neurotoxin Ts-gamma was isolated from Tityus serrulatus venom and purified to apparent homogeneity by ion-exchange HPLC. Crystals of the toxin were grown using polyethylene glycol 6000 as precipitant and were found to belong to the monoclinic space group P21 with cell parameters a = 22.20, b = 36.90, c = 31.57 A, beta = 100.85 degrees. The crystals diffract beyond 1.73 A resolution at a synchrotron beamline, being notably stable during X-ray exposure. The structure has been solved by molecular replacement using the very high resolution structure of Sahara scorpion Androctonus australis Hector (PDB code 1AHO) as a search model.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Chromatography, Ion Exchange
  • Crystallization
  • Crystallography, X-Ray
  • Molecular Weight
  • Neurotoxins / chemistry*
  • Neurotoxins / isolation & purification
  • Protein Conformation
  • Scorpion Venoms
  • Scorpions / metabolism*
  • Species Specificity

Substances

  • Neurotoxins
  • Scorpion Venoms
  • Ts-gamma neurotoxin