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  • Title: Crystallization and preliminary X-ray crystallographic analysis of the heterodimeric crotoxin complex and the isolated subunits crotapotin and phospholipase A2.
    Author: Santos KF, Murakami MT, Cintra AC, Toyama MH, Marangoni S, Forrer VP, Brandão Neto JR, Polikarpov I, Arni RK.
    Journal: Acta Crystallogr Sect F Struct Biol Cryst Commun; 2007 Apr 01; 63(Pt 4):287-90. PubMed ID: 17401196.
    Abstract:
    Crotoxin, a potent neurotoxin from the venom of the South American rattlesnake Crotalus durissus terrificus, exists as a heterodimer formed between a phospholipase A(2) and a catalytically inactive acidic phospholipase A(2) analogue (crotapotin). Large single crystals of the crotoxin complex and of the isolated subunits have been obtained. The crotoxin complex crystal belongs to the orthorhombic space group P2(1)2(1)2, with unit-cell parameters a = 38.2, b = 68.7, c = 84.2 A, and diffracted to 1.75 A resolution. The crystal of the phospholipase A(2) domain belongs to the hexagonal space group P6(1)22 (or its enantiomorph P6(5)22), with unit-cell parameters a = b = 38.7, c = 286.7 A, and diffracted to 2.6 A resolution. The crotapotin crystal diffracted to 2.3 A resolution; however, the highly diffuse diffraction pattern did not permit unambiguous assignment of the unit-cell parameters.
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