Enhanced X-ray diffraction of in vivo-grown μNS crystals by viscous jets at XFELs.

Acta Crystallographica. Section F, Structural Biology Communications
Nirupa NagaratnamJose M Martin-Garcia

Abstract

μNS is a 70 kDa major nonstructural protein of avian reoviruses, which cause significant economic losses in the poultry industry. They replicate inside viral factories in host cells, and the μNS protein has been suggested to be the minimal viral factor required for factory formation. Thus, determining the structure of μNS is of great importance for understanding its role in viral infection. In the study presented here, a fragment consisting of residues 448-605 of μNS was expressed as an EGFP fusion protein in Sf9 insect cells. EGFP-μNS(448-605) crystallization in Sf9 cells was monitored and verified by several imaging techniques. Cells infected with the EGFP-μNS(448-605) baculovirus formed rod-shaped microcrystals (5-15 µm in length) which were reconstituted in high-viscosity media (LCP and agarose) and investigated by serial femtosecond X-ray diffraction using viscous jets at an X-ray free-electron laser (XFEL). The crystals diffracted to 4.5 Å resolution. A total of 4227 diffraction snapshots were successfully indexed into a hexagonal lattice with unit-cell parameters a = 109.29, b = 110.29, c = 324.97 Å. The final data set was merged and refined to 7.0 Å resolution. Preliminary electron-density maps were obtained. While more...Continue Reading

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Methods Mentioned

BETA
X-ray
transfection
electrophoresis
fluorescence microscopy
transmission electron microscopy
imaging techniques
light microscopy

Software Mentioned

CrystFEL
PyMOL
Coot
ASDF
phenix
Phaser
MOSFLM
Leica Application Suite X ( LAS X )
refine
XGANDALF

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