Acta Crystallographica Section F

Structural Biology and Crystallization Communications

Volume 61, Part 4 (April 2005)


crystallization communications



Acta Cryst. (2005). F61, 435-438    [ doi:10.1107/S1744309105008869 ]

Production, crystallization and X-ray characterization of chemically glycosylated hen egg-white lysozyme

F. J. López-Jaramillo, F. Pérez-Banderas, F. Hernández-Mateo and F. Santoyo-González

Abstract: The crystallization of glycoproteins is one of the challenges to be confronted by the crystallographic community in the frame of what is known as glycobiology. The state of the art for the crystallization of glycoproteins is not promising and removal of the carbohydrate chains is generally suggested since they are flexible and a source of heterogeneity. In this paper, the feasibility of introducing glucose into the model protein hen egg-white lysozyme via a post-purification glycosylation reaction that may turn any protein into a model glycoprotein whose carbohydrate fraction can be manipulated is demonstrated.

Keywords: glycosylation; glycobiology; hen egg-white lysozyme; glycomics.


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