Crystallization and Preliminary X-Ray Crystallographic Studies of Human Autocrine Motility Factor

Authors: Uemura H.; Tanaka N.; Funasaka T.; Haga A.; Nagase H.; Raz A.; Nakamura K.T.

Source: Protein and Peptide Letters, Volume 8, Number 4, August 2001 , pp. 317-322(6)

Publisher: Bentham Science Publishers

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Abstract:

Human autocrine motility factor (hAMF), a tumor-secreted cytokine which stimulates cell migration in vitro and metastasis in vivo, has been crystallized by the hanging-drop vapour diffusion method. The crystals belong to an orthorhombic space group P212121 with the cell dimensions of a = 80.79 A, b = 107.1 A, and c = 270.9 A. There are two dimers per asymmetric unit. The crystals diffract to at least 2.0 A resolution and are suitable for X-ray structure analysis at high resolution.

Keywords: Crystallization; Motility Factor; cytokine

Language: English

Document Type: Review article

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.2174/0929866013409364

Publication date: 2001-08-01

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