1L8W

Crystal Structure of Lyme Disease Variable Surface Antigen VlsE of Borrelia burgdorferi

Experimental procedure

Experimental method	MAD
Source type	SYNCHROTRON
Source details	APS BEAMLINE 14-BM-D
Synchrotron site	APS
Beamline	14-BM-D
Temperature [K]	100
Detector technology	CCD
Collection date	2000-12-03
Detector	ADSC QUANTUM 4
Wavelength(s)	0.9611,0.9797,0.9800
Spacegroup name	P 1 2 1
Unit cell lengths	85.171, 59.178, 116.149
Unit cell angles	90.00, 104.58, 90.00

Refinement procedure

Resolution	82.430 - 2.300
R-factor	0.204 *
Rwork	0.216
R-free	0.28200 *
Structure solution method	MAD
RMSD bond length	0.005
RMSD bond angle	1.080 *
Data reduction software	DENZO
Data scaling software	SCALEPACK
Phasing software	SOLVE
Refinement software	CNS (1.0)

Data quality characteristics

	Overall	Outer shell
Low resolution limit [Å]	90.000	2.380
High resolution limit [Å]	2.300	2.300
Rmerge	0.051 *	0.138 *
Number of reflections	90139
Completeness [%]	92.4	75

Crystallization Conditions

crystal ID	method	pH	temperature	details
1	Batch method *	8 *	291	PEG 1500, Hepes, pH 7.0, VAPOR DIFFUSION, HANGING DROP, temperature 291K

Crystallization Reagents in Literatures

ID	crystal ID	solution	reagent name	concentration (unit)	details
1	1	1	Tris	10 (mM)	pH8.0
2	1	1	PEG1500	15 (%(w/v))
3	1	1	protein	10-15 (mg/ml)