STRUCTURES OF PROSTATE SPECIFIC MEMBRANE ANTIGEN, PIGR, A GE/GI-FC AND AN ANTI-P

这个子项目是许多研究子项目中利用 资源由NIH/NCRR资助的中心拨款提供。子项目和 调查员(PI)可能从NIH的另一个来源获得了主要资金， 并因此可以在其他清晰的条目中表示。列出的机构是 该中心不一定是调查人员的机构。 我们将收集四个不同蛋白质系统的晶体的X射线衍射数据：前列腺特异性膜抗原(PSMA)胞外区、聚合免疫球蛋白受体(PIgR)、单纯疱疹病毒(HSV)GE-GI/Fc及其组分的三元复合体，以及与多聚谷氨酰胺(GLN)多肽K2Q10K2复合的抗聚谷氨酰胺(GLN)Fab。PSMA是一种大小为180 kDa的二聚体糖蛋白，主要表达于前列腺上皮细胞表面。前列腺癌显像剂ProstaScint与PSMA结合。PSMA的结构可能有助于开发针对PSMA的前列腺癌治疗药物。PIgR是免疫球蛋白超家族的一员，它与分泌上皮细胞的基底外侧表面结合，并将其运输到根尖表面，是粘膜表面的第一道防线。Ge/Gi-Fc复合体存在于病毒粒子和感染细胞表面，可能对HSV的免疫逃避起重要作用。抗多聚谷氨酰胺Fab与生物素化多肽K2Q10K2的复合结构将有助于深入了解多聚谷氨酰胺重复序列的构象，这些重复序列与包括亨廷顿S病在内的多种神经系统疾病有关。目前没有关于这四个系统中任何一个的结构信息。SSRL的高强度晶体光束线对于许多此类系统的本地数据收集是必不可少的，因为晶体在光束线处衍射到更高的分辨率(例如，PSMA最高可达2？更好)。大探测器与小振荡的集合相结合，允许从PSMA、pIgR、Ge-GI/Fc和NGe/Gi晶体的长单胞边缘分离反射。最后，可调光束线允许使用固有的锌或硫原子、硒取代蛋白质或重原子衍生物的SAD和MAD相移方法。

This subproject is one of many research subprojects utilizing the resources provided by a Center grant funded by NIH/NCRR. The subproject and investigator (PI) may have received primary funding from another NIH source, and thus could be represented in other CRISP entries. The institution listed is for the Center, which is not necessarily the institution for the investigator. We will collect x-ray diffraction data on crystals of four different protein systems: the extracellular region of prostate specific membrane antigen (PSMA), the polymeric immunoglobulin receptor (pIgR), a ternary complex of herpes simplex virus (HSV) gE-gI/Fc and its components, and an anti-poly-glutamine (Gln) Fab complexed with the poly-Gln containing peptide, K2Q10K2. PSMA is a 180 kDa dimeric glycoprotein expressed predominantly on the surfaces of prostate epithelial cells. Prostascint, a prostate cancer imaging agent, binds to PSMA. The structure of PSMA may aid the development of prostate cancer therapeutics that target PSMA. pIgR, a member of the Ig superfamily, binds IgA or IgM on the basolateral surface of secretory epithelial cells and transports them to the apical surface, serving as a first line of defense at the mucosal surfaces. The gE/gI-Fc complex is found on the surface of virions and infected cells and is likely important for immune evasion by HSV. The structure of the anti-poly-Gln Fab complexed with the biotinylated peptide K2Q10K2 will provide insight into the conformation of poly-Gln repeats, which have been implicated in a variety of neurological disorders including Huntington¿s Disease. There is currently no structural information available for any of these four systems. The high intensity crystallography beamlines at SSRL are essential for native data collection for many of these systems because the crystals diffract to higher resolution (e.g. up to 2 ¿ better for PSMA) at the beamline. The large detectors combined with the collection of small oscillations allow for the separation of reflections from long unit cell edges of PSMA, pIgR, gE-gI/Fc, and NgE/gI crystals. Lastly, the tunable beamlines allow for the use of SAD and MAD phasing methods using inherent zinc or sulfur atoms, selenenium-substituted proteins, or for heavy atom derivatives.