Seattle BioMed

Structural genomics of pathogenic protozoa: an overview

Authors: 

Fan E, Baker D, Fields S, Gelb MH, Buckner FS, Van Voorhis WC, Phizicky E, Dumont M, Mehlin C, Grayhack E, Sullivan M, Verlinde C, Detitta G, Meldrum DR, Merritt EA, Earnest T, Soltis M, Zucker F, Myler PJ, Schoenfeld L, Kim D, Worthey L, Lacount D, Vignali M, Li J, Mondal S, Massey A, Carroll B, Gulde S, Luft J, Desoto L, Holl M, Caruthers J, Bosch J, Robien M, Arakaki T, Holmes M, Le Trong I, Hol WG

Journal: 

Methods Mol Biol

Publication date: 
January 2008

The Structural Genomics of Pathogenic Protozoa (SGPP) Consortium aimed to determine crystal structures of proteins from trypanosomatid and malaria parasites in a high throughput manner. The pipeline of target selection, protein production, crystallization, and structure determination, is sketched. Special emphasis is given to a number of technology developments including domain prediction, the use of "co-crystallants," and capillary crystallization. "Fragment cocktail crystallography" for medical structural genomics is also described.