2QN6

Structure of an archaeal heterotrimeric initiation factor 2 reveals a nucleotide state between the GTP and the GDP states

X-RAY DIFFRACTION

Crystallization

Crystalization Experiments
ID	Method	pH	Temperature	Details
1	VAPOR DIFFUSION, SITTING DROP	7.5	297	16 % PEG 3350; 0.1 M Magnesium formate, pH 7.5, VAPOR DIFFUSION, SITTING DROP, temperature 297K

Crystal Properties
Matthews coefficient	Solvent content
2.66	53.72

Crystal Data

Unit Cell
Length ( Å )	Angle ( ˚ )
a = 122.119	α = 90
b = 51.851	β = 94.42
c = 98.032	γ = 90

Symmetry
Space Group	C 1 2 1

Diffraction

Diffraction Experiment
ID #	Crystal ID	Scattering Type	Data Collection Temperature	Detector	Detector Type	Details	Collection Date	Monochromator	Protocol
1	1	x-ray	100	CCD	ADSC QUANTUM 315		2006-09-06	M	SINGLE WAVELENGTH

Radiation Source
ID #	Source	Type	Wavelength List	Synchrotron Site	Beamline
1	SYNCHROTRON	ESRF BEAMLINE ID14-4	0.9795	ESRF	ID14-4

Data Collection

Overall
ID #	Resolution (High)	Resolution (Low)	Percent Possible (Observed)	R Sym I (Observed)	Net I Over Average Sigma (I)	Redundancy	Number Reflections (All)	Number Reflections (Observed)	Observed Criterion Sigma (F)	Observed Criterion Sigma (I)	B (Isotropic) From Wilson Plot
1	2.15	100	95.3	0.052	7.4	2.3	31835	31835			39.6

Highest Resolution Shell
ID #	Resolution (High)	Resolution (Low)	Percent Possible (All)	Percent Possible (Observed)	R-Sym I (Observed)	Mean I Over Sigma (Observed)	Redundancy	Number Unique Reflections (All)
1	2.15	2.27	96.6		0.32	2.2	1.9	4678

Refinement

Statistics
Diffraction ID	Structure Solution Method	Cross Validation method	Starting model	Resolution (High)	Resolution (Low)	Cut-off Sigma (F)	Number Reflections (All)	Number Reflections (Observed)	Number Reflections (R-Free)	Percent Reflections (Observed)	R-Factor (All)	R-Work	R-Free	R-Free Selection Details	Mean Isotropic B
X-RAY DIFFRACTION	MOLECULAR REPLACEMENT	THROUGHOUT	chain A from 2aho	2.15	100	2	33610	26609	1574	79.2	0.217	0.217	0.264	random	46

Temperature Factor Modeling
Anisotropic B[1][1]	Anisotropic B[1][2]	Anisotropic B[1][3]	Anisotropic B[2][2]	Anisotropic B[2][3]	Anisotropic B[3][3]
-2.075		-1.925	-13.015		15.091

RMS Deviations
Key	Refinement Restraint Deviation
c_angle_deg	1.337
c_bond_d	0.0067

Non-Hydrogen Atoms Used in Refinement
Non-Hydrogen Atoms	Number
Protein Atoms	3895
Nucleic Acid Atoms
Solvent Atoms	253
Heterogen Atoms	29

Software

Software
Software Name	Purpose
ADSC	data collection
PHASER	phasing
CNS	refinement
MOSFLM	data reduction
SCALA	data scaling

RCSB PDB Core Operations are funded by the U.S. National Science Foundation (DBI-2321666), the US Department of Energy (DE-SC0019749), and the National Cancer Institute, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, and National Institute of General Medical Sciences of the National Institutes of Health under grant R01GM133198.