4AZ3

crystal structure of cathepsin a, complexed with 15a

X-RAY DIFFRACTION

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Crystallization

Crystalization Experiments
ID	Method	pH	Temperature	Details
1	VAPOR DIFFUSION, HANGING DROP	4.6	277	CATA WAS CRYSTALLIZED USING THE HANGING DROP METHOD: 1 UL OF PROTEIN SOLUTION, CONTAINING 6.5 MG/ML CATHEPSIN A, 25 MM TRIS-HCL (PH 8.0) AND 300 MM NACL, WAS MIXED WITH 1 UL RESERVOIR SOLUTION, CONTAINING 100 MM NAACETATE (PH 4.5), 18-20% PEG400 AND 100 MM CDCL2, AND SET TO EQUILIBRATE AT 4 DEG. C. ROD-SHAPED CRYSTALS APPEARED IN ABOUT ONE WEEK.

Crystal Properties
Matthews coefficient	Solvent content
2.4	48.7

Crystal Data

Unit Cell
Length ( Å )	Angle ( ˚ )
a = 90.59	α = 90
b = 102.8	β = 101.87
c = 48.39	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 315r		2009-09-17	M	SINGLE WAVELENGTH

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

Data Collection

Overall
ID #	Resolution (High)	Resolution (Low)	Percent Possible (Observed)	R Merge 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	2.04	67.1	99	0.06	14.9	3.7		27381		-3	27.96

Highest Resolution Shell
ID #	Resolution (High)	Resolution (Low)	Percent Possible (All)	Percent Possible (Observed)	R Merge I (Observed)	Mean I Over Sigma (Observed)	Redundancy	Number Unique Reflections (All)
1	2.04	2.1	99.1		0.35	4	3.7

Refinement

Statistics
Diffraction ID	Structure Solution Method	Cross Validation method	Starting model	Resolution (High)	Resolution (Low)	Number Reflections (Observed)	Number Reflections (R-Free)	Percent Reflections (Observed)	R-Work	R-Free	R-Free Selection Details	Mean Isotropic B
X-RAY DIFFRACTION	MOLECULAR REPLACEMENT	THROUGHOUT	MODEL DERIVED FROM PDB ENTRY 1IVY	2.04	47.36	27378	1344	99.05	0.188	0.215	RANDOM	28.88

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]
-0.5078		0.1075	-0.5904		1.0981

RMS Deviations
Key	Refinement Restraint Deviation
t_other_torsion	16.46
t_omega_torsion	2.38
t_angle_deg	0.96
t_bond_d	0.007
t_dihedral_angle_d
t_incorr_chiral_ct
t_pseud_angle
t_trig_c_planes
t_gen_planes
t_it
t_nbd
t_improper_torsion
t_chiral_improper_torsion
t_sum_occupancies
t_utility_distance
t_utility_angle
t_utility_torsion
t_ideal_dist_contact

Non-Hydrogen Atoms Used in Refinement
Non-Hydrogen Atoms	Number
Protein Atoms	3288
Nucleic Acid Atoms
Solvent Atoms	422
Heterogen Atoms	95

Software

Software
Software Name	Purpose
BUSTER	refinement
XDS	data reduction
XSCALE	data scaling