201. Purification of Human Complement Component C4 and Sample Preparation for Structural Biology Applications
- Author
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Gregers R. Andersen, Nick S. Laursen, Alessandra Zarantonello, and Sofia Mortensen
- Subjects
0301 basic medicine ,Gel filtration ,Small-angle X-ray scattering ,Chemistry ,Complement C4 ,Small angle X-ray scattering ,Combinatorial chemistry ,Complement system ,Complement (complexity) ,03 medical and health sciences ,Classical complement pathway ,030104 developmental biology ,0302 clinical medicine ,Structural biology ,Component (UML) ,Sample preparation ,Ion exchange ,030215 immunology ,Negative stain electron microscopy ,X-ray crystallography - Abstract
Activated complement component C4 (C4b) is the nonenzymatic component of the classical pathway (CP) convertases of the complement system. Preparation of C4 and C4b samples suitable for structural biology studies is challenging due to low yields and complexity of recombinant C4 production protocols reported so far and heterogeneity of C4 in native sources. Here we present a purification protocol for human C4 and describe sample preparation methods for structural investigation of C4 and its complexes by crystallography, small angle X-ray scattering, and electron microscopy.
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- 2021