Synchrotron SAXS data from solutions of MNT-MSH in 150 mM NaCl, 10 mM phosphate buffer saline, pH 8 were collected on the BM29 beam line at the ESRF (Grenoble, France) using a Pilatus 1M detector at a sample-detector distance of 2.9 m and at a wavelength of λ = 0.09918 nm (I(s) vs s, where s = 4πsinθ/λ, and 2θ is the scattering angle). In-line size-exclusion chromatography (SEC) SAS was employed. The SEC parameters were as follows: A 500.00 μl sample at 4.2 mg/ml was injected at a 0.75 ml/min flow rate onto a GE Superdex 200 Increase 10/300 column at 20°C. 10 successive 1 second frames were collected through the SEC elution peak of the sample. The data were normalized to the intensity of the transmitted beam and radially averaged; the scattering of the solvent-blank was subtracted.
The first part of the amino acid sequence of MNT-MSH encompasses sequences homologous to Diphtheria toxin (https://www.uniprot.org/uniprot/P00587) followed by Flavohemoprotein (https://www.uniprot.org/uniprot/P24232). The C-terminal region has a sequence homology to the Large T antigen from Simian virus 40 (SV40) (https://www.uniprot.org/uniprot/P03070).
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