scholarly journals Purification, crystallization, preliminary X-ray diffraction and molecular-replacement studies of catfish (Clarias magur) haemoglobin

Author(s):  
S. M. Jaimohan ◽  
M. D. Naresh ◽  
A. B. Mandal

Haemoglobin is an interesting physiologically significant protein composed of specific functional prosthetic haem and globin moieties. In recent decades, there has been substantial interest in attempting to understand the structural basis and functional diversity of fish haemoglobins (Hbs). Towards this end, purification, crystallization, preliminary X-ray diffraction and molecular-replacement studies have been carried out onClarias magurHb. Crystals were grown by the hanging-drop vapour-diffusion method using PEG 2000 and NaCl as precipitants. The crystals belonged to the primitive monoclinic systemP2, with unit-cell parametersa= 98.35,b= 56.63,c= 112.88 Å, β = 100.22°; a complete data set was collected to a resolution of 2.4 Å. The Matthews coefficient of 2.42 Å3 Da−1for the crystal indicated the presence of two α2β2tetramers in the asymmetric unit.

2014 ◽  
Vol 70 (11) ◽  
pp. 1526-1528 ◽  
Author(s):  
G. Jagadeesan ◽  
P. Malathy ◽  
K. Gunasekaran ◽  
S. Harikrishna Etti ◽  
S. Aravindhan

Haemoglobin is the iron-containing oxygen-transport metalloprotein that is present in the red blood cells of all vertebrates. In recent decades, there has been substantial interest in attempting to understand the structural basis and functional diversity of avian haemoglobins. Towards this end, purification, crystallization, preliminary X-ray diffraction and molecular-replacement studies have been carried out on cormorant (Phalacrocorax carbo) haemoglobin. Crystals were grown by the hanging-drop vapour-diffusion method using PEG 3350, NaCl and glycerol as precipitants. The crystals belonged to the trigonal systemP3121, with unit-cell parametersa=b= 55.64,c= 153.38 Å, β = 120.00°; a complete data set was collected to a resolution of 3.5 Å. Matthews coefficient analysis indicated that the crystals contained a half-tetramer in the asymmetric unit.


2000 ◽  
Vol 56 (1) ◽  
pp. 64-66 ◽  
Author(s):  
B. Gopal ◽  
R. A. Cox ◽  
M. J. Colston ◽  
G. G. Dodson ◽  
S. J. Smerdon ◽  
...  

N-utilizing substance B (NusB) is a protein which forms part of a complex assembly in transcriptional antitermination in Mycobacterium tuberculosis. It forms a heterodimer with the product of the NusE gene (identical to the ribosomal protein S10) and mediates the process of transcriptional antitermination by forming the core complex with the nut site of the ribosomal RNA along with other protein factors. NusB has been cloned and overexpressed in Escherichia coli and crystallized using the hanging-drop vapour-diffusion method. The space group is P212121, with unit-cell parameters a = 46.6, b = 64.2, c = 90.1 Å. A native data set complete to 1.6 Å resolution has been collected from a single crystal.


Author(s):  
Takeo Tsuda ◽  
Tomomi Suzuki ◽  
Shuichi Kojima

Bacillus subtilisYwfE, an L-amino-acid ligase, catalyzes the formation of an α-dipeptide from L-amino acids in an ATP-dependent manner. In order to elucidate the substrate-recognition mode and the reaction mechanism of this ligase, native and selenomethionine-derivatized (SeMet) crystals of YwfE in the presence of ADP, MgCl2and the dipeptide L-Ala-L-Gln were obtained using the hanging-drop vapour-diffusion method. These crystals diffracted to 1.9 and 2.8 Å resolution, respectively. Preliminary SAD phase calculations using the data set from the SeMet crystal suggested that the crystal belonged to the hexagonal space groupP6522, with unit-cell parametersa=b= 90.85,c = 250.31 Å, and contained one molecule in the asymmetric unit with a solvent content of 57.3%.


Author(s):  
Abu Iftiaf Md Salah Ud-Din ◽  
Anna Roujeinikova

Flagella-mediated motility and chemotaxis towards nutrients are important characteristics ofVibrio fischerithat play a crucial role in the development of its symbiotic relationship with its Hawaiian squid hostEuprymna scolopes. TheV. fischerichemoreceptor A (VfcA) mediates chemotaxis toward amino acids. The periplasmic sensory domain of VfcA has been crystallized by the hanging-drop vapour-diffusion method using polyethylene glycol 3350 as a precipitating agent. The crystals belonged to space groupP1, with unit-cell parametersa = 39.9,b= 57.0,c= 117.0 Å, α = 88.9, β = 80.5, γ = 89.7°. A complete X-ray diffraction data set has been collected to 1.8 Å resolution using cryocooling conditions and synchrotron radiation.


Author(s):  
Natalia Pakharukova ◽  
Minna Tuittila ◽  
Sari Paavilainen ◽  
Anton Zavialov

The attachment of many Gram-negative pathogens to biotic and abiotic surfaces is mediated by fimbrial adhesins, which are assembledviathe classical, alternative and archaic chaperone–usher (CU) pathways. The archaic CU fimbrial adhesins have the widest phylogenetic distribution, yet very little is known about their structure and mechanism of assembly. To elucidate the biogenesis of archaic CU systems, structural analysis of the Csu fimbriae, which are used byAcinetobacter baumanniito form stable biofilms and cause nosocomial infection, was focused on. The major fimbriae subunit CsuA/B complexed with the CsuC chaperone was purified from the periplasm ofEscherichia colicells co-expressing CsuA/B and CsuC, and the complex was crystallized in PEG 3350 solution using the hanging-drop vapour-diffusion method. Selenomethionine-labelled CsuC–CsuA/B complex was purified and crystallized under the same conditions. The crystals diffracted to 2.40 Å resolution and belonged to the hexagonal space groupP6422, with unit-cell parametersa=b= 94.71,c = 187.05 Å, α = β = 90, γ = 120°. Initial phases were derived from a single anomalous diffraction (SAD) experiment using the selenomethionine derivative.


Author(s):  
Lei Han ◽  
Zheng Liu ◽  
Xinqi Liu ◽  
Dewen Qiu

The effector protein PevD1 from the pathogenic fungusVerticillium dahliaewas purified and crystallized using the hanging-drop vapour-diffusion method. Native crystals appeared in a solution consisting of 4.0 Msodium formate. A native data set was collected at 1.9 Å resolution at 100 K using an in-house X-ray source. Because of the absence of useful methinione in the protein sequence, derivative crystals that contained iodine were obtained by soaking in 1.25 Mpotassium iodide, and a data set that contained anomalous signal was collected using the same X-ray facility at a wavelength of 1.54 Å. The single-wavelength anomalous dispersion method was used to successfully solve the structure based on the anomalous signal generated from iodine.


Author(s):  
Lihan Zhang ◽  
Jing Chen ◽  
Takahiro Mori ◽  
Yan Yan ◽  
Wen Liu ◽  
...  

AntE fromStreptomycessp. NRRL 2288 is a crotonyl-CoA carboxylase/reductase that catalyzes the reductive carboxylation of various α,β-unsaturated acyl-CoAs to provide the building block at the C7 position for antimycin A biosynthesis. Recombinant AntE expressed inEscherichia coliwas crystallized by the sitting-drop vapour-diffusion method. The crystals belonged to space groupI222 orI212121, with unit-cell parametersa= 76.4,b= 96.7,c= 129.6 Å, α = β = γ = 90.0°. A diffraction data set was collected at the KEK Photon Factory to 2.29 Å resolution.


2014 ◽  
Vol 70 (12) ◽  
pp. 1683-1687 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hanbin Jeong ◽  
Byoung Heon Kang ◽  
Changwook Lee

Hsp90 is a molecular chaperone responsible for the assembly and regulation of many cellular client proteins. In particular, Trap1, a mitochondrial Hsp90 homologue, plays a pivotal role in maintaining mitochondrial integrity, protecting against apoptosis in cancer cells. The N (N-terminal)-M (middle) domain of human Trap1 was crystallized in complex with Hsp90 inhibitors (PU-H71 and BIIB-021) by the hanging-drop vapour-diffusion method at pH 6.5 and 293 K using 15% PEG 8K as a precipitant. Diffraction data were collected from crystals of the Trap1–PU-H71 (2.7 Å) and Trap1–BIIB-021 (3.1 Å) complexes to high resolution at a synchrotron-radiation source. Preliminary X-ray diffraction analysis revealed that both crystals belonged to space groupP41212 orP43212, with unit-cell parametersa=b= 69.2,c= 252.5 Å, and contained one molecule per asymmetric unit according to Matthews coefficient calculations.


Author(s):  
Eun-Jung Kim ◽  
Kyung-Jin Kim

(S)-3-Hydroxybutyryl-CoA dehydrogenase fromClostridium butyricum(CbHBD) is an enzyme that catalyzes the second step in the biosynthesis ofn-butanol from acetyl-CoA by the reduction of acetoacetyl-CoA to 3-hydroxybutyryl-CoA. TheCbHBD protein was crystallized using the hanging-drop vapour-diffusion method in the presence of 2 Mammonium sulfate, 0.1 MCAPS pH 10.5, 0.2 Mlithium sulfate at 295 K. X-ray diffraction data were collected to a maximum resolution of 2.3 Å on a synchrotron beamline. The crystal belonged to space groupR3, with unit-cell parametersa=b= 148.5,c= 201.6 Å. With four molecules per asymmetric unit, the crystal volume per unit protein weight (VM) is 3.52 Å3 Da−1, which corresponds to a solvent content of approximately 65.04%. The structure was solved by the molecular-replacement method and refinement of the structure is in progress.


Author(s):  
Hui Li ◽  
Hongyan Zhao ◽  
Laikuan Zhu ◽  
Lihua Hong ◽  
Hong Zhang ◽  
...  

S-Ribosylhomocysteinase (LuxS) encoded by theluxSgene fromStreptococcus mutansplays a crucial role in the quorum-sensing system. LuxS was solubly expressed inEscherichia coliwith high yield. The purity of the purified target protein, which was identified by SDS–PAGE and MALDI–TOF MS analysis, was >95%. The protein was crystallized using the hanging-drop vapour-diffusion method with PEG 3350 as the primary precipitant. X-ray diffraction data were collected at Beijing Synchrotron Radiation Facility (BSRF). Diffraction by the crystal extended to 2.4 Å resolution and the crystal belonged to space groupC2221, with unit-cell parametersa= 55.3,b= 148.7,c= 82.8 Å.


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