scholarly journals Crystallographic studies of aspartate racemase fromLactobacillus sakeiNBRC 15893

2015 ◽  
Vol 71 (8) ◽  
pp. 1012-1016 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tomomi Fujii ◽  
Takae Yamauchi ◽  
Makoto Ishiyama ◽  
Yoshitaka Gogami ◽  
Tadao Oikawa ◽  
...  

Aspartate racemase catalyzes the interconversion between L-aspartate and D-aspartate and belongs to the PLP-independent racemases. The enzyme from the lactic acid bacteriumLactobacillus sakeiNBRC 15893, isolated fromkimoto, is considered to be involved in D-aspartate synthesis during the brewing process of Japanese sake at low temperatures. The enzyme was crystallized at 293 K by the sitting-drop vapour-diffusion method using 25%(v/v) PEG MME 550, 5%(v/v) 2-propanol. The crystal belonged to space groupP3121, with unit-cell parametersa=b= 104.68,c= 97.29 Å, and diffracted to 2.6 Å resolution. Structure determination is under way.

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):  
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.


Author(s):  
Jung Hyun Song ◽  
Woo Cheol Lee ◽  
Jeong Soon Park ◽  
Seung Il Kim ◽  
Je Chul Lee ◽  
...  

Peptidoglycan-associated lipoprotein (Pal) is one component of the Tol–Pal system that is involved in maintaining the integrity and stability of the outer membrane. The C-terminal OmpA-like domain of Pal interacts noncovalently with peptidoglycan. In this study, the OmpA-like domain of Pal fromAcinetobacter baumanniiwas overexpressed inEscherichia colistrain BL21 (DE3), purified and crystallized using the vapour-diffusion method. A native crystal diffracted to 1.4 Å resolution and belonged to space groupP61orP65, with unit-cell parametersa=b= 72.58,c= 44.65 Å, a calculated Matthews coefficient of 2.64 Å3 Da−1and one molecule per asymmetric unit.


2014 ◽  
Vol 70 (11) ◽  
pp. 1560-1562
Author(s):  
Guofang Zhang ◽  
Dan Yu ◽  
Guodong Yang ◽  
Hui Dong ◽  
Tongcun Zhang ◽  
...  

RPB_0146, a putative deaminase fromRhodopseudomonas palustrisHaA2, was expressed inEscherichia coliBL21 (DE3) cells and purified using a His6tag by Ni2+-chelating affinity chromatography for X-ray crystallographic analysis. Diffraction-quality crystals were grown by the hanging-drop vapour-diffusion method at 289 K and diffracted to a resolution of 2.44 Å using a wavelength of 1.000 Å at the Photon Factory (KEK), Japan. The crystals belonged to the orthorhombic space groupP212121, with unit-cell parametersa= 66.26,b= 123.94,c= 155.95 Å.


2014 ◽  
Vol 70 (8) ◽  
pp. 1090-1092
Author(s):  
Feifei Lu ◽  
Feng Gao ◽  
Honglin Li ◽  
Weimin Gong ◽  
Lin Zhou ◽  
...  

The conserved protein Rv3705c fromMycobacterium tuberculosishas been cloned, expressed, purified and crystallized by the sitting-drop vapour-diffusion method using PEG 3350 as a precipitant. The Rv3705c crystals exhibited space groupP6122 orP6522, with unit-cell parametersa=b= 198.0,c= 364.1 Å, α = β = 90, γ = 120°, and diffracted to a resolution of 3.3 Å.


Author(s):  
Midori Taketa ◽  
Hanae Nakagawa ◽  
Mao Habukawa ◽  
Hisao Osuka ◽  
Kiyohito Kihira ◽  
...  

NAD+-reducing [NiFe] hydrogenases catalyze the oxidoreduction of dihydrogen concomitant with the interconversion of NAD+and NADH. Here, the isolation, purification and crystallization of the NAD+-reducing [NiFe] hydrogenase fromHydrogenophilus thermoluteolusTH-1 are reported. Crystals of the NAD+-reducing [NiFe] hydrogenase were obtained within one week from a solution containing polyethylene glycol using the sitting-drop vapour-diffusion method and micro-seeding. The crystal diffracted to 2.58 Å resolution and belonged to space groupC2, with unit-cell parametersa= 131.43,b= 189.71,c= 124.59 Å, β = 109.42°. Assuming the presence of two NAD+-reducing [NiFe] hydrogenase molecules in the asymmetric unit,VMwas calculated to be 2.2 Å3 Da−1, which corresponds to a solvent content of 43%. Initial phases were determined by the single-wavelength anomalous dispersion method using the anomalous signal from the Fe atoms.


Author(s):  
Dan Huang ◽  
Yanan Zhang ◽  
Yanxiang Zhao ◽  
Junfeng Liu ◽  
You-Liang Peng

RGA5-A, a component of the Pia resistance-protein complex (RGA4/RGA5-A) fromOryza sativaL.japonica, has the ability to interact physically with the effector protein AVR-Pia fromMagnaporthe oryzaeviaits effector-interaction domain RGA5-A_S. The interaction between RGA5-A and AVR-Pia relieves the repression of RGA4, leading to AVR-independent cell death by the freed RGA4. To further understand the details of this interaction, the effector-interaction domain RGA5-A_S was expressed inEscherichia coliand purified to homogeneity. The purified recombinant protein His-RGA5-A_S was successfully crystallized using the sitting-drop vapour-diffusion method. A single crystal obtained using 0.2Mammonium citrate, 25%(w/v) PEG 3350 diffracted to 2.43 Å resolution. It belonged to space groupP4122 orP4322, with unit-cell parametersa=b= 55.2,c= 78.2 Å, α = β = γ = 90°.


Author(s):  
Jincheng Li ◽  
Xudong Wang ◽  
Weimin Gong ◽  
Chunyan Niu ◽  
Min Zhang

Adaptations to hypoxia play an important role inMycobacterium tuberculosispathogenesis. Rv0324, which contains an HTH DNA-binding domain and a rhodanese domain, is one of the key transcription regulators in response to hypoxia.M. tuberculosisRv1674c is a homologue of Rv0324. To understand the interdomain interaction and regulation of the HTH domain and the rhodanese domain, recombinant Rv1674c protein was purified and crystallized by the vapour-diffusion method. The crystals diffracted to 2.25 Å resolution. Preliminary diffraction analysis suggests that the crystals belonged to space groupP3121 orP3221, with unit-cell parametersa=b= 67.8,c= 174.5 Å, α = β = 90, γ = 120°. The Matthews coefficient was calculated to be 2.44 Å3 Da−1, assuming that the crystallographic asymmetric unit contains two protein molecules.


1999 ◽  
Vol 55 (11) ◽  
pp. 1946-1948 ◽  
Author(s):  
Louise V. Buchanan ◽  
Nupur Mehta ◽  
Luka Pocivavsek ◽  
S. Niranjanakumari ◽  
Eric J. Toone ◽  
...  

2-Keto-3-deoxy-6-phosphogluconate aldolase (KDPG aldolase, E.C. 4.1.2.14) is a member of the pyruvate/phosphoenolpyruvate aldolase family. It is also a synthetically useful enzyme, capable of catalyzing the stereoselective aldol addition of pyruvate to a range of unnatural electrophilic substrates. The recombinant protein was purified by a two-step HPLC protocol involving anion-exchange and hydrophobic chromatography. Dynamic light-scattering experiments indicated the protein to be monodisperse. Crystals were obtained using the sitting-drop vapour-diffusion method, with PEG 6K as precipitant. Diffraction data were collected on a frozen crystal to a resolution of 2.26 Å on station PX9.6 at the Daresbury synchrotron. The crystal belongs to space group P212121, with unit-cell parameters a = 53.2, b = 77.9, c = 146.8 Å.


1999 ◽  
Vol 55 (4) ◽  
pp. 918-920 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gurvan Michel ◽  
Tristan Barbeyron ◽  
Didier Flament ◽  
Thierry Vernet ◽  
Bernard Kloareg ◽  
...  

A recombinant form of His-tagged κ-carrageenase from Pseudoalteromonas carrageenovora has been expressed, purified and crystallized. Crystals have been obtained by the vapour-diffusion method using polyethylene glycol (Mr = 4000) as a precipitant. These crystals belong to the space group P212121, with unit-cell parameters a  =  58.2, b  =  62.8, c  =  77.9 Å, and diffract to 2.2 Å resolution on a rotating-anode X-ray source.


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