scholarly journals Ectodomain of plasmodesmata-localized protein 5 inArabidopsis: expression, purification, crystallization and crystallographic analysis

Author(s):  
Xiaocui Wang ◽  
Peiyan Zhu ◽  
Shanshan Qu ◽  
Jie Zhao ◽  
Prashant K. Singh ◽  
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Plasmodesmata-localized protein 5 (PDLP5) is a cysteine-rich receptor-like protein which is localized on the plasmodesmata ofArabidopsis thaliana. Overexpression of PDLP5 can reduce the permeability of the plasmodesmata and further affect the cell-to-cell movement of viruses and macromolecules in plants. The ectodomain of PDLP5 contains two DUF26 domains; however, the function of these domains is still unknown. Here, the ectodomain of PDLP5 fromArabidopsiswas cloned and overexpressed using an insect expression system and was then purified and crystallized. X-ray diffraction data were collected to 1.90 Å resolution and were indexed in space groupP1, with unit-cell parametersa= 41.9,b= 48.1,c = 62.2 Å, α = 97.3, β = 103.1, γ = 99.7°. Analysis of the crystal content indicated that there are two molecules in the asymmetric unit, with a Matthews coefficient of 2.51 Å3 Da−1and a solvent content of 50.97%.

Author(s):  
Fang Lu ◽  
Bei Zhang ◽  
Yong Liu ◽  
Ying Song ◽  
Gangxing Guo ◽  
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Phytases are phosphatases that hydrolyze phytates to less phosphorylatedmyo-inositol derivatives and inorganic phosphate. β-Propeller phytases, which are very diverse phytases with improved thermostability that are active at neutral and alkaline pH and have absolute substrate specificity, are ideal substitutes for other commercial phytases. PhyH-DI, a β-propeller phytase fromBacillussp. HJB17, was found to act synergistically with other single-domain phytases and can increase their efficiency in the hydrolysis of phytate. Crystals of native and selenomethionine-substituted PhyH-DI were obtained using the vapour-diffusion method in a condition consisting of 0.2 Msodium chloride, 0.1 MTris pH 8.5, 25%(w/v) PEG 3350 at 289 K. X-ray diffraction data were collected to 3.00 and 2.70 Å resolution, respectively, at 100 K. Native PhyH-DI crystals belonged to space groupC121, with unit-cell parametersa = 156.84,b = 45.54,c = 97.64 Å, α = 90.00, β = 125.86, γ = 90.00°. The asymmetric unit contained two molecules of PhyH-DI, with a corresponding Matthews coefficient of 2.17 Å3 Da−1and a solvent content of 43.26%. Crystals of selenomethionine-substituted PhyH-DI belonged to space groupC2221, with unit-cell parametersa = 94.71,b= 97.03,c= 69.16 Å, α = β = γ = 90.00°. The asymmetric unit contained one molecule of the protein, with a corresponding Matthews coefficient of 2.44 Å3 Da−1and a solvent content of 49.64%. Initial phases for PhyH-DI were obtained from SeMet SAD data sets. These data will be useful for further studies of the structure–function relationship of PhyH-DI.


Author(s):  
Seoung Min Bong ◽  
Seung Won Yang ◽  
Ji-Woong Choi ◽  
Seung Jun Kim ◽  
Byung Il Lee

Myotubularin-related protein 1 is a phosphatase that dephosphorylates phospholipids such as phosphatidylinositol 3-phosphate or phosphatidylinositol 3,5-bisphosphate. In this study, human MTMR1 was overexpressed inEscherichia coli, purified and crystallized at 277 K using polyethylene glycol 20 000 as a precipitant. Diffraction data were collected to 2.0 Å resolution using synchrotron radiation. The crystals belonged to space groupP1, with unit-cell parametersa= 67.219,b= 96.587,c= 97.581 Å, α = 87.597, β = 86.072, γ = 77.327°. Assuming the presence of four molecules in the asymmetric unit, the calculated Matthews coefficient value was 2.61 Å3 Da−1and the corresponding solvent content was 52.9%.


Author(s):  
Young Jun An ◽  
Chang-Sook Jeong ◽  
Jeong Hee Yu ◽  
Kyung Min Chung ◽  
Sun-Shin Cha

The emergence and global spread of multidrug-resistantAcinetobacter baumanniistrains are major threats to public health. Inhibition of peptidoglycan biosynthesis is an effective strategy for the development of antibiotics. The ATP-dependent UDP-N-acetylmuramoyl-tripeptide-D-alanyl-D-alanine ligase (MurF) that is responsible for the last step of peptidoglycan biosynthesis is a validated target for the development of antibiotics. Crystals ofA. baumanniiMurF in complex with ATP were grown by the microbatch crystallization method at 295 K. The crystals belonged to space groupP3221, with unit-cell parametersa=b= 85.42,c= 129.86 Å. Assuming the presence of one molecule in the asymmetric unit, the solvent content was estimated to be about 54.32%.


2014 ◽  
Vol 70 (11) ◽  
pp. 1517-1520 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sunmin Kim ◽  
Keon Young Kim ◽  
Jeong Kuk Park ◽  
Byung Il Lee ◽  
Yun-Gon Kim ◽  
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Escherichia colitRNAN6-threonylcarbamoyladenosine dehydratase (TcdA), previously called CsdL or YgdL, was overproduced and purified fromE. coliand crystallized using polyethylene glycol 3350 as a crystallizing agent. X-ray diffraction data were collected to 2.70 Å resolution under cryoconditions using synchrotron X-rays. The crystals belonged to space groupP21, with unit-cell parametersa= 65.4,b= 96.8,c= 83.3 Å, β = 111.7°. According to the Matthews coefficient, the asymmetric unit may contain up to four subunits of the monomeric protein, with a crystal volume per protein mass (VM) of 2.12 Å3 Da−1and 42.1% solvent content.


Author(s):  
Kim-Hung Huynh ◽  
Huyen-Thi Tran ◽  
Tan-Viet Pham ◽  
Ho-Phuong-Thuy Ngo ◽  
Sun-Shin Cha ◽  
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Acinetobacter baumanniicauses bacteraemia, pneumonia, other respiratory-tract and urinary-tract infections in humans. OXA-23 carbapenemase-producingA. baumanniiK0420859 (A. baumanniiOXA-23) is resistant to carbapenem, a common antibacterial drug. To develop an efficient and novel antibacterial drug againstA. baumanniiOXA-23, D-alanine-D-alanine ligase, which is essential in bacterial cell-wall synthesis, is of interest. Here, the D-alanine-D-alanine ligase (AbDdl) gene fromA. baumanniiOXA-23 was cloned and expressed, and theAbDdl protein was purified and crystallized; this enzyme can be used as a novel target for an antibacterial drug againstA. baumanniiOXA-23. TheAbDdl crystal diffracted to a resolution of 2.8 Å and belonged to the orthorhombic space groupP212121, with unit-cell parametersa= 113.4,b= 116.7,c= 176.5 Å, a correspondingVMof 2.8 Å3 Da−1and a solvent content of 56.3%, and six protomers in the asymmetric unit.


2015 ◽  
Vol 71 (8) ◽  
pp. 1017-1019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hirofumi Komori ◽  
Koji Inaka ◽  
Naoki Furubayashi ◽  
Michinari Honda ◽  
Yoshiki Higuchi

An FAD-dependent glucose dehydrogenase (GDH) fromAspergillus terreuswas purified and crystallized at 293 K using the sitting-drop vapour-diffusion method. A data set was collected to a resolution of 1.6 Å from a single crystal at 100 K using a rotating-anode X-ray source. The crystal belonged to space groupP21, with unit-cell parametersa= 56.56,b= 135.74,c= 74.13 Å, β = 90.37°. The asymmetric unit contained two molecules of GDH. The Matthews coefficient was calculated to be 2.2 Å3 Da−1and the solvent content was estimated to be 44%.


Author(s):  
Anna I. Erickson ◽  
Reta D. Sarsam ◽  
Andrew J. Fisher

CysQ is part of the sulfur-activation pathway that dephosphorylates 3′-phosphoadenosine 5′-monophosphate (PAP) to regenerate adenosine 5′-monophosphate (AMP) and free phosphate. PAP is the product of sulfate-transfer reactions from sulfotransferases that use the universal sulfate donor 3′-phosphoadenosine 5′-phosphosulfate (PAPS). In some organisms PAP is also the product of PAPS reductases that reduce sulfate from PAPS to sulfite. CysQ fromMycobacterium tuberculosis, which plays an important role in the biosynthesis of sulfated glycoconjugates, was successfully purified and crystallized in 24% PEG 1500, 20% glycerol. X-ray diffraction data were collected to 1.7 Å resolution using a synchrotron-radiation source. Crystals grew in the orthorhombic space groupP212121, with unit-cell parametersa= 40.3,b= 57.9,c= 101.7 Å and with one monomer per asymmetric unit.


2015 ◽  
Vol 71 (8) ◽  
pp. 1063-1066 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yang Liu ◽  
Yuwei Zhu ◽  
Maikun Teng ◽  
Xu Li

RsmA, a ribosomal RNA small subunit methyltransferase fromStaphylococcus aureus, catalyzes theN6methylation of adenine in 16S rRNA. In this study, RsmA fromStaphylococcus aureuswas cloned, expressed, purified and crystallized. The crystal belonged to space groupC2, with unit-cell parametersa= 84.38,b= 157.76,c= 96.50 Å, β = 95.04°. X-ray diffraction data were collected to a resolution of 3.2 Å. The self-rotation function and the Matthews coefficient suggested the presence of two molecules in the asymmetric unit.


2014 ◽  
Vol 70 (12) ◽  
pp. 1649-1652 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nozomi Asano ◽  
Akiyoshi Nakamura ◽  
Keisuke Komoda ◽  
Koji Kato ◽  
Isao Tanaka ◽  
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Rpf2 and Rrs1 are essential proteins for ribosome biogenesis. These proteins form a complex (the Rpf2-subcomplex) with 5S rRNA and two ribosomal proteins (L5 and L11). This complex is recruited to the ribosome precursor (the 90S pre-ribosome). This recruitment is necessary for the maturation of 25S rRNA. Genetic depletion of Rpf2 and Rrs1 results in accumulation of the 25S rRNA precursor. In this study, Rpf2 and Rrs1 fromAspergillus nidulanswere co-overexpressed inEscherichia coli, purified and crystallized. Subsequent analysis revealed that these crystals contained the central core region of the complex consisting of both N-terminal domains. X-ray diffraction data were collected to 2.35 Å resolution. Preliminary analysis revealed that the crystals belonged to space groupP212121, with unit-cell parametersa= 54.1,b= 123.3,c = 133.8 Å. There are two complexes in the asymmetric unit. Structure determination using selenomethionine-labelled protein is in progress.


Author(s):  
Jacqueline E. Day ◽  
Troii Hall ◽  
Lyle E. Pegg ◽  
Timothy E. Benson ◽  
Jens Hausmann ◽  
...  

Rat autotaxin has been cloned, expressed, purified to homogeneity and crystallizedviahanging-drop vapour diffusion using PEG 3350 as precipitant and ammonium iodide and sodium thiocyanate as salts. The crystals diffracted to a maximum resolution of 2.05 Å and belonged to space groupP1, with unit-cell parametersa= 53.8,b= 63.3,c= 70.5 Å, α = 98.8, β = 106.2, γ = 99.8°. Preliminary X-ray diffraction analysis indicated the presence of one molecule per asymmetric unit, with a solvent content of 47%.


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