Structural Biology and Crystallization Communications

 

Acta Cryst. (2005). F61, 1027-1031  [ doi:10.1107/S1744309105035372 ]

Structure of a conserved hypothetical protein, TTHA0849 from Thermus thermophilus HB8, at 2.4  Å resolution: a putative member of the StAR-related lipid-transfer (START) domain superfamily

M. Nakabayashi, N. Shibata, H. Komori, Y. Ueda, H. Iino, A. Ebihara, S. Kuramitsu and Y. Higuchi

Synopsis: The crystal structure of a conserved hypothetical protein, TTHA0849 from T. thermophilus HB8, has been determined at 2.4  Å resolution. The compact + structure shows the typical folding of the steroidogenic acute regulatory-related lipid-transfer (START) domain.

PDB reference: 2d4r

Online 5 November 2005

 

Acta Cryst. (2005). F61, 1032-1034  [ doi:10.1107/S1744309105034949 ]

Crystallization, X-ray diffraction analysis and phasing of 17-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase from the fungus Cochliobolus lunatus

A. Cassetta, T. Büdefeld, T. Lanisnik Rizner, K. Kristan, J. Stojan and D. Lamba

Synopsis: The expression, purification and crystallization of 17-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase from the filamentous fungus C. lunatus and its Y167F mutant, both in the apo form, are described. X-ray diffraction analysis and phasing by Patterson-search techniques are reported.

Online 5 November 2005

 

Acta Cryst. (2005). F61, 1035-1038  [ doi:10.1107/S1744309105035244 ]

Crystallization Optimum Solubility Screening: using crystallization results to identify the optimal buffer for protein crystal formation

B. Collins, R. C. Stevens and R. Page

Synopsis: It is shown how protein crystallization results can be used to identify buffers that improve protein solubility and, in turn, crystallization success.

Online 5 November 2005

 

Acta Cryst. (2005). F61, 1039-1042  [ doi:10.1107/S1744309105035177 ]

Characterization of different crystal forms of the -glucosidase MalA from Sulfolobus solfataricus

H. A. Ernst, M. Willemoës, L. Lo Leggio, G. Leonard, P. Blum and S. Larsen

Synopsis: Crystallization of the -glucosidase MalA from S. solfataricus belonging to glycoside hydrolase family 31.

Online 5 November 2005

 

Acta Cryst. (2005). F61, 1043-1045  [ doi:10.1107/S1744309105035670 ]

Overexpression, purification and crystallization of the two C-terminal domains of the bifunctional cellulase ctCel9D-Cel44A from Clostridium thermocellum

S. Najmudin, C. I. P. D. Guerreiro, L. M. A. Ferreira, M. J. C. Romão, C. M. G. A. Fontes and J. A. M. Prates

Synopsis: The two C-terminal domains of the cellulase ctCel9D-Cel44A from C. thermocellum cellulosome have been crystallized in tetragonal space group P4₃2₁2 and X-ray diffraction data have been collected to 2.1 and 2.8  Å from native and seleno-L-methionine-derivative crystals, respectively.

Online 5 November 2005

 

Acta Cryst. (2005). F61, 1046-1048  [ doi:10.1107/S1744309105035712 ]

Crystallization and preliminary X-ray characterization of prolyl tripeptidyl aminopeptidase from Porphyromonas gingivalis

Y. Nakajima, K. Ito, Y. Xu, N. Yamada, Y. Onohara, T. Ito and T. Yoshimoto

Synopsis: P. gingivalis prolyl tripeptidyl aminopeptidase has been crystallized by the vapour-diffusion method. Diffraction data have been collected and processed to 2.1  Å resolution.

Online 5 November 2005

 

Acta Cryst. (2005). F61, 1049-1053  [ doi:10.1107/S1744309105035888 ]

Crystallization and X-ray diffraction analysis of the Trp/amber editing site of hepatitis delta virus (+)RNA: a case of rational design

C. MacElrevey and J. E. Wedekind

Synopsis: Well diffracting decamer crystals of the hepatitis delta virus RNA-editing site were prepared, but exhibited merohedral twinning and base averaging owing to duplex symmetry. A longer asymmetric construct that includes additional flanking RNA sequences has been crystallized that does not appear to exhibit these defects.

Online 12 November 2005

 

Acta Cryst. (2005). F61, 1054-1057  [ doi:10.1107/S1744309105036262 ]

Crystallization and preliminary crystallographic analysis of a family 43 -D-xylosidase from Geobacillus stearothermophilus T-6

C. Brüx, K. Niefind, A. Ben-David, M. Leon, G. Shoham, Y. Shoham and D. Schomburg

Synopsis: The crystallization and preliminary X-ray analysis of a -D-xylosidase from G. stearothermophilus T-6, a family 43 glycoside hydrolase, is described. Native and catalytic inactive mutants of the enzymes were crystallized in two different space groups, orthorhombic P2₁2₁2 and tetragonal P4₁2₁2 (or the enantiomorphic space group P4₃2₁2), using a sensitive cryoprotocol. The latter crystal form diffracted X-rays to a resolution of 2.2  Å.

Online 12 November 2005

 

Acta Cryst. (2005). F61, 1058-1061  [ doi:10.1107/S1744309105035384 ]

Improved expression, purification and crystallization of a putative N-acetyl--glutamyl-phosphate reductase from rice (Oryza sativa)

J. Miura-Ohnuma, T. Nonaka, S. Katoh, K. Murata, A. Kita, K. Miki and E. Katoh

Synopsis: Crystals of OsAGPR were obtained using the sitting-drop vapour-diffusion method at 293  K and diffract X-rays to at least 1.8  Å resolution. They belong to the hexagonal space group P6₁, with unit-cell parameters a = 86.11, c = 316.3  Å.

Online 24 November 2005

 

Acta Cryst. (2005). F61, 1062-1064  [ doi:10.1107/S1744309105035876 ]

Crystallization and preliminary structure determination of Escherichia coli Mfd, the transcription-repair coupling factor

A. M. Deaconescu and S. A. Darst

Synopsis: Crystals of the 130  kDa E. coli Mfd protein have been grown and analysed by X-ray diffraction techniques to 3.2  Å resolution. Phases were obtained by single-wavelength anomalous dispersion from selenomethionyl-substituted crystals.

Online 24 November 2005

 

Acta Cryst. (2005). F61, 1065-1068  [ doi:10.1107/S1744309105036547 ]

Crystallization and diffraction properties of the Fab fragment of 3B5H10, an antibody specific for disease-causing polyglutamine stretches

C. Peters-Libeu, Y. Newhouse, P. Krishnan, K. Cheung, E. Brooks, K. Weisgraber and S. Finkbeiner

Synopsis: Optimization of crystallization conditions and cryoprotectants decreased the anisotropy of the diffraction obtained from 3B5H10 Fab crystals. Dehydration improved the resolution of cryoprotected 3B5H10 crystals from 2.6 to 1.9  Å, but changed the space group of the crystals from P2₁2₁2 to P2₁.

Online 24 November 2005

 

Acta Cryst. (2005). F61, 1069-1074  [ doi:10.1107/S1744309105036559 ]

Systematic replacement of lysine with glutamine and alanine in Escherichia coli malate synthase G: effect on crystallization

D. M. Anstrom, L. Colip, B. Moshofsky, E. Hatcher and S. J. Remington

Synopsis: Alanine and glutamine mutations were made to the same 15 lysine positions on the surface of E. coli malate synthase G and the impact on crystallization observed. The results support lysine replacement for improvement of crystallization and provide insight into site selection and type of amino-acid replacement.

Online 24 November 2005

 

Acta Cryst. (2005). F61, 1075-1077  [ doi:10.1107/S1744309105036766 ]

Purification, crystallization and preliminary X-ray crystallographic study of the L-fuculose-1-phosphate aldolase (FucA) from Thermus thermophilus HB8

J. Jeyakanthan, J. Taka, A. Kikuchi, C. Kuroishi, K. Yutani and Y. Shiro

Synopsis: The crystallization and preliminary X-ray diffraction analysis of the L-fuculose-1-phosphate aldolase (FucA) from T. thermophilus HB8. Native diffraction data set was collected to a resolution of 1.9  Å.

Online 24 November 2005

 

Acta Cryst. (2005). F61, 1078-1080  [ doi:10.1107/S174430910503722X ]

Preparation, crystallization and preliminary X-ray crystallographic studies of diadenosine tetraphosphate hydrolase from Shigella flexneri 2a

W. Hu, Q. Wang and R. Bi

Synopsis: The 31.3  kDa Ap₄A hydrolase from Shigella flexneri 2a has been cloned, expressed and purified using an Escherichia coli expression system. Crystals of Ap₄A hydrolase have been obtained by the hanging-drop technique at 291  K using PEG 550 MME as precipitant.

Online 24 November 2005

 

Acta Cryst. (2005). F61, 1081-1083  [ doi:10.1107/S1744309105037541 ]

Expression, purification, crystallization and preliminary X-ray diffraction analysis of an essential lipoprotein implicated in cell-wall biosynthesis in Mycobacteria

Z. Marland, T. Beddoe, L. Zaker-Tabrizi, R. L. Coppel, P. K. Crellin and J. Rossjohn

Synopsis: A lipoprotein implicated in mycobacterial cell-wall biosynthesis, LpqW, was expressed in E. coli. Crystals were obtained that diffracted to 2.4  Å resolution.

Online 24 November 2005

 

Acta Cryst. (2005). F61, 1084-1086  [ doi:10.1107/S174430910503767X ]

Crystallization and preliminary X-ray diffraction studies of the WW4 domain of the Nedd4-2 ubiquitin-protein ligase

N. Umadevi, S. Kumar and N. Narayana

Synopsis: The first crystallographic study of an isolated WW domain is reported. Single crystals of the WW4 domain of the Nedd4-2 ubiquitin-protein ligase contain a high solvent content of 74% and diffract X-rays to 2.5  Å resolution.

Online 24 November 2005

 

Acta Cryst. (2005). F61, 1087-1089  [ doi:10.1107/S1744309105037681 ]

Expression, purification, crystallization and preliminary X-ray diffraction analysis of Arabidopsis thaliana cyclophilin 38 (AtCyp38)

D. Vasudevan, G. Gopalan, Z. He, S. Luan and K. Swaminathan

Synopsis: Crystallization of Arabidopsis thaliana cyclophilin 38. The crystal diffracts X-rays to 2.5  Å resolution.

Online 24 November 2005

 

Acta Cryst. (2005). F61, 1090-1093  [ doi:10.1107/S1744309105037942 ]

Expression, refolding and crystallization of murine MHC class I H-2D^b in complex with human ₂-microglobulin

T. Sandalova, J. Michaëlsson, R. A. Harris, H.-G. Ljunggren, K. Kärre, G. Schneider and A. Achour

Synopsis: Mouse MHC class I H-2Db in complex with human 2m and the LCMV-derived peptide gp33 has been produced and crystallized. Resolution of the structure of this complex combined with the structural comparison with the previously solved crystal structure of H-2Db/m2m/gp33 should lead to a better understanding of how the 2m subunit affects the overall conformation of MHC complexes as well as the stability of the presented peptides.

Online 24 November 2005

 

Acta Cryst. (2005). F61, 1094-1096  [ doi:10.1107/S1744309105037991 ]

Crystallization and X-ray diffraction analysis of human CLEC-2

A. A. Watson and C. A. O'Callaghan

Synopsis: Recombinant human CLEC-2 was crystallized in the orthorhombic space group P2₁2₁2₁ and X-ray diffraction data were collected to 2.0  Å.

Online 24 November 2005

 

Acta Cryst. (2005). F61, 1097-1099  [ doi:10.1107/S1744309105037966 ]

X-ray diffraction analysis of crystals from the human major histocompatibility antigen HLA-B*2706 in complex with a viral peptide and with a self-peptide

A. Zawacka, B. Loll, J. Biesiadka, W. Saenger, B. Uchanska-Ziegler and A. Ziegler

Synopsis: The crystallization of HLA-B*2706 in complex with two peptides is reported.

Online 24 November 2005

 

Acta Cryst. (2005). F61, 1100-1102  [ doi:10.1107/S1744309105038649 ]

Overexpression, purification and crystallization of an archaeal DNA ligase from Pyrococcus furiosus

H. Nishida, D. Tsuchiya, Y. Ishino and K. Morikawa

Synopsis: Crystals of the archaeal DNA ligase from Pyrococcus furiosus were obtained using 6.6%(v/v) ethanol as a precipitant and diffracted X-rays to 1.7  Å resolution.

Online 29 November 2005