Structural Biology and Crystallization Communications

 

Acta Cryst. (2006). F62, 314  [ doi:10.1107/S1744309106010347 ]

Acta Crystallographica Section F: developments in the first year

H. Einspahr and M. Guss

Online 31 March 2006

 

Acta Cryst. (2006). F62, 315-319  [ doi:10.1107/S1744309106007378 ]

Structure of NADP-dependent glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate dehydrogenase from Synechococcus PCC7942 complexed with NADP

T. Kitatani, Y. Nakamura, K. Wada, T. Kinoshita, M. Tamoi, S. Shigeoka and T. Tada

Synopsis: The crystal structure of NADP-dependent glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate dehydrogenase from Synechococcus PCC 7942 in complex with NADP was determined at 2.5 Å resolution.

PDB reference: 2d2i

Online 10 March 2006

 

Acta Cryst. (2006). F62, 320-324  [ doi:10.1107/S1744309106009742 ]

Structure of the MecI repressor from Staphylococcus aureus in complex with the cognate DNA operator of mec

M. K. Safo, T.-P. Ko, F. N. Musayev, Q. Zhao, A.H.-J. Wang and G. L. Archer

Synopsis: The up-and-down binding of dimeric MecI to mecA dyad DNA may account for the cooperative effect of the repressor.

PDB reference: 2d45

Online 25 March 2006

 

Acta Cryst. (2006). F62, 325-329  [ doi:10.1107/S1744309106008402 ]

Structure of the manganese superoxide dismutase from Deinococcus radiodurans in two crystal forms

R. J. Dennis, E. Micossi, J. McCarthy, E. Moe, E. J. Gordon, S. Kozielski-Stuhrmann, G. A. Leonard and S. McSweeney

Synopsis: The crystal structures of two crystal forms of manganese superoxide dismutase (Mn-SOD) from the radiation-resistant bacterium D. radiodurans are reported and compared with the crystal structure of Mn-SOD from E. coli.

PDB references: 2ce4 and 2cdy

Online 25 March 2006

 

Acta Cryst. (2006). F62, 330-334  [ doi:10.1107/S1744309106009006 ]

Structure of human ubiquitin-conjugating enzyme E2 G2 (UBE2G2/UBC7)

R. Arai, S. Yoshikawa, K. Murayama, Y. Imai, R. Takahashi, M. Shirouzu and S. Yokoyama

Synopsis: The crystal structure of human UBE2G2/UBC7 was solved at 2.56 Å resolution. The superimposition of UBE2G2 on UbcH7 in a c-Cbl-UbcH7-ZAP70 ternary complex suggested that the two loop regions of UBE2G2 interact with the RING domain in a similar way as UbcH7.

PDB reference: 2cyx

Online 25 March 2006

 

Acta Cryst. (2006). F62, 335-339  [ doi:10.1107/S1744309106009651 ]

Structure of SAICAR synthase from Thermotoga maritima at 2.2 Å reveals an unusual covalent dimer

R. Zhang, T. Skarina, E. Evdokimova, A. Edwards, A. Savchenko, R. Laskowski, M. E. Cuff and A. Joachimiak

Synopsis: The crystal structure of phophoribosylaminoimidazole-succinocarboxamide or SAICAR synthase from T. maritima at 2.2 Å revealed an unusual covalent dimer.

PDB reference: 1kut

Online 25 March 2006

 

Acta Cryst. (2006). F62, 340-345  [ doi:10.1107/S1744309106010062 ]

Structure of dimerized radixin FERM domain suggests a novel masking motif in C-terminal residues 295-304

K. Kitano, F. Yusa and T. Hakoshima

Synopsis: The crystal structure of dimerized radixin FERM domain has been determined. It was found that the adhesion molecule-binding site of one molecule is masked by the C-terminal residues of the other molecule.

PDB reference: 2d2q

Online 25 March 2006

 

Acta Cryst. (2006). F62, 346-349  [ doi:10.1107/S1744309106005823 ]

Expression, purification, crystallization and preliminary phasing of the heteromerization domain of the tRNA-export and aminoacylation cofactor Arc1p from yeast

H. Simader and D. Suck

Synopsis: The heteromerization domain of an aminoacyl-tRNA synthetase cofactor from yeast was crystallized, complete selenomethionine MAD data were collected to 2.8 Å resolution and preliminary phasing reveals the presence of 20 monomers in the asymmetric unit.

Online 10 March 2006

 

Acta Cryst. (2006). F62, 350-352  [ doi:10.1107/S1744309106005938 ]

Crystallization and preliminary X-ray crystallographic studies of the N-terminal domain of FadD28, a fatty-acyl AMP ligase from Mycobacterium tuberculosis

A. Goyal, M. Yousuf, E. Rajakumara, P. Arora, R. S. Gokhale and R. Sankaranarayanan

Synopsis: The crystallization and preliminary X-ray crystallographic studies of the N-terminal domain of FadD28, a fatty-acyl AMP ligase from M. tuberculosis, are reported.

Online 10 March 2006

 

Acta Cryst. (2006). F62, 353-356  [ doi:10.1107/S1744309106006403 ]

Expression, purification and crystallization of a birnavirus-encoded protease, VP4, from blotched snakehead virus (BSNV)

J. Lee, A. R. Feldman, B. Delmas and M. Paetzel

Synopsis: The expression, purification and crystallization of a viral protease from the blotched snakehead virus (BSNV) are described and the diffraction data collected to 2.5 Å from two different crystal forms are reported.

Online 10 March 2006

 

Acta Cryst. (2006). F62, 357-360  [ doi:10.1107/S1744309106006385 ]

Crystallization and preliminary X-ray diffraction analysis of prephenate dehydratase from Mycobacterium tuberculosis H37Rv

A. L. Vivan, M. V. B. Dias, C. Z. Schneider, W. F. de Azevedo, L. A. Basso and D. S. Santos

Synopsis: The M. tuberculosis prephenate dehydratase was cloned, expressed, purified, crystallized by the hanging-drop vapour-diffusion method, and a complete data set collected to 3.2 Å resolution using synchrotron radiation. These results should pave the way for the three-dimensional structure determination of the enzyme and provide a framework on which to base the rational design of chemotherapeutic agents to treat tuberculosis.

Online 10 March 2006

 

Acta Cryst. (2006). F62, 361-364  [ doi:10.1107/S1744309106006397 ]

Purification, crystallization and preliminary X-ray crystallographic analysis of the nucleocapsid protein of Bunyamwera virus

J. W. Rodgers, Q. Zhou, T. J. Green, J. N. Barr and M. Luo

Synopsis: The nucleocapsid protein of Bunyamwera virus, the prototypic member of the Bunyaviridae family of segmented negative-sense RNA viruses, has been expressed and crystallized. Complete X-ray diffraction data sets have been collected.

Online 10 March 2006

 

Acta Cryst. (2006). F62, 365-367  [ doi:10.1107/S1744309106007305 ]

Purification, crystallization and preliminary X-ray diffraction analysis of pathogen-inducible oxygenase (PIOX) from Oryza sativa

T. Lloyd, A. Krol, D. Campanaro and M. Malkowski

Synopsis: The heme-containing membrane-associated fatty-acid -dioxygenase pathogen-inducible oxygenase (PIOX) from O. sativa has been crystallized and a data set collected to 3.0 Å using a rotating-anode generator and R-AXIS IV detector.

Online 10 March 2006

 

Acta Cryst. (2006). F62, 368-371  [ doi:10.1107/S174430910600738X ]

Crystallization and preliminary X-ray analysis of the tRNA thiolation enzyme MnmA from Escherichia coli complexed with tRNA^Glu

T. Numata, Y. Ikeuchi, S. Fukai, H. Adachi, H. Matsumura, K. Takano, S. Murakami, T. Inoue, Y. Mori, T. Sasaki, T. Suzuki and O. Nureki

Synopsis: The RNA thiouridylase MnmA in complex with tRNA was crystallized with and without ATP in three different crystal forms, which may reflect distinct sulfuration-reaction stages.

Online 10 March 2006

 

Acta Cryst. (2006). F62, 372-375  [ doi:10.1107/S1744309106007494 ]

Crystallization and preliminary X-ray diffraction studies on the human Plk1 Polo-box domain in complex with an unphosphorylated and a phosphorylated target peptide from Cdc25C

B. García-Álvarez, S. Ibañez and G. Montoya

Synopsis: Crystals of the human Plk1 Polo-box domain in complex with a Cdc25C target peptide in an unphosphorylated and a phosphorylated state have been obtained in orthorhombic and monoclinic forms that diffract to 2.1 and 2.85 Å, respectively, using synchrotron radiation.

Online 25 March 2006

 

Acta Cryst. (2006). F62, 376-380  [ doi:10.1107/S1744309106007779 ]

Purification, crystallization and preliminary X-ray diffraction of SecDF, a translocon-associated membrane protein, from Thermus thermophilus

T. Tsukazaki, H. Mori, S. Fukai, T. Numata, A. Perederina, H. Adachi, H. Matsumura, K. Takano, S. Murakami, T. Inoue, Y. Mori, T. Sasaki, D. G. Vassylyev, O. Nureki and K. Ito

Synopsis: SecDF is a multi-path membrane protein required for efficient protein translocation and integration via translocon. Purification and crystallization of T. thermophilus SecDF have been achieved by exploiting unique crystallization techniques that allowed the collection of a 3.74 Å data set.

Online 25 March 2006

 

Acta Cryst. (2006). F62, 381-384  [ doi:10.1107/S1744309106007901 ]

Overexpression, purification and preliminary X-ray analysis of pullulanase from Bacillus subtilis strain 168

D. Malle, T. Itoh, W. Hashimoto, K. Murata, S. Utsumi and B. Mikami

Synopsis: The AmyX gene encoding pullulanase from the common spore-forming bacterium B. subtilis strain 168 has been cloned, overexpressed in Escherichia coli, purified and crystallized.

Online 25 March 2006

 

Acta Cryst. (2006). F62, 385-387  [ doi:10.1107/S1744309106007949 ]

Crystallization and preliminary X-ray characterization of a thermostable low-molecular-weight 1,4--D-glucan glucohydrolase from an alkalothermophilic Thermomonospora sp.

K. Manikandan, S. Jagtap, M. Rao and S. Ramakumar

Synopsis: A low-molecular-weight cellulase from an alkalothermophilic Thermomonospora sp. has been crystallized. A diffraction data set has been collected to 2.3 Å resolution.

Online 25 March 2006

 

Acta Cryst. (2006). F62, 388-391  [ doi:10.1107/S1744309106008359 ]

Crystallization, X-ray diffraction analysis and SIRAS/molecular-replacenent phasing of three crystal forms of Anabaena sensory rhodopsin transducer

L. Vogeley and H. Luecke

Synopsis: Crystals of Anabaena sensory rhodopsin transducer, the transducer for the cyanobacterial photosensor Anabaena sensory rhodopsin, obtained in the space groups P4, C2 and P2₁2₁2₁ diffract to 1.8, 2.1 and 2.0 Å, respectively. Phases for these crystal forms were obtained by SIRAS phasing using an iodide quick-soak derivative (P4) and molecular replacement (C2 and P2₁2₁2₁).

Online 25 March 2006

 

Acta Cryst. (2006). F62, 392-394  [ doi:10.1107/S1744309106008529 ]

Purification, crystallization and preliminary X-ray characterization of the human GTP fucose pyrophosphorylase

S. Quirk and K. L. Seley-Radtke

Synopsis: The human GTP fucose pyrophosphohydrolase protein has been crystallized via the hanging-drop technique over a reservoir of polyethylene glycol (MW 8000) and ethylene glycol. The orthorhombic crystals diffract to 2.8 Å resolution.

Online 25 March 2006

 

Acta Cryst. (2006). F62, 395-398  [ doi:10.1107/S1744309106008785 ]

Expression, purification, crystallization and preliminary X-ray diffraction of a novel Nitrosomonas europaea cytochrome, cytochrome P460

B. O. Elmore, A. R. Pearson, C. M. Wilmot and A. B. Hooper

Synopsis: Cytochrome P460 from N. europaea, a novel mono-heme protein containing an unusual lysine cross-link to the porphyrin ring, has been recombinantly expressed and purified from E. coli and crystallized. The crystals belong to the trigonal space group P3_1/221, with unit-cell parameters a = b = 53.3, c = 127.1 Å, one monomer in the asymmetric unit and diffract to 1.7 Å on a Cu K rotating-anode X-ray source.

Online 25 March 2006

 

Acta Cryst. (2006). F62, 399-401  [ doi:10.1107/S1744309106008931 ]

Crystallization and preliminary X-ray studies of dUTPase from Mason-Pfizer monkey retrovirus

O. Barabás, V. Németh and B. G. Vértessy

Synopsis: Deoxyuridine 5'-triphosphate nucleotidohydrolase from Mason-Pfizer monkey retrovirus (M-PMV dUTPase) is a betaretroviral member of the dUTPase enzyme family. The nucleocapsid-free dUTPase (48426 Da) was co-crystallized with a dUTP substrate analogue using the hanging-drop vapour-diffusion method.

Online 25 March 2006

 

Acta Cryst. (2006). F62, 402-404  [ doi:10.1107/S174430910600889X ]

Crystallization and preliminary X-ray analysis of the C-terminal RNase III domain of human Dicer

D. Takeshita, S. Zenno, W. C. Lee, K. Nagata, K. Saigo and M. Tanokura

Synopsis: The C-terminal RNase III domain (RNase IIIb) of human Dicer has been expressed, purified and crystallized by the sitting-drop vapour-diffusion method.

Online 25 March 2006

 

Acta Cryst. (2006). F62, 405-408  [ doi:10.1107/S1744309106009274 ]

Expression, purification and crystallization of the SARS-CoV macro domain

H. Malet, K. Dalle, N. Brémond, F. Tocque, S. Blangy, V. Campanacci, B. Coutard, S. Grisel, J. Lichière, V. Lantez, C. Cambillau, B. Canard and M.-P. Egloff

Synopsis: The SARS-CoV macro domain was expressed, purified and crystallized. Selenomethionine-labelled crystals diffracted to 1.8 Å resolution.

Online 25 March 2006

 

Acta Cryst. (2006). F62, 409-411  [ doi:10.1107/S1744309106009407 ]

Crystallization and preliminary X-ray diffraction analysis of Nsp15 from SARS coronavirus

S. Ricagno, B. Coutard, S. Grisel, N. Brémond, K. Dalle, F. Tocque, V. Campanacci, J. Lichière, V. Lantez, C. Debarnot, C. Cambillau, B. Canard and M.-P. Egloff

Synopsis: Crystals of Nsp15 from the aetiological agent of SARS have been grown at room temperature. Crystals have cubic symmetry and diffract to a maximum resolution of 2.7 Å.

Online 25 March 2006

 

Acta Cryst. (2006). F62, 412-414  [ doi:10.1107/S1744309106009973 ]

Purification, crystallization and preliminary crystallographic analysis of RecA superfamily ATPase PH0284 from Pyrococcus horikoshii OT3

B. Bagautdinov and N. Kunishima

Synopsis: RecA superfamily ATPase PH0284 from P. horikoshii OT3 was overexpressed, purified, crystallized and cocrystallized with ATP. Both crystal forms belong to the trigonal space group P3₂21 and diffract X-rays to 2.0 and 2.3 Å resolution, respectively.

Online 25 March 2006

 

Acta Cryst. (2006). F62, 415-418  [ doi:10.1107/S1744309106010190 ]

Expression, crystallization and preliminary X-ray crystallographic studies of the outer membrane protein OmpW from Escherichia coli

R. Albrecht, K. Zeth, J. Söding, A. Lupas and D. Linke

Synopsis: The outer membrane protein OmpW from E. coli was overexpressed in inclusion bodies and refolded with the help of detergent. The protein has been crystallized and the crystals diffract to 3.5 Å resolution.

Online 25 March 2006

 

Acta Cryst. (2006). F62, 419-421  [ doi:10.1107/S1744309106010177 ]

Purification, crystallization and preliminary X-ray diffraction studies of N-acetylglucosamine-phosphate mutase from Candida albicans

Y. Nishitani, D. Maruyama, T. Nonaka, A. Kita, T. A. Fukami, T. Mio, H. Yamada-Okabe, T. Yamada-Okabe and K. Miki

Synopsis: Preliminary X-ray diffraction studies on N-acetylglucosamine-phosphate mutase from C. albicans are reported.

Online 25 March 2006

 

Acta Cryst. (2006). F62, 422  [ doi:10.1107/S1744309106007391 ]

Purification, crystallization and preliminary X-ray diffraction studies of the three components of the toluene 2,3-dioxygenase enzyme system. Corrigendum

K. Lee, R. Friemann, J. V. Parales, D. T. Gibson and S. Ramaswamy

Synopsis: A corrigendum to the article by Lee et al. (2005), Acta Cryst. F61, 669-672.

Online 31 March 2006