Structural Biology and Crystallization Communications

 

Acta Cryst. (2008). F64, 327-333  [ doi:10.1107/S1744309108007252 ]

Structures of an alanine racemase from Bacillus anthracis (BA0252) in the presence and absence of (R)-1-aminoethylphosphonic acid (L-Ala-P)

K. Au, J. Ren, T. S. Walter, K. Harlos, J. E. Nettleship, R. J. Owens, D. I. Stuart and R. M. Esnouf

Synopsis: Structures of BA0252, an alanine racemase from B. anthracis, in the presence and absence of the inhibitor (R)-1-aminoethylphosphonic acid (L-Ala-P) and determined by X-ray crystallography to resolutions of 2.1 and 1.47 Å, respectively, are described.

PDB references: 2vd8 and 2vd9

Online 5 April 2008

 

Acta Cryst. (2008). F64, 334-337  [ doi:10.1107/S1744309108008531 ]

Structure of the plasmid-mediated class C -lactamase ACT-1

A. Shimizu-Ibuka, C. Bauvois, H. Sakai and M. Galleni

Synopsis: The crystal structure of the plasmid-mediated class C -lactamase ACT-1 has been solved at 2.4 Å resolution.

PDB reference: 2zc7

Online 5 April 2008

 

Acta Cryst. (2008). F64, 338-342  [ doi:10.1107/S1744309108007665 ]

Structure of a putative acetyltransferase (PA1377) from Pseudomonas aeruginosa

A. M. Davies, R. Tata, F.-X. Chauviac, B. J. Sutton and P. R. Brown

Synopsis: The crystal structure of an acetyltransferase encoded by the gene PA1377 from Pseudomonas aeruginosa has been determined at 2.25 Å resolution. Comparison with a related acetyltransferase revealed a structural difference in the active site that was taken to reflect a difference in substrate binding and/or specificity between the two enzymes.

PDB reference: 2vi7

Online 24 April 2008

 

Acta Cryst. (2008). F64, 343-350  [ doi:10.1107/S1744309108009275 ]

Structure of Staphylococcus aureus 5'-methylthioadenosine/S-adenosylhomocysteine nucleosidase

K. K. W. Siu, J. E. Lee, G. D. Smith, C. Horvatin-Mrakovcic and P. L. Howell

Synopsis: The crystal structure of S. aureus 5'-methylthioadenosine/S-adenosylhomocysteine nucleosidase has been determined at 1.7 Å resolution in complex with formycin A.

PDB reference: 3bl6

Online 30 April 2008

 

Acta Cryst. (2008). F64, 351-357  [ doi:10.1107/S1744309108009846 ]

Structure of putative CutA1 from Homo sapiens determined at 2.05 Å resolution

B. Bagautdinov, Y. Matsuura, S. Bagautdinova, N. Kunishima and K. Yutani

Synopsis: The X-ray structure of human CutA1 was solved in space group P2₁2₁2₁, with unit-cell parameters a = 68.69, b = 88.84, c = 125.33 Å and six molecules per asymmetric unit.

PDB reference: 2zfh

Online 30 April 2008

 

Acta Cryst. (2008). F64, 358-366  [ doi:10.1107/S1744309108010336 ]

Structure of 3-oxoacyl-(acyl-carrier protein) synthase II from Thermus thermophilus HB8

B. Bagautdinov, Y. Ukita, M. Miyano and N. Kunishima

Synopsis: The crystal structure of 3-oxoacyl-(acyl-carrier protein) synthase II from T. thermophilus HB8 has been determined at 2.0 Å resolution and compared with the structures of -keto-ACP synthases from other sources.

PDB reference: 1j3n

Online 30 April 2008

 

Acta Cryst. (2008). F64, 367-370  [ doi:10.1107/S1744309108007653 ]

Overexpression, purification, crystallization and preliminary X-ray analysis of Rv2780 from Mycobacterium tuberculosis H37Rv

S. M. Tripathi and R. Ramachandran

Synopsis: Rv2780, an alanine dehydrogenase from M. tuberculosis, has been crystallized in apo and NAD/pyruvate-bound forms. Preliminary crystallographic analysis shows that there is a hexamer and trimer in the asymmetric units of the apo and ternary complex forms, respectively.

Online 5 April 2008

 

Acta Cryst. (2008). F64, 371-374  [ doi:10.1107/S1744309108007823 ]

Crystallization and preliminary X-ray analysis of a family 19 glycosyl hydrolase from Carica papaya latex

J. Huet, M. Azarkan, Y. Looze, V. Villeret and R. Wintjens

Synopsis: A chitinase isolated from the latex of the tropical species Carica papaya has been crystallized. The addition of N-acetyl-D-glucosamine to the crystallization solution has improved the diffraction quality resolution of the crystal to 1.8 Å resolution.

Online 5 April 2008

 

Acta Cryst. (2008). F64, 375-377  [ doi:10.1107/S1744309108008038 ]

Crystallization of a flavodoxin involved in nitrogen fixation in Rhodobacter capsulatus

I. Pérez-Dorado, A. Bortolotti, N. Cortez and J. A. Hermoso

Synopsis: The flavodoxin NifF from R. capsulatus, a candidate for nitrogenase reduction during nitrogen fixation, has been crystallized using the hanging-drop vapour-diffusion method. Preliminary X-ray data processing at 2.17 Å resolution allowed determination of the crystal system and unit-cell parameters.

Online 5 April 2008

 

Acta Cryst. (2008). F64, 378-381  [ doi:10.1107/S1744309108008294 ]

A preliminary neutron crystallographic study of thaumatin

S. C. M. Teixeira, M. P. Blakeley, R. M. F. Leal, E. P. Mitchell and V. T. Forsyth

Synopsis: Preliminary neutron crystallographic data from the sweet protein thaumatin have been recorded using the LADI-III diffractometer at the Institut Laue Langevin (ILL). The results illustrate the feasibility of a full neutron structural analysis aimed at further understanding the molecular basis of the perception of sweet taste. Such an analysis will exploit the use of perdeuterated thaumatin.

Online 5 April 2008

 

Acta Cryst. (2008). F64, 382-385  [ doi:10.1107/S174430910800835X ]

Mercury-induced crystallization and SAD phasing of the human Fe65-PTB1 domain

J. Radzimanowski, S. Ravaud, K. Beyreuther, I. Sinning and K. Wild

Synopsis: Crystals of the phosphotyrosine-binding domain 1 (PTB1) of the neuronal adaptor protein Fe65 grown in the presence of a mercury derivative show a dramatic improvement in resolution, permitting SAD phasing.

Online 5 April 2008

 

Acta Cryst. (2008). F64, 386-390  [ doi:10.1107/S1744309108008348 ]

Crystallization and preliminary characterization of a novel haem-binding protein of Streptomyces reticuli

P. Zou, M. R. Groves, S. D. Viale-Bouroncle and D. Ortiz de Orué Lucana

Synopsis: The haem-binding protein HbpS from Streptomyces reticuli was crystallized and diffraction data were collected to a maximal resolution of 2.25 Å.

Online 5 April 2008

 

Acta Cryst. (2008). F64, 391-393  [ doi:10.1107/S1744309108008701 ]

Crystallization and preliminary X-ray crystallographic analysis of MacA from Actinobacillus actinomycetemcomitans

S. Piao, Y. Xu and N.-C. Ha

Synopsis: A periplasmic membrane-fusion protein MacA from Actinobacillus actinomycetemcomitans, an essential component of the multidrug efflux pump in Gram-negative bacteria, was crystallized.

Online 5 April 2008

 

Acta Cryst. (2008). F64, 394-397  [ doi:10.1107/S1744309108008579 ]

Crystallization and preliminary crystallographic analysis of decameric and monomeric forms of C49S mutant thioredoxin-dependent AhpC from Helicobacter pylori

Supangat, K. H. Seo, A. Furqoni, Y.-C. Kwon, M.-J. Cho, K.-H. Rhee, S. Y. Lee and K. H. Lee

Synopsis: Decameric and monomeric forms of recombinant C49S mutant AhpC from H. pylori have been crystallized. Diffraction data were collected to 2.8 and 2.25 Å, respectively.

Online 5 April 2008

 

Acta Cryst. (2008). F64, 398-401  [ doi:10.1107/S1744309108007240 ]

Cloning, expression, purification, crystallization and preliminary X-ray crystallographic analysis of bacterioferritin A from Mycobacterium tuberculosis

V. Gupta, R. K. Gupta, G. Khare, D. M. Salunke and A. K. Tyagi

Synopsis: The cloning, purification and crystallization of a bacterioferritin from M. tuberculosis together with preliminary X-ray characterization of its crystals are reported.

Online 24 April 2008

 

Acta Cryst. (2008). F64, 402-404  [ doi:10.1107/S1744309108009123 ]

Crystallization and preliminary X-ray characterization of full-length Chlamydomonas reinhardtii centrin

E. Alfaro, L. V. Sosa, Z. Sanoguet, B. Pastrana-Ríos and E. R. Schreiter

Synopsis: C. reinhardtii centrin, an EF-hand calcium-binding protein localized to the microtubule-organizing center of eukaryotic organisms, has been crystallized in the presence of the model peptide melittin. X-ray diffraction data were collected to 2.2 Å resolution.

Online 24 April 2008

 

Acta Cryst. (2008). F64, 405-408  [ doi:10.1107/S1744309108009111 ]

Crystallization and preliminary crystallographic studies of Hyp-1, a St John's wort protein implicated in the biosynthesis of hypericin

H. Fernandes, M. Konieczna, R. Kolodziejczyk, G. Bujacz, M. Sikorski and M. Jaskolski

Synopsis: The Hyp-1 protein suggested to be a phenolic oxidative-coupling enzyme involved in the biosynthesis of hypericin, a medicinally important natural compound found in St John's wort (H. perforatum), has been expressed, purified and prepared in single-crystal form.

Online 24 April 2008

 

Acta Cryst. (2008). F64, 409-412  [ doi:10.1107/S1744309108009524 ]

Overproduction, purification, crystallization and preliminary X-ray analysis of human Fe65-PTB2 in complex with the amyloid precursor protein intracellular domain

J. Radzimanowski, K. Beyreuther, I. Sinning and K. Wild

Synopsis: Alzheimer's disease is characterized by proteolytic processing of the amyloid precursor protein (APP), which releases the aggregation-prone amyloid- (A) peptide and liberates the intracellular domain (AICD) that interacts with various adaptor proteins. The crystallized AICD-Fe65-PTB2 complex is of central importance for APP translocation, nuclear signalling, processing and A generation.

Online 24 April 2008

 

Acta Cryst. (2008). F64, 413-418  [ doi:10.1107/S174430910800972X ]

Crystallization of RNA polymerase I subcomplex A14/A43 by iterative prediction, probing and removal of flexible regions

S. R. Geiger, C.-D. Kuhn, C. Leidig, J. Renkawitz and P. Cramer

Synopsis: The crystallization strategy for the RNA polymerase I subcomplex A14/A43, which is based on iterative cycles of prediction, probing and removal of four flexible protein regions, is described.

Online 24 April 2008

 

Acta Cryst. (2008). F64, 419-421  [ doi:10.1107/S1744309108010476 ]

Crystallization and preliminary X-ray characterization of the catalytic domain of collagenase G from Clostridium histolyticum

U. Eckhard, D. Nüss, P. Ducka, E. Schönauer and H. Brandstetter

Synopsis: The catalytic domain of collagenase G from C. histolyticum was expressed in E. coli BL21 (DE3) and purified using affinity and size-exclusion column-chromatographic methods. Crystals were obtained at 290 K by the sitting-drop vapour-diffusion method and diffraction data have been collected to 2.75 Å resolution.

Online 24 April 2008

 

Acta Cryst. (2008). F64, 422-424  [ doi:10.1107/S1744309108010919 ]

Purification, crystallization and X-ray diffraction analysis of a novel ring-cleaving enzyme (BoxC_C) from Burkholderia xenovorans LB400

J. Bains and M. J. Boulanger

Synopsis: Preliminary X-ray diffraction studies of a novel ring-cleaving enzyme from B. xenovorans LB400 encoded by the benzoate-oxidation (box) pathway.

Online 30 April 2008

 

Acta Cryst. (2008). F64, 425-427  [ doi:10.1107/S1744309108010920 ]

Insect-cell expression, crystallization and X-ray data collection of the bradyzoite-specific antigen BSR4 from Toxoplasma gondii

O. Grujic, M. E. Grigg and M. J. Boulanger

Synopsis: Preliminary X-ray diffraction studies of the bradyzoite-specific surface antigen BSR4 from T. gondii are described.

Online 30 April 2008

 

Acta Cryst. (2008). F64, 428-431  [ doi:10.1107/S1744309108011196 ]

Expression, purification, crystallization and preliminary X-ray characterization of a putative glycosyltransferase of the GT-A fold found in mycobacteria

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

Synopsis: MAP2569c from M. avium subsp. paratuberculosis, a putative glycosyltransferase implicated in mycobacterial cell-wall biosynthesis, was cloned, expressed, purified and crystallized. X-ray diffraction data were collected to 1.8 Å resolution.

Online 30 April 2008

 

Acta Cryst. (2008). F64, 432-434  [ doi:10.1107/S1744309108011342 ]

Purification, crystallization and preliminary X-ray diffraction analysis of a variant of the ColE1 Rop protein

M. Ambrazi, G. Fellas, E. G. Kapetaniou, D. Kotsifaki, M. Providaki and M. Kokkinidis

Synopsis: The double mutant D30P/A31G of the Rop protein was crystallized with the aim of analyzing the loop region as a possible folding-control element. The crystals belonged to space group P2₁ and diffracted to 1.4 Å resolution.

Online 30 April 2008

 

Acta Cryst. (2008). F64, 435-437  [ doi:10.1107/S1744309108011512 ]

Cloning, expression, purification, crystallization and preliminary X-ray studies of a pyridoxine 5'-phosphate oxidase from Mycobacterium smegmatis

C. J. Jackson, M. C. Taylor, D. B. Tattersall, N. G. French, P. D. Carr, D. L. Ollis, R. J. Russell and J. G. Oakeshott

Synopsis: Good-quality crystals of selenomethionine-substituted Msmeg_3380 were obtained by the hanging-drop vapour-diffusion technique and diffracted to 1.2 Å using synchrotron radiation.

Online 30 April 2008

 

Acta Cryst. (2008). F64, 438-441  [ doi:10.1107/S1744309108011718 ]

Crystallization and preliminary X-ray diffraction analysis of the Fab fragment of WO2, an antibody specific for the A peptides associated with Alzheimer's disease

K. S. Wun, L. A. Miles, G. A. N. Crespi, K. Wycherley, D. B. Ascher, K. J. Barnham, R. Cappai, K. Beyreuther, C. L. Masters, M. W. Parker and W. J. McKinstry

Synopsis: Crystallization and X-ray diffraction data collection of the Fab fragment of the monoclonal antibody WO2 in the absence or presence of amyloid peptides associated with Alzheimer's disease are reported.

Online 30 April 2008