Structural Biology and Crystallization Communications

 

Acta Cryst. (2008). F64, 572-576  [ doi:10.1107/S1744309108015212 ]

Structure of Ynk1 from the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae

H. Wang, R. Bao, C. Jiang, Z. Yang, C.-Z. Zhou and Y. Chen

Synopsis: The crystal structure of Ynk1, an NDPK from the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae, has been solved at 3.1 Å resolution.

PDB reference: 3b54

Online 28 June 2008

 

Acta Cryst. (2008). F64, 577-583  [ doi:10.1107/S174430910801556X ]

Complexes of the copper-containing amine oxidase from Arthrobacter globiformis with the inhibitors benzylhydrazine and tranylcypromine

D. B. Langley, D. M. Trambaiolo, A. P. Duff, D. M. Dooley, H. C. Freeman and J. M. Guss

Synopsis: The structures of complexes of the copper-containing amine oxidase from A. globiformis with benzylhydrazine and tranylcypromine have been refined at 1.86 and 1.65 Å resolution, respectively.

PDB references: 1w5z and 1w4n

Online 11 June 2008

 

Acta Cryst. (2008). F64, 584-588  [ doi:10.1107/S1744309108016035 ]

Conformational change of the AcrR regulator reveals a possible mechanism of induction

R. Gu, M. Li, C.-C. Su, F. Long, M. D. Routh, F. Yang, G. McDermott and E. W. Yu

Synopsis: The crystal structure of Escherichia coli AcrR with space group P3₁, which is distinct from our previously reported P222₁ space-group structure, has been determined. A comparison of these two structures reveals possible mechanisms of ligand binding and AcrR regulation.

PDB reference: 3bcg

Online 11 June 2008

 

Acta Cryst. (2008). F64, 589-592  [ doi:10.1107/S174430910801590X ]

Structure of a putative molybdenum-cofactor biosynthesis protein C (MoaC) from Sulfolobus tokodaii (ST0472)

H. Yoshida, M. Yamada, S. Kuramitsu and S. Kamitori

Synopsis: The crystal structure of a putative molybdenum-cofactor biosynthesis protein C (MoaC) from S. tokodaii (ST0472) was determined at 2.2 Å resolution.

PDB reference: 2ohd

Online 11 June 2008

 

Acta Cryst. (2008). F64, 593-595  [ doi:10.1107/S1744309108008816 ]

Purification, crystallization and preliminary X-ray diffraction analysis of adenosine triphosphate sulfurylase (ATPS) from the sulfate-reducing bacterium Desulfovibrio desulfuricans ATCC 27774

O. Y. Gavel, A. V. Kladova, S. A. Bursakov, J. M. Dias, S. Texeira, V. L. Shnyrov, J. J. G. Moura, I. Moura, M. J. Romão and J. Trincão

Synopsis: Native zinc-containing ATP sulfurylase from D. desulfuricans ATCC 27774 was purified to homogeneity and crystallized. Diffraction data were collected to 2.5 Å resolution.

Online 7 June 2008

 

Acta Cryst. (2008). F64, 596-598  [ doi:10.1107/S1744309108008865 ]

Purification, crystallization and preliminary crystallographic analysis of DehI, a group I -haloacid dehalogenase from Pseudomonas putida strain PP3

J. W. Schmidberger, J. A. Wilce, A. J. Weightman and M. C. J. Wilce

Synopsis: The -haloacid dehalogenase DehI from P. putida strain PP3 was cloned into a vector with an N-terminal His tag and expressed in E. coli Nova Blue strain. Purified protein was crystallized in a primitive monoclinic form and a complete native data set was collected and analysed.

Online 7 June 2008

 

Acta Cryst. (2008). F64, 599-601  [ doi:10.1107/S1744309108009251 ]

Purification, crystallization and preliminary X-ray crystallographic analysis of Rab27a GTPase in complex with exophilin4/Slp2-a effector

L. M. G. Chavas, K. Ihara, M. Kawasaki, R. Kato, T. Izumi and S. Wakatsuki

Synopsis: The GppNHp-bound Rab27a GTPase in complex with exophilin4/Slp2-a has been purified and crystallized. Preliminary crystallographic analyses have been performed at 1.8 Å resolution.

Online 7 June 2008

 

Acta Cryst. (2008). F64, 602-604  [ doi:10.1107/S1744309108009299 ]

Expression, purification and preliminary crystallographic analysis of recombinant human small glutamine-rich tetratricopeptide-repeat protein

S. Dutta, M. Kotaka and Y.-J. Tan

Synopsis: The production and crystallization of the tetratricopeptide-repeat domain of human small glutamine-rich tetratricopeptide-repeat protein are reported. A 2.4 Å native diffraction data set has been obtained.

Online 7 June 2008

 

Acta Cryst. (2008). F64, 605-609  [ doi:10.1107/S1744309108013432 ]

Crystallization and preliminary crystallographic analysis of merohedrally twinned crystals of MJ0729, a CBS-domain protein from Methanococcus jannaschii

P. Fernández-Millán, D. Kortazar, M. Lucas, M. L. Martínez-Chantar, E. Astigarraga, J. A. Fernández, O. Sabas, A. Albert, J. M. Mato and L. A. Martínez-Cruz

Synopsis: Trigonal crystals of MJ0729 showing different degrees of merohedral twinning that may vary from perfect hemihedral twinning to perfect tetartohedral twinning were obtained upon slight variation of the pH.

Online 7 June 2008

 

Acta Cryst. (2008). F64, 610-613  [ doi:10.1107/S1744309108014723 ]

Crystallization and preliminary X-ray diffraction experiments of arylmalonate decarboxylase from Alcaligenes bronchisepticus

M. Nakasako, R. Obata, R. Okubo, S. Nakayama, K. Miyamoto and H. Ohta

Synopsis: Crystals of arylmalonate decarboxylase from A. bronchisepticus were obtained which diffracted X-rays to a resolution of at least 3.0 Å.

Online 11 June 2008

 

Acta Cryst. (2008). F64, 614-616  [ doi:10.1107/S1744309108015492 ]

Nuclear receptor ligand-binding domains: reduction of helix H12 dynamics to favour crystallization

V. Nahoum, A. Lipski, F. Quillard, J.-F. Guichou, Y. Boublik, E. Pérez, P. Germain, A. R. de Lera and W. Bourguet

Synopsis: Attempts have been made to crystallize the ligand-binding domain of the human retinoid X receptor in complex with a variety of newly synthesized ligands. An inverse correlation was observed between the `crystallizability' and the structural dynamics of the various receptor-ligand complexes.

Online 11 June 2008

 

Acta Cryst. (2008). F64, 617-621  [ doi:10.1107/S1744309108015534 ]

Crystallization and preliminary X-ray diffraction anaylsis of the LOV1 domains of phototropin 1 and 2 from Arabidopsis thaliana

M. Nakasako, M. Hirata, N. Shimizu, S. Hosokawa, D. Matsuoka, T. Oka, M. Yamamoto and S. Tokutomi

Synopsis: Crystals of the LOV1 domains of phototropin 1 and 2 from A. thaliana were obtained which diffracted X-rays to a resolution of at least 2.1 Å.

Online 11 June 2008

 

Acta Cryst. (2008). F64, 622-624  [ doi:10.1107/S1744309108015583 ]

Crystallization and preliminary X-ray analysis of a class II release factor RF3 from a sulfate-reducing bacterium

K. Kihira, S. Numata, M. Kitamura, J. Kondo, S. Terawaki, Y. Shomura, H. Komori, N. Shibata and Y. Higuchi

Synopsis: Class II release factor 3 (RF3) from the sulfate-reducing bacterium D. vulgaris Miyazaki F has been overexpressed, purified and crystallized in complex with GDP.

Online 11 June 2008

 

Acta Cryst. (2008). F64, 625-628  [ doi:10.1107/S1744309108015728 ]

Improvement of the quality of lumazine synthase crystals by protein engineering

L. Rodríguez-Fernández, F. J. López-Jaramillo, A. Bacher, M. Fischer and S. Weinkauf

Synopsis: Site-directed mutagenesis has been applied to improve the overexpression and purification of the icosahedral enzyme lumazine synthase from B. subtilis as well as to produce a new crystal form. The mutant protein crystallizes in space group R3 and diffracts X-rays to 1.6 Å resolution.

Online 11 June 2008

 

Acta Cryst. (2008). F64, 629-631  [ doi:10.1107/S1744309108016059 ]

Crystallization and preliminary X-ray characterization of the genetically encoded fluorescent calcium indicator protein GCaMP2

M. M. Rodríguez Guilbe, E. C. Alfaro Malavé, J. Akerboom, J. S. Marvin, L. L. Looger and E. R. Schreiter

Synopsis: The genetically encoded fluorescent calcium-indicator protein GCaMP2 was crystallized in the calcium-saturated form. X-ray diffraction data were collected to 2.0 Å resolution and the structure was solved by molecular replacement.

Online 11 June 2008

 

Acta Cryst. (2008). F64, 632-635  [ doi:10.1107/S1744309108016278 ]

Crystallization and preliminary X-ray diffraction studies of a novel ferredoxin involved in the dioxygenation of carbazole by Novosphingobium sp. KA1

T. Umeda, J. Katsuki, Y. Usami, K. Inoue, H. Noguchi, Z. Fujimoto, Y. Ashikawa, H. Yamane and H. Nojiri

Synopsis: The ferredoxin component of carbazole 1,9a-dioxygenase (CARDO-F) is involved in an electron-transfer reaction. The CARDO-F from Novosphingobium sp. KA1 was crystallized under anaerobic conditions and diffracted to a resolution of 1.9 Å.

Online 11 June 2008

 

Acta Cryst. (2008). F64, 636-638  [ doi:10.1107/S1744309108016321 ]

Overproduction, crystallization and preliminary X-ray characterization of Abn2, an endo-1,5--arabinanase from Bacillus subtilis

D. de Sanctis, I. Bento, J. M. Inácio, S. Custódio, I. de Sá-Nogueira and M. A. Carrondo

Synopsis: Native and selenomethionine-derivative Abn2 have been expressed, purified and crystallized. Solution of the selenium substructure allowed the calculation of an initial experimental map at 2.7 Å resolution.

Online 11 June 2008

 

Acta Cryst. (2008). F64, 639-640  [ doi:10.1107/S1744309108016928 ]

Crystallization and crystallographic analysis of human NUDT16

J. Zhang, F. Gao, Q. Zhang, Q. Chen, J. Qi and J. Yan

Synopsis: Recombinant NUDT16 from human was expressed, purified and crystallized. The native crystals diffracted to 2.1 Å.

Online 11 June 2008

 

Acta Cryst. (2008). F64, 641-644  [ doi:10.1107/S1744309108016242 ]

Purification, crystallization and initial crystallographic characterization of the Ginkgo biloba 11S seed globulin ginnacin

T. Jin, Y.-W. Chen, A. Howard and Y.-Z. Zhang

Synopsis: The crystallization of ginnacin, the 11S seed storage protein from G. biloba, is reported.

Online 28 June 2008

 

Acta Cryst. (2008). F64, 645-647  [ doi:10.1107/S1744309108016394 ]

Crystallization, X-ray diffraction analysis and preliminary structure determination of the polygalacturonase PehA from Agrobacterium vitis

P. B. Vordtriede and M. D. Yoder

Synopsis: The acidic polygalacturonase PehA from A. vitis has been crystallized. A molecular-replacement solution indicated a right-handed parallel -helix fold.

Online 28 June 2008

 

Acta Cryst. (2008). F64, 648-650  [ doi:10.1107/S1744309108016552 ]

Crystallization and preliminary X-ray crystallographic studies of a PduO-type ATP:cob(I)alamin adenosyltransferase from Bacillus cereus

A. K. Park, J. H. Moon, S. H. Lee and Y. M. Chi

Synopsis: Orthorhombic crystals of a PduO-type ATP:cob(I)alamin adenosyltransferase from B. cereus were obtained both as an apoenzyme and in the presence of Mg²⁺ and ATP.

Online 28 June 2008

 

Acta Cryst. (2008). F64, 651-655  [ doi:10.1107/S174430910801676X ]

Crystallization and preliminary X-ray crystallographic studies of human voltage-dependent anion channel isoform I (HVDAC1)

T. Meins, C. Vonrhein and K. Zeth

Synopsis: The human voltage-dependent anion channel was overproduced in bacteria and refolded with the help of detergents. Extensive screening of crystallization conditions resulted in the first crystals to be obtained of this voltage-dependent anion-channel type. The crystals diffracted to a resolution of 3.6 Å.

Online 28 June 2008

 

Acta Cryst. (2008). F64, 656-658  [ doi:10.1107/S1744309108016734 ]

Cloning, purification and preliminary crystallographic analysis of a putative DNA-binding membrane protein, YmfM, from Staphylococcus aureus

L. Xu, S. E. Sedelnikova, P. J. Baker and D. W. Rice

Synopsis: Truncation by the removal of the C-terminal hydrophobic transmembrane anchor has enabled the overexpression of a soluble domain of S. aureus YmfM in Escherichia coli, which has then been purified and subsequently crystallized.

Online 28 June 2008

 

Acta Cryst. (2008). F64, 659-661  [ doi:10.1107/S1744309108016746 ]

Purification, crystallization and preliminary X-ray diffraction studies to near-atomic resolution of dihydrodipicolinate synthase from methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus

B. R. Burgess, R. C. J. Dobson, C. Dogovski, G. B. Jameson, M. W. Parker and M. A. Perugini

Synopsis: Dihydrodipicolinate synthase (DHDPS), an enzyme of the lysine-biosynthetic pathway, is a promising target for antibiotic development against pathogenic bacteria. Here, the expression, purification, crystallization and preliminary diffraction analysis to 1.45 Å resolution of DHDPS from methicillin-resistant S. aureus is reported.

Online 28 June 2008

 

Acta Cryst. (2008). F64, 662-664  [ doi:10.1107/S1744309108016849 ]

Purification, crystallization and preliminary X-ray analysis of urease from pigeon pea (Cajanus cajan)

A. Balasubramanian and K. Ponnuraj

Synopsis: Urease from pigeon pea was purified and crystallized and X-ray diffraction data were collected at 2.5 Å resolution.

Online 28 June 2008

 

Acta Cryst. (2008). F64, 665-667  [ doi:10.1107/S1744309108017405 ]

Crystallization and preliminary X-ray diffraction analysis of mouse galectin-4 N-terminal carbohydrate recognition domain in complex with lactose

V. Krejciríková, M. Fábry, V. Marková, P. Malý, P. Rezácová and J. Brynda

Synopsis: Mouse galectin-4 carbohydrate binding domain was overexpressed in E. coli and crystallized in the presence of lactose. The crystals belong to tetragonal space group P42₁2 and diffraction data were collected to 2.1 Å resolution.

Online 28 June 2008

 

Acta Cryst. (2008). F64, 668-670  [ doi:10.1107/S1744309108017545 ]

Crystallization and preliminary X-ray analysis of allene oxide synthase, cytochrome P450 CYP74A2, from Parthenium argentatum

Z. Chang, L. Li, Z. Pan and X. Wang

Synopsis: Allene oxide synthase, an atypical cytochrome P450 from Parthenium argentatum, was crystallized and diffraction data were collected to 2.4 Å resolution.

Online 28 June 2008

 

Acta Cryst. (2008). F64, 671-673  [ doi:10.1107/S1744309108017703 ]

Purification, crystallization and preliminary crystallographic studies of plant S-adenosyl-L-homocysteine hydrolase (Lupinus luteus)

K. Brzezinski, G. Bujacz and M. Jaskolski

Synopsis: Single crystals of recombinant S-adenosyl-L-homocysteine hydrolase from L. luteus in complex with adenosine diffract X-rays to 1.17 Å resolution at 100 K. The crystals are tetragonal, space group P4₃2₁2, and contain one copy of the dimeric enzyme in the asymmetric unit.

Online 28 June 2008