forthcoming articles in Acta Crystallographica Section F

The following articles are a selection of those recently accepted for publication in Acta Crystallographica Section F: Structural Biology and Crystallization Communications.

This list will generally be short, as papers in this journal are published online as soon as proofs are returned.

See also Forthcoming articles in all IUCr journals.

Crystallization and preliminary crystallographic characterization of the N-terminal Kunitz domain of Boophilin

T. B. Cereija, A. C. Figueiredo, D. de Sanctis, A. S. Tanaka and P. J. B. Pereira

Synopsis: The N-terminal Kunitz domain of boophilin, a specific thrombin inhibitor, was crystallized. The orthorhombic crystals had an unusually low solvent content and diffracted to beyond 0.87 Å resolution in a synchrotron source.

Preparation, crystallization and preliminary X-ray diffraction studies of the glycosylated form of human Interleukin-23

T. Shirouzono, M. Chirifu, C. Nakamura, Y. Yamagata and S. Ikemizu

Crystallization and crystallographic analysis of the ligand-binding domain of the Pseudomonas putida chemoreceptor McpS in complex with malate and succinate

J. A. Gavira, J. Lacal, J. L. Ramos, J. M. García-Ruiz, T. Krell and E. Pineda-Molina

Overproduction, purification and crystallization of PfTic22, a component of the import apparatus from the apicoplast of Plasmodium falciparum

S. Glaser and M. K. Higgins

Synopsis: The crystallization of Tic22 from P. falciparum is reported.

Expression, purification and crystallization of an indole prenyltransferase from Aspergillus fumigatus

J. Chen, H. Morita, R. Kato, H. Noguchi, S. Sugio and I. Abe

Synopsis: Residues 38-440 of CdpNPT from A. fumigatus were overexpressed in E. coli, purified and crystallized. Diffraction data have been collected to a resolution of 2.5 Å.

Crystallization and preliminary crystallographic analysis of Arabidopsis thaliana BRI1-associated kinase 1 (BAK1) cytoplasmic domain

J. Gao, Y. Ma, Y. Sun, H. Zhao, D. Hong, L. Yan and Z. Lou

Synopsis: The cytoplasmic domain of BRI1-associated kinase 1 from A. thaliana has been overexpressed in E. coli, purified and crystallized. Diffraction data were collected to 2.6 Å resolution.

Crystallization and preliminary X-ray analysis of the subclass B3 metallo--lactamase SMB-1 that confers carbapenem resistance

J. Wachino, Y. Yamaguchi, S. Mori, Y. Yamagata, Y. Arakawa and K. Shibayama

Synopsis: The subclass B3 metallo--lactamase SMB-1 was crystallized by the hanging-drop vapour-diffusion method. Two types of crystals belonging to space group P3₁ were obtained.

Cloning, purification, crystallization and preliminary X-ray analysis of the Burkholderia pseudomallei L1 ribosomal protein

A. G. Abd Aziz, S. N. Ruzheinikov, S. E. Sedelnikova, R. Mohamed, S. Nathan, P. J. Baker and D. W. Rice

Synopsis: The L1 ribosomal protein from B. pseudomallei has been overexpressed, purified and crystallized in a form suitable for X-ray analysis.

Crystallization and preliminary X-ray crystallographic characterization of a cyclic nucleotide-binding homology domain from the mouse EAG potassium channel

M. J. Marques-Carvalho and J. H. Morais-Cabral

Synopsis: The crystallization conditions and preliminary crystal characterization of the cytoplasmic cyclic nucleotide-binding homology domain from the mouse EAG potassium channel are reported.

Purification, crystallization and preliminary X-ray diffraction analysis of the Fyn SH2 domain and its complex with a phosphotyrosine peptide

R. Huculeci, L. Buts, T. Lenaerts, N. A. J. van Nuland and A. Garcia-Pino

Purification, crystallization and preliminary crystallographic studies of a PacL homologue from Listeria monocytogenes

K. L. Hein, P. Nissen and J. P. Morth

Synopsis: A PacL homologue from L. monocytogenes has been purified and crystallized. The crystals diffracted to 3.2 Å resolution.

Expression, purification, crystallization and preliminary X-ray diffraction analysis of a galactose 1-phosphate uridylyltransferase from the hyperthermophilic archaeon Pyrobaculum aerophilum

T. Satomura, A. Hiraki, T. Kawai, R. Kawakami, T. Ohshima and H. Sakuraba

Synopsis: A galactose 1-phosphate uridylyltransferase from a hyperthermophilic archaeon was successfully isolated and crystallized.

Crystallization and preliminary X-ray crystallographic analysis of the catalytic domain of human dihydrouridine synthase

S. Griffiths, R. T. Byrne, A. A. Antson and F. Whelan

Synopsis: The catalytic domain of human Dus2-like enzyme was purified and crystallized, and data were collected to 1.9 Å resolution.

Crystallization and preliminary X-ray analysis of a hyperthermophilic endoglucanase from Pyrococcus furiosus

M. Kataoka, H.-W. Kim and K. Ishikawa

Synopsis: A hyperthermostable endoglucanase from P. furiosus expressed as a truncated form without the N-terminal amino acids was crystallized. The crystal diffracted to a resolution of 1.07 Å.

Crystallization and preliminary X-ray studies of an electron-transfer complex of ferredoxin and ferredoxin-dependent glutamate synthase from the cyanobacterium Leptolyngbya boryana

K. Shinmura, N. Muraki, A. Yoshida, T. Hase and G. Kurisu

Synopsis: Cocrystallization of ferredoxin and glutamate synthase was successfully carried out and the resulting crystals were demonstrated to be suitable for structural determination of an electron-transfer complex of these two proteins.

Structure of recombinant human carboxylesterase 1 isolated from whole cabbage looper larvae

H. M. Greenblatt, T. C. Otto, M. G. Kirkpatrick, E. Kovaleva, S. Brown, G. Buchman, D. M. Cerasoli and J. L. Sussman

Crystallization and preliminary X-ray diffraction of the surfactant protein lv-ranaspumin from the frog Leptodactylus vastus

D. C. Hissa, G. A. Bezerra, B. Obrist, R. Birner-Grünberger, V. M. M. Melo and K. Gruber

Synopsis: The purification, crystallization and MS analysis of a natural surfactant protein from the frog L. vastus are described.

On the need for an international effort to capture, share and use crystallization screening data

J. Newman, E. E. Bolton, J. Müller-Dieckmann, V. J. Fazio, T. Gallagher, D. Lovell, J. R. Luft, T. S. Peat, D. Ratcliffe, R. A. Sayle, E. H. Snell, K. Taylor, P. Vallotton, S. Velanker and F. von Delft

Synopsis: Development of an ontology for the description of crystallization experiments and results is proposed.

Crystallization and preliminary X-ray analysis of alginate importer from Sphingomonas sp. A1

Y. Maruyama, T. Itoh, Y. Nishitani, B. Mikami, W. Hashimoto and K. Murata

Synopsis: Alginate importer from Sphingomonas sp. A1 is a member of the ABC transporter superfamily that directly transports alginate polysaccharide into the cytoplasm. Crystals of alginate importer in complex with the periplasmic binding protein AlgQ2 diffracted X-rays to 3.3 Å resolution.

Recombinant expression and purification of the tomato defensin TPP3 and its preliminary X-ray crystallographic analysis

F. T. Lay, P. K. Veneer, M. D. Hulett and M. Kvansakul

Synopsis: TPP3 is a class II plant defensin from tomato. Here, the expression, purification, crystallization and preliminary X-ray crystallographic analysis of recombinant TPP3 are reported in order to define its structure and function in relation to other class II plant defensins.

Structural analysis of 3-isopropylmalate dehydrogenase from the obligate piezophile Shewanella benthica DB21MT-2 and the nonpiezophile Shewanella oneidensis MR1

T. Nagae, C. Kato and N. Watanabe

Synopsis: Structures of IPMDH from the obligate piezophile S. benthica DB21MT-2 (SbIPMDH) and the nonpiezophile S. oneidensis MR1 (SoIPMDH) were determined at atmospheric pressure. Comparison of the structures revealed that SbIPMDH is in a more open conformation and has a larger internal cavity volume than SoIPMDH.

Crystallization and preliminary X-ray analysis of FlgA, a periplasmic protein essential for flagellar P-ring assembly

H. Matsunami, F. A. Samatey, S. Nagashima, K. Imada and K. Namba

Synopsis: Salmonella FlgA, a periplasmic chaperone essential for flagellar P-ring assembly, has been expressed and purified and the crystals have been characterized by X-ray diffraction.

Crystallization and preliminary X-ray diffraction analysis of endoglucanase III from Trichoderma harzianum

M. Vizoná Liberato, W. Cardoso Generoso, W. Malagó, F. Henrique-Silva and I. Polikarpov

Synopsis: T. harzianum endoglucanase III was expressed in P. pastoris, purified and crystalized. A native X-ray diffraction data set was collected.

Crystallization and preliminary X-ray diffraction characterization of the XccFimX^EAL-c-di-GMP and XccFimX^EAL-c-di-GMP-XccPilZ complexes from Xanthomonas campestris

Y.-T. Liao, K.-H. Chin, W.-T. Kuo, M.L.-C. Chuah, Z.-X. Liang and S.-H. Chou

Synopsis: Crystals of the XccFimX^EAL-c-di-GMP and SeMet-XccFimX^EAL-c-di-GMP-XccPilZ complexes from X. campestris diffracted to resolutions of 2.5 and 2.7 Å, respectively.

Crystallization and preliminary X-ray crystallographic studies of casein kinase I-like protein from rice

K. H. Do and H. H. Park

Synopsis: Casein kinase I-like protein from rice was crystallized. The crystals were found to belong to the monoclinic space group C2, with unit-cell parameters a = 108.83, b = 69.60, c = 55.85 Å, = 109.47°. The crystals were obtained at 293 K and diffracted to a resolution of 2.0 Å.

Purification, crystallization and preliminary X-ray diffraction analysis of enoyl-acyl carrier protein reductase (FabK) from Streptococcus mutans strain UA159

T.-O. Kim, D.-W. Im, H. Y. Jung, S. J. Kwon and Y.-S. Heo

Synopsis: Enoyl-acyl carrier protein reductase (FabK) from S. mutans strain UA159 was cloned, overexpressed, purified and crystallized. X-ray diffraction data were collected to a resolution of 2.40 Å.

Purification, crystallization and preliminary X-ray crystallographic analysis of mammalian translation elongation factor eEF1A2

A. Yaremchuk, V. F. Shalak, O. V. Novosylna, B. S. Negrutskii, T. Crépin, A. V. El'skaya and M. Tukalo

Structure of a bacterial cytoplasmic cyclophilin A in complex with a tetrapeptide

E. Christoforides, M. Dimou, P. Katinakis, K. Bethanis and M. Karpusas

Crystallization and X-ray structure analysis of a thermostable penicillin G acylase from Alcaligenes faecalis

N. K. Varshney, R. Suresh Kumar, Z. Ignatova, A. Prabhune, A. Pundle, E. Dodson and C. G. Suresh

Synopsis: A thermostable penicillin G acylase from A. faecalis has been crystallized in two space groups: C222₁ and P4₁2₁2. X-ray diffraction data were collected to 3.3 and 3.5 Å resolution, respectively.

Crystallization and preliminary X-ray crystallographic studies of succinic semialdehyde dehydrogenase from Streptococcus pyogenes

E. H. Jang, J. E. Lim, Y. M. Chi and K. S. Lee

Synopsis: Succinic semialdehyde dehydrogenase (SSADH) from S. pyogenes was purified and crystallized. Crystals of native and NAD⁺-complexed SSADH diffracted to resolutions of 1.6 and 1.7 Å, respectively.

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