Structure and biochemical characterization of proliferating cellular nuclear antigen from a parasitic protozoon

This article presents the crystal structure of proliferating cellular nuclear antigen from Entamoeba histolytica.

Scaffoldin-borne family 3b carbohydrate-binding module from the cellulosome of Bacteroides cellulosolvens: structural diversity and significance of calcium for carbohydrate binding

The crystal structure of a cellulosomal scaffoldin-borne family 3b carbohydrate-binding module from B. cellulosolvens revealed a Trp-bearing insert that compensates for a Tyr-containing deletion. In contrast to other known structures of family 3 carbohydrate-binding modules, Ca²⁺ was lacking in the conserved calcium-binding site and a related loop shift placed the Trp in the cellulose-binding planar aromatic strip of the molecule.

Mutation of the His ligand in mitoNEET stabilizes the 2Fe–2S cluster despite conformational heterogeneity in the ligand environment

The spectroscopic and stability properties and X-ray crystal structure of the H87C mutant of the 2Fe–2S ligand mitoNEET are reported. Strikingly, the single point mutation leads to changes in its absorbance and CD spectra and an increase of around sixfold in the stability of the 2Fe–2S clusters over the pH range 5–7. However, the crystal structure of the H87C mutant displays heterogeneity in a few key residues, including the introduced cysteine ligand. Nonetheless, the cluster is highly stabilized from release.

Contribution of the 80s loop of HIV-1 protease to the multidrug-resistance mechanism: crystallographic study of MDR769 HIV-1 protease variants

Structural studies revealed a proline switch as a novel mechanism for the multidrug-resistant nature of multidrug-resistant clinical isolate 769 HIV-1 protease variants.

X-CHIP: an integrated platform for high-throughput protein crystallization and on-the-chip X-ray diffraction data collection

The X-CHIP (X-ray Crystallography High-throughput Integrated Platform) is a novel microchip that has been developed to combine multiple steps of the crystallographic pipeline from crystallization to diffraction data collection on a single device to streamline the entire process.

Structural basis for drug and substrate specificity exhibited by FIV encoding a chimeric FIV/HIV protease

Crystal structures of the 6s-98S FIV protease chimera with darunavir and lopinavir bound have been determined at 1.7 and 1.8 Å resolution, respectively.

Structural characterization of the PPIase domain of FKBP51, a cochaperone of human Hsp90

A series of atomic resolution crystal structures of the FK506-binding domain of FKBP51 including a complex with the drug FK506 was solved. The detailed insights into the domain structure and the interaction with FK506 provide an excellent starting point for rational drug design efforts on this molecular chaperone.

Structure-based design of a di­sulfide-linked oligomeric form of the simian virus 40 (SV40) large T antigen DNA-binding domain

With the aim of forming the `lock-washer' conformation of the origin-binding domain of SV40 large T antigen in solution, using structure-based analysis an intermolecular disulfide bridge was engineered into the origin-binding domain to generate higher order oligomers in solution. The 1.7 Å resolution structure shows that the mutant forms a spiral in the crystal and has the de novo disulfide bond at the protein interface, although structural rearrangements at the interface are observed relative to the wild type.

Analysis of phases in the structure determination of an icosahedral virus

Analysis of phases derived by phase extension identifies the reciprocal-space volumes that lie close to icosahedral NCS axes as seeding places for incorrect phase solutions.

Structures of human nucleosomes containing major histone H3 variants

Crystal structures of human nucleosomes containing the histone H3 variants H3.2 or H3.3 have been solved. The structures were essentially the same as that of the H3.1 nucleosome.

High-resolution neutron crystallographic studies of the hydration of the coenzyme cob(II)alamin

High-resolution crystallographic studies of the hydration of the coenzyme cob(II)alamin have provided hydrogen-bond parameters of unprecedented accuracy for a biomacromolecule.

Structure of ristocetin A in complex with a bacterial cell-wall mimetic. Corrigendum.

A correction to the article by Nahoum et al. [(2009). Acta Cryst. D65, 832–838].