Crystallization and preliminary X-ray study of alkaline alanine racemase from Bacillus pseudofirmus OF4

被引:3
作者
Ju, Jiansong [1 ]
Qi, Jianxun [2 ]
Xu, Shujing [3 ]
Ohnishi, Kouhei [4 ]
Benedik, Michael J. [5 ]
Xue, Yanfen [1 ]
Ma, Yanhe [1 ]
机构
[1] Chinese Acad Sci, Inst Microbiol, State Key Lab Microbial Resources, Beijing 100101, Peoples R China
[2] Chinese Acad Sci, Inst Phys, Beijing 100049, Peoples R China
[3] Shaanxi Univ Sci & Technol, Life Coll Sci & Engn, Xian 710021, Peoples R China
[4] Kochi Univ, Res Inst Mol Genet, Nanko Ku, Kochi 7838502, Japan
[5] Texas A&M Univ, Dept Biol, College Stn, TX 77843 USA
来源
ACTA CRYSTALLOGRAPHICA SECTION F-STRUCTURAL BIOLOGY COMMUNICATIONS | 2009年 / 65卷
基金
中国博士后科学基金;
关键词
PURIFICATION; GERMINATION; CRYSTALS;
D O I
10.1107/S174430910900013X
中图分类号
Q5 [生物化学];
学科分类号
071010 ; 081704 ;
摘要
Alanine racemase (DadX(OF4)), a dimeric endogenous PLP-dependent alkaline enzyme from alkaliphilic Bacillus pseudofirmus OF4, was expressed in Escherichia coli and purified with a His(6) tag in a form suitable for X-ray crystallographic analysis. Crystals were grown by the hanging-drop vapour-diffusion method at 291 K using a solution containing 1.4 M sodium/potassium phosphate pH 8.2. The protein crystallized in space group P2(1)2(1)2(1), with two protein molecules in the asymmetric unit.
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页码:166 / 168
页数:3
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