Crystallization and preliminary X-ray diffraction analysis on the homing endonuclease I-Dmo-I in complex with its target DNA
- Macromolecular Crystallography Group, Structural Biology and Biocomputing Programme, Spanish National Cancer Centre (CNIO), c/Melchor Fdez. Almagro 3, 28029 Madrid (Spain)
- NMR Group, Structural Biology and Biocomputing Programme, Spanish National Cancer Centre (CNIO), c/Melchor Fdez. Almagro 3, 28029 Madrid (Spain)
I-Dmo-I is a well characterized homing endonuclease from the archaeon Desulfurococcus mobilis. The enzyme was cloned and overexpressed in Escherichia coli. Crystallization experiments of I-Dmo-I in complex with its DNA target in the presence of Ca{sup 2+} and Mg{sup 2+} yielded crystals that were suitable for X-ray diffraction analysis. Homing endonucleases are highly specific DNA-cleaving enzymes that recognize long stretches of base pairs. The availability of these enzymes has opened novel perspectives for genome engineering in a wide range of fields, including gene therapy, by taking advantage of the homologous gene-targeting enhancement induced by a double-strand break. I-Dmo-I is a well characterized homing endonuclease from the archaeon Desulfurococcus mobilis. The enzyme was cloned and overexpressed in Escherichia coli. Crystallization experiments of I-Dmo-I in complex with its DNA target in the presence of Ca{sup 2+} and Mg{sup 2+} yielded crystals that were suitable for X-ray diffraction analysis. The crystals belonged to the monoclinic space group P2{sub 1}, with unit-cell parameters a = 106.75, b = 70.18, c = 106.85 Å, α = γ = 90, β = 119.93°. The self-rotation function and the Matthews coefficient suggested the presence of three protein–DNA complexes per asymmetric unit. The crystals diffracted to a resolution limit of 2.6 Å using synchrotron radiation at the Swiss Light Source (SLS) and the European Synchrotron Radiation Facility (ESRF)
- OSTI ID:
- 22360450
- Journal Information:
- Acta Crystallographica. Section F, Vol. 63, Issue Pt 12; Other Information: PMCID: PMC2344106; PMID: 18084082; PUBLISHER-ID: nj5006; OAI: oai:pubmedcentral.nih.gov:2344106; Copyright (c) International Union of Crystallography 2007; Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); ISSN 1744-3091
- Country of Publication:
- United Kingdom
- Language:
- English
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