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Title: Purification, crystallization and preliminary X-ray diffraction analysis of the Kelch-like motif region of mouse Keap1

Journal Article · · Acta Crystallographica. Section F
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  1. RIKEN Genomic Sciences Center, 1-7-22 Suehiro-cho, Tsurumi, Yokohama 230-0045 (Japan)
  2. Graduate School of Comprehensive Human Sciences, Center for Tsukuba Advanced Research Alliance and ERATO Environmental Research Project, University of Tsukuba, 1-1-1 Tennoudai, Tsukuba 305-8577 (Japan)

Keap1-DC (Kelch/double-glycine repeat and C-terminal region) of mouse Keap1 has been overexpressed in E. coli, purified and crystallized using the vapour-diffusion method. Keap1 (Kelch-like ECH-associating protein 1) is a negative regulator of the Nrf2 transcription factor in the cytoplasm. The Kelch/DGR (double-glycine repeat) domain of Keap1 associates with Nrf2 as well as with actin filaments. A recombinant protein containing both the Kelch/DGR domain and the C-terminal region of mouse Keap1 was expressed in Escherichia coli, purified to near-homogeneity and crystallized by the sitting-drop vapour-diffusion method. The crystal belongs to space group P6{sub 1} or P6{sub 5}, with unit-cell parameters a = b = 102.95, c = 55.21 Å, and contains one molecule in the asymmetric unit. A complete diffraction data was collected to 2.25 Å resolution using an R-AXIS IV{sup ++} imaging plate mounted on an RA-Micro7 Cu Kα rotating-anode X-ray generator.

OSTI ID:
22356083
Journal Information:
Acta Crystallographica. Section F, Vol. 61, Issue Pt 1; Other Information: PMCID: PMC1952392; PMID: 16508120; PUBLISHER-ID: gx5031; OAI: oai:pubmedcentral.nih.gov:1952392; Copyright (c) International Union of Crystallography 2005; Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); ISSN 1744-3091
Country of Publication:
United Kingdom
Language:
English