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Purification, crystallization and preliminary X-ray crystallographic study of the l-fuculose-1-phosphate aldolase (FucA) from Thermus thermophilus HB8

Journal Article · · Acta Crystallographica. Section F
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  1. Biometal Science Laboratory, RIKEN Harima Institute, 1-1-1 Kouto, Mikazuki-cho, Sayo-gun, Hyogo 679-5148 (Japan)
  2. Advanced Protein Crystallography Research Group, RIKEN Harima Institute, 1-1-1 Kouto, Mikazuki-cho, Sayo-gun, Hyogo 679-5148 (Japan)

The crystallization and preliminary X-ray diffraction analysis of the l-fuculose-1-phosphate aldolase (FucA) from T. thermophilus HB8. Native diffraction data set was collected to a resolution of 1.9 Å. Fuculose phosphate aldolase catalyzes the reversible cleavage of l-fuculose-1-phosphate to dihydroxyacetone phosphate and l-lactaldehyde. The protein from Thermus thermophilus HB8 is a biological tetramer with a subunit molecular weight of 21 591 Da. Purified FucA has been crystallized using sitting-drop vapour-diffusion and microbatch techniques at 293 K. The crystals belong to space group P4, with unit-cell parameters a = b = 100.94, c = 45.87 Å. The presence of a dimer of the enzyme in the asymmetric unit was estimated to give a Matthews coefficient (V{sub M}) of 2.7 Å{sup 3} Da{sup −1} and a solvent content of 54.2%(v/v). Three-wavelength diffraction MAD data were collected to 2.3 Å from zinc-containing crystals. Native diffraction data to 1.9 Å resolution have been collected using synchrotron radiation at SPring-8.

OSTI ID:
22356190
Journal Information:
Acta Crystallographica. Section F, Journal Name: Acta Crystallographica. Section F Journal Issue: Pt 12 Vol. 61; ISSN ACSFCL; ISSN 1744-3091
Country of Publication:
United Kingdom
Language:
English