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Title: Crystallization and preliminary X-ray diffraction analysis of prephenate dehydratase from Mycobacterium tuberculosis H37Rv

Abstract

The M. tuberculosis prephenate dehydratase was cloned, expressed, purified, crystallized by the hanging-drop vapour-diffusion method, and a complete data set collected to 3.2 Å resolution using synchrotron radiation. These results should pave the way for the three-dimensional structure determination of the enzyme and provide a framework on which to base the rational design of chemotherapeutic agents to treat tuberculosis. Tuberculosis remains the leading cause of mortality arising from a bacterial pathogen (Mycobacterium tuberculosis). There is an urgent need for the development of new antimycobacterial agents. The aromatic amino-acid pathway is essential for the survival of this pathogen and represents a target for structure-based drug design. Accordingly, the M. tuberculosis prephenate dehydratase has been cloned, expressed, purified and crystallized by the hanging-drop vapour-diffusion method using PEG 400 as a precipitant. The crystal belongs to the orthorhombic space group I222 or I2{sub 1}2{sub 1}2{sub 1}, with unit-cell parameters a = 98.26, b = 133.22, c = 225.01 Å, and contains four molecules in the asymmetric unit. A complete data set was collected to 3.2 Å resolution using a synchrotron-radiation source.

Authors:
 [1];  [2];  [3]
  1. Programa de Pós Graduação em Genética e Biologia Molecular, Departamento de Genética, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, RS (Brazil)
  2. Programa de Pós Graduação em Biofísica Molecular, Departamento de Física, IBILCE/UNESP, São José do Rio Preto, SP, 15054-000 (Brazil)
  3. Programa de Pós Graduação em Biologia Celular e Molecular, Centro de Biotecnologia, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, RS (Brazil)
Publication Date:
OSTI Identifier:
22356352
Resource Type:
Journal Article
Journal Name:
Acta Crystallographica. Section F
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Volume: 62; Journal Issue: Pt 4; Other Information: PMCID: PMC2222585; PMID: 16582484; PUBLISHER-ID: za5129; OAI: oai:pubmedcentral.nih.gov:2222585; Copyright (c) International Union of Crystallography 2006; Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); Journal ID: ISSN 1744-3091
Country of Publication:
United Kingdom
Language:
English
Subject:
75 CONDENSED MATTER PHYSICS, SUPERCONDUCTIVITY AND SUPERFLUIDITY; CRYSTALLIZATION; CRYSTALS; DESIGN; DIFFUSION; MOLECULES; RESOLUTION; SPACE GROUPS; SYNCHROTRON RADIATION; X-RAY DIFFRACTION

Citation Formats

Vivan, Ana Luiza, Centro de Pesquisa em Biologia Molecular e Funcional, Instituto de Pesquisas Biomédicas, Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do Sul-PUCRS, Av. Ipiranga, 6681 Prédio 92A-TECNOPUC-Partenon, CEP 90619-900, Porto Alegre, RS, Dias, Márcio Vinícius Bertacini, Schneider, Cristopher Z., Centro de Pesquisa em Biologia Molecular e Funcional, Instituto de Pesquisas Biomédicas, Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do Sul-PUCRS, Av. Ipiranga, 6681 Prédio 92A-TECNOPUC-Partenon, CEP 90619-900, Porto Alegre, RS, Azevedo, Walter Filgueira Jr de, Basso, Luiz Augusto, E-mail: luiz.basso@pucrs.br, Santos, Diógenes Santiago, E-mail: luiz.basso@pucrs.br, and Programa de Pós Graduação em Genética e Biologia Molecular, Departamento de Genética, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, RS. Crystallization and preliminary X-ray diffraction analysis of prephenate dehydratase from Mycobacterium tuberculosis H37Rv. United Kingdom: N. p., 2006. Web. doi:10.1107/S1744309106006385.
Vivan, Ana Luiza, Centro de Pesquisa em Biologia Molecular e Funcional, Instituto de Pesquisas Biomédicas, Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do Sul-PUCRS, Av. Ipiranga, 6681 Prédio 92A-TECNOPUC-Partenon, CEP 90619-900, Porto Alegre, RS, Dias, Márcio Vinícius Bertacini, Schneider, Cristopher Z., Centro de Pesquisa em Biologia Molecular e Funcional, Instituto de Pesquisas Biomédicas, Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do Sul-PUCRS, Av. Ipiranga, 6681 Prédio 92A-TECNOPUC-Partenon, CEP 90619-900, Porto Alegre, RS, Azevedo, Walter Filgueira Jr de, Basso, Luiz Augusto, E-mail: luiz.basso@pucrs.br, Santos, Diógenes Santiago, E-mail: luiz.basso@pucrs.br, & Programa de Pós Graduação em Genética e Biologia Molecular, Departamento de Genética, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, RS. Crystallization and preliminary X-ray diffraction analysis of prephenate dehydratase from Mycobacterium tuberculosis H37Rv. United Kingdom. https://doi.org/10.1107/S1744309106006385
Vivan, Ana Luiza, Centro de Pesquisa em Biologia Molecular e Funcional, Instituto de Pesquisas Biomédicas, Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do Sul-PUCRS, Av. Ipiranga, 6681 Prédio 92A-TECNOPUC-Partenon, CEP 90619-900, Porto Alegre, RS, Dias, Márcio Vinícius Bertacini, Schneider, Cristopher Z., Centro de Pesquisa em Biologia Molecular e Funcional, Instituto de Pesquisas Biomédicas, Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do Sul-PUCRS, Av. Ipiranga, 6681 Prédio 92A-TECNOPUC-Partenon, CEP 90619-900, Porto Alegre, RS, Azevedo, Walter Filgueira Jr de, Basso, Luiz Augusto, E-mail: luiz.basso@pucrs.br, Santos, Diógenes Santiago, E-mail: luiz.basso@pucrs.br, and Programa de Pós Graduação em Genética e Biologia Molecular, Departamento de Genética, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, RS. 2006. "Crystallization and preliminary X-ray diffraction analysis of prephenate dehydratase from Mycobacterium tuberculosis H37Rv". United Kingdom. https://doi.org/10.1107/S1744309106006385.
@article{osti_22356352,
title = {Crystallization and preliminary X-ray diffraction analysis of prephenate dehydratase from Mycobacterium tuberculosis H37Rv},
author = {Vivan, Ana Luiza and Centro de Pesquisa em Biologia Molecular e Funcional, Instituto de Pesquisas Biomédicas, Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do Sul-PUCRS, Av. Ipiranga, 6681 Prédio 92A-TECNOPUC-Partenon, CEP 90619-900, Porto Alegre, RS and Dias, Márcio Vinícius Bertacini and Schneider, Cristopher Z. and Centro de Pesquisa em Biologia Molecular e Funcional, Instituto de Pesquisas Biomédicas, Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do Sul-PUCRS, Av. Ipiranga, 6681 Prédio 92A-TECNOPUC-Partenon, CEP 90619-900, Porto Alegre, RS and Azevedo, Walter Filgueira Jr de and Basso, Luiz Augusto, E-mail: luiz.basso@pucrs.br and Santos, Diógenes Santiago, E-mail: luiz.basso@pucrs.br and Programa de Pós Graduação em Genética e Biologia Molecular, Departamento de Genética, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, RS},
abstractNote = {The M. tuberculosis prephenate dehydratase was cloned, expressed, purified, crystallized by the hanging-drop vapour-diffusion method, and a complete data set collected to 3.2 Å resolution using synchrotron radiation. These results should pave the way for the three-dimensional structure determination of the enzyme and provide a framework on which to base the rational design of chemotherapeutic agents to treat tuberculosis. Tuberculosis remains the leading cause of mortality arising from a bacterial pathogen (Mycobacterium tuberculosis). There is an urgent need for the development of new antimycobacterial agents. The aromatic amino-acid pathway is essential for the survival of this pathogen and represents a target for structure-based drug design. Accordingly, the M. tuberculosis prephenate dehydratase has been cloned, expressed, purified and crystallized by the hanging-drop vapour-diffusion method using PEG 400 as a precipitant. The crystal belongs to the orthorhombic space group I222 or I2{sub 1}2{sub 1}2{sub 1}, with unit-cell parameters a = 98.26, b = 133.22, c = 225.01 Å, and contains four molecules in the asymmetric unit. A complete data set was collected to 3.2 Å resolution using a synchrotron-radiation source.},
doi = {10.1107/S1744309106006385},
url = {https://www.osti.gov/biblio/22356352}, journal = {Acta Crystallographica. Section F},
issn = {1744-3091},
number = Pt 4,
volume = 62,
place = {United Kingdom},
year = {Sat Apr 01 00:00:00 EST 2006},
month = {Sat Apr 01 00:00:00 EST 2006}
}