Expression, purification, crystallization and preliminary X-ray diffraction analysis of the DDX3 RNA helicase domain
- Structural Biology and Biocomputing Programme, Spanish National Cancer Centre (CNIO) Macromolecular Crystallography Group, c/Melchor Fdez Almagro 3, 28029 Madrid (Spain)
Crystals of DDX3 RNA helicase domain have been obtained in a monoclinic form that diffract to 2.2 Å resolution using synchrotron radiation at the ID14-1 ESRF beamline. DDX3 is a human RNA helicase that is involved in RNA processing and important human diseases. This enzyme belongs to the DEAD-box protein family, the members of which are characterized by the presence of nine conserved motifs including the Asp-Glu-Ala-Asp motif that defines the family. DDX3 has two distinct domains: an ATP-binding domain in the central region of the protein and a helicase domain in the carboxy-terminal region. The helicase domain of DDX3 was cloned and overexpressed in Escherichia coli. Crystallization experiments yielded crystals that were suitable for X-ray diffraction analysis. The final crystallization conditions were a reservoir solution consisting of 2 M ammonium sulfate, 0.1 M imidazole pH 6.4 plus 5 mM spermine tetrahydrochloride and a protein solution containing 10 mM HEPES, 500 mM ammonium sulfate pH 8.0. The crystals of the helicase domain belong to the monoclinic space group P2{sub 1}, with unit-cell parameters a = 43.85, b = 60.72, c = 88.39 Å, α = γ = 90, β = 101.02°, and contained three molecules per asymmetric unit. These crystals diffracted to a resolution limit of 2.2 Å using synchrotron radiation at the European Synchrotron Radiation Facility (ESRF) and the Swiss Light Source (SLS)
- OSTI ID:
- 22360292
- Journal Information:
- Acta Crystallographica. Section F, Vol. 63, Issue Pt 4; Other Information: PMCID: PMC2330201; PMID: 17401195; PUBLISHER-ID: bo5016; OAI: oai:pubmedcentral.nih.gov:2330201; 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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