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X-Ray Crystallography to Study the Oligomeric State Transition of the Thermotoga maritima M42 Aminopeptidase TmPep1050
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Crystallization and preliminary X-ray diffraction of chlorite dismutase from Dechloromonas aromatica RCB
Brandon R Goblirsch1, Bennett R Streit, Jennifer L DuBois
1Department of Biochemistry, Molecular Biology and Biophysics, The University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, USA.
Abstract:
Chlorite dismutase from Dechloromonas aromatica RCB, a novel b-type hemoprotein that catalyzes O-O bond formation, has been crystallized. Synchrotron X-ray diffraction data have been collected to 3.0 A resolution. The crystals belonged to space group P2(1)2(1)2(1), with unit-cell parameters a = 122.7, b = 202.9, c = 247.1 A.
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