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X-Ray Crystallography to Study the Oligomeric State Transition of the Thermotoga maritima M42 Aminopeptidase TmPep1050
Published on: May 13, 2020
Thermostable multicopper oxidase from Thermus thermophilus HB27: crystallization and preliminary X-ray diffraction
Hugo Serrano-Posada1, Brenda Valderrama, Vivian Stojanoff
1Departamento de Medicina Molecular y Bioprocesos, Instituto de Biotecnología, UNAM, Chamilpa, Cuernavaca, Morelos, Mexico. serrano@ibt.unam.mx
Abstract:
A thermostable multicopper oxidase from Thermus thermophilus HB27 (Tth-MCO) was successfully crystallized using the sitting-drop and hanging-drop vapour-diffusion methods. Crystallization conditions and preliminary X-ray diffraction data to 1.5 Å resolution obtained using synchrotron radiation at 100 K are reported. The crystals belonged to space group C222(1), with unit-cell parameters a = 93.6, b = 110.3, c = 96.3 Å. A monomer in the asymmetric unit yielded a Matthews coefficient (V(M)) of 2.60 Å(3) Da(-1) and a solvent content of 53%. An inactive enzyme form, apo-Tth-MCO, was also crystallized and diffraction data were collected to 1.7 Å resolution. In addition, a second inactive form of the enzyme, Hg-Tth-MCO, was obtained by soaking apo-Tth-MCO crystals with mercury(II) chloride and data were collected to a resolution of 1.7 Å.
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