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Crystallization and initial X-ray diffraction study of the three PASTA domains of the Ser/Thr kinase Stk1 from the human pathogen Staphylococcus aureus.

ABSTRACT: PASTA subunits (approximately 70 amino acids) are specific to bacterial serine/threonine kinases and to penicillin-binding proteins (PBPs) and are involved in the synthesis of peptidoglycan. The human pathogen Staphylococcus aureus contains a serine/threonine kinase, Stk1, which plays a major role in virulence. A recombinant His-tagged portion of the extracellular domain of Stk1 containing three PASTA subunits has been crystallized using zinc sulfate as a crystallizing agent. The crystals belonged to the tetragonal space group P4(1)22, with unit-cell parameters a = 68.0, b = 68.0, c = 158.1 angstrom. Structure determination by the MAD method is now in progress.

SUBMITTER: Paracuellos P

PROVIDER: S-EPMC2777055 | biostudies-literature | 2009 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Crystallization and initial X-ray diffraction study of the three PASTA domains of the Ser/Thr kinase Stk1 from the human pathogen Staphylococcus aureus.

Paracuellos Patricia P Ballandras Allison A Robert Xavier X Cozzone Alain J AJ Duclos Bertrand B Gouet Patrice P

Acta crystallographica. Section F, Structural biology and crystallization communications 20091030 Pt 11

PASTA subunits (approximately 70 amino acids) are specific to bacterial serine/threonine kinases and to penicillin-binding proteins (PBPs) and are involved in the synthesis of peptidoglycan. The human pathogen Staphylococcus aureus contains a serine/threonine kinase, Stk1, which plays a major role in virulence. A recombinant His-tagged portion of the extracellular domain of Stk1 containing three PASTA subunits has been crystallized using zinc sulfate as a crystallizing agent. The crystals belong ...[more]

PMID: 19923747

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Crystallization and initial X-ray diffraction study of the three PASTA domains of the Ser/Thr kinase Stk1 from the human pathogen Staphylococcus aureus.

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Crystallization and initial X-ray diffraction study of the three PASTA domains of the Ser/Thr kinase Stk1 from the human pathogen Staphylococcus aureus.

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