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Crystallization and X-ray analysis of D-threonine aldolase from Chlamydomonas reinhardtii.

ABSTRACT: D-Threonine aldolase from the green alga Chlamydomonas reinhardtii (CrDTA) catalyzes the interconversion of several ?-hydroxy-D-amino acids (e.g. D-threonine) and glycine plus the corresponding aldehydes. Recombinant CrDTA was overexpressed in Escherichia coli and purified to homogeneity; it was subsequently crystallized using the hanging-drop vapour-diffusion method at 295?K. Data were collected and processed at 1.85?Å resolution. Analysis of the diffraction pattern showed that the crystal belonged to space group P1, with unit-cell parameters a = 64.79, b = 74.10, c = 89.94?Å, ? = 77.07, ? = 69.34, ? = 71.93°. The asymmetric unit contained four molecules of CrDTA. The Matthews coefficient was calculated to be 2.12?Å3?Da-1 and the solvent content was 41.9%.

SUBMITTER: Hirato Y

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5297928 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Crystallization and X-ray analysis of D-threonine aldolase from Chlamydomonas reinhardtii.

Hirato Yuki Y Goto Masaru M Tokuhisa Mayumi M Tanigawa Minoru M Nishimura Katsushi K

Acta crystallographica. Section F, Structural biology communications 20170119 Pt 2

D-Threonine aldolase from the green alga Chlamydomonas reinhardtii (CrDTA) catalyzes the interconversion of several β-hydroxy-D-amino acids (e.g. D-threonine) and glycine plus the corresponding aldehydes. Recombinant CrDTA was overexpressed in Escherichia coli and purified to homogeneity; it was subsequently crystallized using the hanging-drop vapour-diffusion method at 295 K. Data were collected and processed at 1.85 Å resolution. Analysis of the diffraction pattern showed that the crystal belo ...[more]

PMID: 28177318

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Crystallization and X-ray analysis of D-threonine aldolase from Chlamydomonas reinhardtii.

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Crystallization and X-ray analysis of D-threonine aldolase from Chlamydomonas reinhardtii.

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