ISSN:
0887-3585
Keywords:
Protein crystallization
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X-ray crystallography
;
methanogenic Archaea
;
hyperthermophilic enzymes
;
halophilic enzymes
;
Chemistry
;
Biochemistry and Biotechnology
Source:
Wiley InterScience Backfile Collection 1832-2000
Topics:
Medicine
Notes:
Formylmethanofuran:tetrahydromethanopterin formyltransferase from the hyperthermophilic methanogenic Archaeon Methanopyrus kandleri (growth temperature optimum 98°C) was crystallized by vapor diffusion methods. Crystal form M obtained with 2-methyl-2,4-pentanediol as precipitant displayed the space group P21 with unit cell parameters of a = 87.0 Å, b = 75.4 Å, c = 104.7 Å, and β = 113.9° and diffracted better than 2 Å resolution. Crystal form P grown from polyethylene glycol 8000 belonged to the space group I4122 and had unit cell parameters of 157.5 Å and 242.1 Å. Diffraction data to 1.73 Å were recorded. Crystal form S which was crystallized from (NH4)2SO4in the space group I4122 with unit cell parameters of 151.3 Å and 249.5 Å diffracted at least to 2.2 Å resolution. All crystal forms probably have four molecules per asymmetric unit and are suitable for X-ray structure analysis. © 1996 Wiley-Liss, Inc.
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Electronic Resource
