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  • International Union of Crystallography (IUCr)  (4)
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    Copenhagen : International Union of Crystallography (IUCr)
    Acta crystallographica 55 (1999), S. 403-407 
    ISSN: 1399-0047
    Source: Crystallography Journals Online : IUCR Backfile Archive 1948-2001
    Topics: Chemistry and Pharmacology , Geosciences , Physics
    Notes: Human lactoferrin (hLf) has considerable potential as a therapeutic agent. Overexpression of hLf in the fungus Aspergillus awamori has resulted in the availability of very large quantities of this protein. Here, the three-dimensional structure of the recombinant hLf has been determined by X-ray crystallography at a resolution of 2.2 Å. The final model, comprising 5339 protein atoms (residues 1–691, 294 solvent molecules, two Fe3+and two CO_3^{2-} ions), gives an R factor of 0.181 (free R = 0.274) after refinement against 32231 reflections in the resolution range 10–2.2 Å. Superposition of the recombinant hLf structure onto the native milk hLf structure shows a very high level of correspondence; the main-chain atoms for the entire polypeptide can be superimposed with an r.m.s. deviation of only 0.3 Å and there are no significant differences in side-chain conformations or in the iron-binding sites. Dynamic properties, as measured by B-value distributions or iron-release kinetics, also agree closely. This shows that the structure of the protein is not affected by the mode of expression, the use of strain-improvement procedures or the changes in glycosylation due to the fungal system.
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  • 2
    ISSN: 1399-0047
    Source: Crystallography Journals Online : IUCR Backfile Archive 1948-2001
    Topics: Chemistry and Pharmacology , Geosciences , Physics
    Notes: Methylmalonyl-CoA epimerase (MMCE) is an enzyme that interconverts the R and S epimers of methylmalonyl-CoA in the pathway that links propionyl-CoA with succinyl-CoA. This is used for both biosynthetic and degradative processes, including the breakdown of odd-numbered fatty acids and some amino acids. The enzyme has been expressed in Escherichia coli both as the native enzyme and as its selenomethionine (SeMet) derivative. Crystals of both forms have been obtained by vapour diffusion using monomethylether PEG 2000 as precipitant. The native MMCE crystals are orthorhombic, with unit-cell parameters a = 56.0, b = 114.0, c = 156.0 Å, and the SeMet-MMCE crystals are monoclinic, with unit-cell parameters a = 43.6, b = 78.6, c = 89.4 Å, β = 92.0°; both diffract to better than 2.8 Å resolution.
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  • 3
    ISSN: 1399-0047
    Source: Crystallography Journals Online : IUCR Backfile Archive 1948-2001
    Topics: Chemistry and Pharmacology , Geosciences , Physics
    Notes: Human bile-salt dependent lipase (BSDL), secreted into both the digestive tract and human milk, is integral to the effective absorption of dietary lipids. In attempts to obtain crystals suitable for high-resolution X-ray crystallographic studies, various forms of the enzyme have been crystallized, including native and desialidated human milk BSDL and both intact recombinant BSDL and a truncated form lacking the heavily glycosylated C-terminal repeat region. Trigonal crystals of native BSDL, with unit-cell parameters a = b = 90.0, c = 156.1 Å, were obtained using 15–20%(w/v) PEG 8000 as precipitant. These crystals diffract to 3.5 Å along the unique axis, but to only 5–7 Å in orthogonal directions. Crystals of recombinant truncated BSDL grown from 15–20%(w/v) PEG 6000 are orthorhombic, space group P212121, with unit-cell parameters a = 59.2, b = 90.0, c = 107.7 Å, and diffract to 2.6 Å resolution. These are suitable for structural analysis by X-ray crystallography.
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  • 4
    ISSN: 1399-0047
    Source: Crystallography Journals Online : IUCR Backfile Archive 1948-2001
    Topics: Chemistry and Pharmacology , Geosciences , Physics
    Notes: A variety of human haemoglobins (Hbs) are produced at different stages of human development, including three embryonic Hbs, foetal Hb and adult Hb. All are heterotetramers. During crystallization experiments on human embryonic Hb Portland (ζ2γ2), it was discovered by crystallographic and biochemical analysis that the homotetramer Hb Bart's (γ4) preferentially crystallizes from ζ2γ2 solutions below pH 5. This results from dissociation of Hb Portland into γ2 dimers and ζ monomers and has interesting implications for subunit interactions and tetramer stability in Hbs. It also makes possible a full crystallographic analysis of Hb Bart's, which is of considerable medical significance because of its presence in the red blood cells of millions of people worldwide who suffer from α-thalassaemia.
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