Crystallization and X-ray diffraction of a halogenating enzyme, tryptophan 7-halogenase, from Pseudomonas fluorescens

Acta Crystallogr D Biol Crystallogr. 2004 Aug;60(Pt 8):1438-40. doi: 10.1107/S0907444904012521. Epub 2004 Jul 21.

Abstract

Chlorination of natural products is often required for their biological activity; notable examples include vancomycin, the last-ditch antibiotic. It is now known that many chlorinated natural products are made not by haloperoxidases, but by FADH2-dependent halogenases. The mechanism of the flavin-containing enzymes is obscure and there are no structural data. Here, crystals of PrnA (tryptophan 7-halogenase), an enzyme that regioselectively chlorinates tryptophan, cocrystallized with tryptophan and FAD are reported. The crystals belong to the tetragonal space group P4(3)2(1)2 or P4(1)2(1)2, with unit-cell parameters a = b = 67.8, c = 276.9 A. A data set to 1.8 A with 93% completeness and an Rmerge of 7.1% has been collected from a single flash-cooled crystal. A method for incorporating selenomethionine in a Pseudomonas fluorescens expression system also is reported.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Crystallization
  • Crystallography, X-Ray
  • Molecular Structure
  • Oxidoreductases / chemistry*
  • Oxidoreductases / metabolism*
  • Pseudomonas fluorescens / enzymology*
  • Pyrrolnitrin / biosynthesis
  • Pyrrolnitrin / chemistry

Substances

  • Oxidoreductases
  • tryptophan halogenase
  • Pyrrolnitrin