Crystallization and preliminary X-ray diffraction analysis of the arginine repressor of the hyperthermophile Thermotoga neapolitana

Acta Crystallogr Sect F Struct Biol Cryst Commun. 2006 Jan 1;62(Pt 1):26-8. doi: 10.1107/S1744309105039618. Epub 2005 Dec 16.

Abstract

The arginine repressor of Thermotoga neapolitana (ArgRTnp) is a member of the family of multifunctional bacterial arginine repressors involved in the regulation of arginine metabolism. This hyperthermophilic repressor shows unique DNA-binding features that distinguish it from its homologues. ArgRTnp exists as a homotrimeric protein that assembles into hexamers at higher protein concentrations and/or in the presence of arginine. ArgRTnp was crystallized with and without its corepressor arginine using the hanging-drop vapour-diffusion method. Crystals of the aporepressor diffracted to a resolution of 2.1 A and belong to the orthorhombic P2(1)2(1)2(1) space group, with unit-cell parameters a = 117.73, b = 134.15, c = 139.31 A. Crystals of the repressor in the presence of its corepressor arginine diffracted to a resolution of 2.4 A and belong to the same space group, with similar unit-cell parameters.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Arginine / chemistry
  • Arginine / metabolism
  • Bacterial Proteins / chemistry*
  • Bacterial Proteins / genetics
  • Bacterial Proteins / isolation & purification
  • Bacterial Proteins / physiology
  • Crystallization
  • Crystallography, X-Ray
  • DNA, Bacterial / chemistry
  • DNA-Binding Proteins / chemistry
  • Repressor Proteins / chemistry*
  • Repressor Proteins / genetics
  • Repressor Proteins / isolation & purification
  • Repressor Proteins / physiology
  • Thermotoga neapolitana / chemistry*
  • Thermotoga neapolitana / genetics

Substances

  • ArgR protein, Bacteria
  • Bacterial Proteins
  • DNA, Bacterial
  • DNA-Binding Proteins
  • Repressor Proteins
  • Arginine