Crystallization and preliminary crystallographic analysis of NAD+-preferring aldohexose dehydrogenase from the thermoacidophilic archaeon Thermoplasma acidophilum

Acta Crystallogr Sect F Struct Biol Cryst Commun. 2006 Jun 1;62(Pt 6):586-9. doi: 10.1107/S1744309106017362. Epub 2006 May 31.

Abstract

The aldohexose dehydrogenase from the thermoacidophilic archaeon Thermoplasma acidophilum (AldT) is a 28 kDa molecular-weight enzyme that catalyzes the oxidation of various aldohexoses, with a preference for NAD+ rather than NADP+ as a cofactor. The recombinant AldT was crystallized using the hanging-drop vapour-diffusion technique at 293 K under several acidic conditions with polyethylene glycol (PEG) and ammonium sulfate as precipitants. Optimization of the initial crystallizations conditions yielded single crystals in solution containing 0.1 M sodium acetate pH 4.6, 18%(w/v) PEG 4000, 0.2 M ammonium sulfate and 15%(v/v) glycerol. An X-ray diffraction data set was collected to a resolution of 2.8 A.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Archaeal Proteins / chemistry
  • Carbohydrate Dehydrogenases / chemistry*
  • Crystallization / methods
  • NAD
  • Solvents
  • Thermoplasma / enzymology*
  • X-Ray Diffraction

Substances

  • Archaeal Proteins
  • Solvents
  • NAD
  • Carbohydrate Dehydrogenases
  • aldohexose dehydrogenase