Cloning, expression, purification, crystallization and preliminary X-ray diffraction analysis of an ASCH domain-containing protein from Zymomonas mobilis ZM4

Acta Crystallogr Sect F Struct Biol Cryst Commun. 2011 Mar 1;67(Pt 3):310-2. doi: 10.1107/S1744309110053467. Epub 2011 Feb 18.

Abstract

The human activating signal cointegrator 1 (ASC-1) homology (ASCH) domain is frequently observed in many organisms, although its function has not yet been clearly defined. In Zymomonas mobilis ZM4, the ZMO0922 gene encodes a polypeptide that includes an ASCH domain (zmASCH). To provide a better structural background for the probable role of ASCH domain-containing proteins, the ZMO0922 gene was cloned and expressed. The purified protein was crystallized from 30%(w/v) polyethylene glycol 400, 0.1 M cacodylic acid pH 6.5 and 0.2 M lithium sulfate. Diffraction data were collected to 2.1 Å resolution using synchrotron radiation. The crystal belonged to the primitive trigonal space group P3(1)21 or P3(2)21, with unit-cell parameters a=b=51.67, c=207.30 Å, α=β=90, γ=120°. Assuming the presence of one molecule in the asymmetric unit gave a Matthews coefficient of 4.69 Å(3) Da(-1), corresponding to a solvent content of 73.7%.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Bacterial Proteins / chemistry*
  • Bacterial Proteins / genetics
  • Bacterial Proteins / isolation & purification*
  • Cloning, Molecular
  • Crystallization
  • Crystallography, X-Ray
  • Humans
  • Protein Structure, Tertiary
  • Recombinant Proteins / chemistry
  • Recombinant Proteins / genetics
  • Recombinant Proteins / isolation & purification
  • Zymomonas / chemistry*

Substances

  • Bacterial Proteins
  • Recombinant Proteins