Crystallization and preliminary X-ray analysis of Streptococcus mutans dextran glucosidase

Acta Crystallogr Sect F Struct Biol Cryst Commun. 2007 Sep 1;63(Pt 9):774-6. doi: 10.1107/S174430910703936X. Epub 2007 Aug 25.

Abstract

Dextran glucosidase from Streptococcus mutans is an exo-hydrolase that acts on the nonreducing terminal alpha-1,6-glucosidic linkage of oligosaccharides and dextran with a high degree of transglucosylation. Based on amino-acid sequence similarity, this enzyme is classified into glycoside hydrolase family 13. Recombinant dextran glucosidase was purified and crystallized by the hanging-drop vapour-diffusion technique using polyethylene glycol 6000 as a precipitant. The crystals belong to the orthorhombic space group P2(1)2(1)2(1), with unit-cell parameters a = 72.72, b = 86.47, c = 104.30 A. A native data set was collected to 2.2 A resolution from a single crystal.

MeSH terms

  • Bacterial Proteins / chemistry
  • Bacterial Proteins / isolation & purification
  • Cloning, Molecular
  • Crystallization
  • Dextrans / metabolism
  • Glucosidases / chemistry*
  • Glucosidases / isolation & purification
  • Recombinant Proteins / chemistry
  • Recombinant Proteins / isolation & purification
  • Streptococcus mutans / enzymology*
  • X-Ray Diffraction

Substances

  • Bacterial Proteins
  • Dextrans
  • Recombinant Proteins
  • Glucosidases
  • exo-1,6-alpha-glucosidase