Initiating a crystallographic study of trypanothione reductase

J Mol Biol. 1990 Nov 20;216(2):235-7. doi: 10.1016/S0022-2836(05)80314-6.

Abstract

We have obtained well-ordered single crystals of the flavoenzyme trypanothione reductase from Crithidia fasciculata. The crystals are tetragonal rods with unit cell dimensions a = 128.6 A, c = 92.5 A. The diffraction pattern corresponds to a primitive lattice. Laue class 4/m. Diffraction to better than 2.4 A has been recorded at the Daresbury Synchrotron. The accurate elucidation of the three-dimensional structure of this enzyme is required to support the rational design of compounds active against a variety of tropical diseases caused by trypanosomal parasites.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
  • Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Crithidia / enzymology
  • Crystallization
  • NADH, NADPH Oxidoreductases / chemistry*
  • NADH, NADPH Oxidoreductases / isolation & purification
  • X-Ray Diffraction

Substances

  • NADH, NADPH Oxidoreductases
  • trypanothione reductase