Purification, crystallization and preliminary X-ray analysis of a putative nucleotide phosphohydrolase, YpgQ, from Bacillus subtilis

Acta Crystallogr F Struct Biol Commun. 2014 Jul;70(Pt 7):984-6. doi: 10.1107/S2053230X14006682. Epub 2014 Jun 19.

Abstract

The histidine-aspartate (HD) domain exerts phosphohydrolase activity on nucleotides and functions in nucleotide metabolism. Sequence analysis suggested that YpgQ from Bacillus subtilis contains the HD domain, but the structure and function of YpgQ remain to be revealed. The recombinant YpgQ protein was overexpressed in an Escherichia coli cell expression system and was purified to homogeneity by Ni-NTA affinity and anion-exchange chromatography. Crystals in space group P2₁ were obtained in PEG 600 solutions and diffracted X-rays to 2.3 Å resolution. Moreover, X-ray fluorescence scans on YpgQ crystals demonstrated the metal-binding ability of YpgQ.

Keywords: Bacillus subtilis; HD domain; YpgQ; phosphohydrolase.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Bacillus subtilis / chemistry*
  • Bacillus subtilis / enzymology
  • Bacterial Proteins / chemistry*
  • Bacterial Proteins / genetics
  • Bacterial Proteins / metabolism
  • Cloning, Molecular
  • Crystallization
  • Crystallography, X-Ray
  • Escherichia coli / genetics
  • Escherichia coli / metabolism
  • Gene Expression
  • Nucleotidases / chemistry*
  • Nucleotidases / genetics
  • Nucleotidases / metabolism
  • Recombinant Proteins / chemistry
  • Recombinant Proteins / genetics
  • Recombinant Proteins / metabolism

Substances

  • Bacterial Proteins
  • Recombinant Proteins
  • Nucleotidases
  • nucleotidase