The 22 kDa SoxYZ protein complex from the green sulfur bacterium Chlorobium limicola f. thiosulfatophilum is a central player in the sulfur-oxidizing (Sox) enzyme system of the organism by activating thiosulfate for oxidation by SoxXA and SoxB. It has been proposed that SoxYZ exists as a heterodimer or heterotetramer, but the properties and role of the individual components of the complex thus ...

N-utilization factor G (NusG) from Aquifex aeolicus (Aa) was overexpressed in Escherichia coli, purified and crystallized using the hanging-drop vapor-diffusion technique. The drops consisted of 2.5 microl protein solution (approximately 30 mg ml(-1) in 20 mM Tris-HCl pH 8.0, 200 mM NaCl, 2 mM EDTA and 10 mM DTT) and 2.5 microl reservoir solution (0.085 M Na HEPES pH 7.5, 15% glycerol, 11% 2-pr...

Cyclase-associated protein (CAP) is a conserved two-domain protein that helps to activate the catalytic activity of adenylyl cyclase in the cyclase-bound state through interaction with Ras, which binds to the cyclase in a different region. With its other domain, CAP can bind monomeric actin and therefore also carries a cytoskeletal function. The protein is thus involved in Ras/cAMP-dependent si...

FadR, an acylCoA-dependent Escherichia coli transcription factor controlling the expression of genes involved in fatty-acid degradation and synthesis, has been crystallized. Crystals of two binary complexes were obtained. The FadR-CoA complex crystallized in space group C222(1), with unit-cell parameters a = 61.3, b = 102.0, c = 91.3 A. The FadR-octanoyl-CoA complex crystallized in space group ...

Penicillin acylase proteins are amidohydrolase enzymes that cleave penicillins at the amide bond connecting the side chain to their beta-lactam nucleus. An unannotated protein from Bacillus subtilis has been expressed in Escherichia coli, purified and confirmed to possess penicillin V acylase activity. The protein was crystallized using the hanging-drop vapour-diffusion method from a solution c...

Cbl (CysB-like protein) is a member of the family of LysR-type transcriptional regulators (LTTRs) and controls genes engaged in sulfur assimilation in Escherichia coli. It has been postulated that adenosine 5-phosphosulfate (APS) is responsible for abolishing Cbl-activated transcription from the ssu promoter (Bykowski et al., 2002). To elucidate the structural basis of Cbl function and to confi...

The crystal structure of an alternating RNA heptamer r(GUAUACA) has been determined to 2.0 A resolution and refined to an R(work) of 17.1% and R(free) of 18.5% using 2797 reflections. The heptamer crystallized in the space group C222 with a unit cell of a = 25.74, b = 106.58, c = 30.26 A and two independent strands in the asymmetric unit. Each heptamer forms a duplex with its symmetry-related s...

Abstract Two new high-entropy ceramics (HECs) in the weberite and fergusonite structures, along with unexpected formation of ordered pyrochlore phases ultrahigh-entropy compositions an abrupt pyrochlore-weberite transition, are discovered a 21-component oxide system. While Gibbs phase rule allows 21 equilibrium phases, 9 out 13 examined possess single HEC (with ultrahigh ideal configurational e...

An improved form of crystals of large (50 S) ribosomal subunits from Haloarcula marismortui, formally named Halobacterium marismortui, diffracting to 3 A resolution, has been obtained by the addition of 1 mM-Cd2+ to the crystallization medium, which contained more than 1.9 M of other salts. The improved crystals, grown from functionally active particles to an average size of 0.3 mm x 0.3 mm x 0...

Pilus fibers are long protein filaments on many pathogenic bacteria that participate in attachment to host cells. Although the self-assembling protein pilin is the major structural component of the Neisseria gonorrhoeae pilus fiber, several other proteins co-purified with pilin through the repeated solubilization-reassociation steps of the biochemical purification. Pilin solubilized in the nond...