ANALYSIS AND CRYSTALLIZATION OF A 25 KDA C-TERMINAL FRAGMENT OF CLONED ELONGATION-FACTOR-TS FROM ESCHERICHIA-COLI

被引:10
作者
BOGESTRAND, S [1 ]
WIBORG, O [1 ]
THIRUP, S [1 ]
NYBORG, J [1 ]
机构
[1] AARHUS UNIV,DEPT CHEM,DIV BIOSTRUCT CHEM,DK-8000 AARHUS C,DENMARK
关键词
PROTEIN BIOSYNTHESIS; NUCLEOTIDE EXCHANGE FACTOR; ELONGATION FACTOR TS; TRYPSIN FRAGMENTS; CRYSTALLIZATION; PSEUDO SYMMETRY; ESCHERICHIA COLI;
D O I
10.1016/0014-5793(95)00597-3
中图分类号
Q5 [生物化学]; Q7 [分子生物学];
学科分类号
071010 ; 081704 ;
摘要
A 25 kDa C-terminal tryptic fragment of elongation factor Ts has been purified to homogeneity, Experimental evidence suggests that the 25 kDa C-terminal and the 5.3 kDa N-terminal fragments are structurally independent domains. The N-terminal fragment is shown to be essential for the nucleotide exchange activity. Crystals of the C-terminal fragment belong to space group P2 or P2(1), The diffraction pattern shows a pronounced pseudo-C2 symmetry at low resolution. This pseudo symmetry increases when the crystals are irradiated with X-rays for a few hours.
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