CRYSTALLIZATION AND PRELIMINARY-X-RAY DIFFRACTION STUDIES OF CURCULIN - A NEW-TYPE OF SWEET PROTEIN HAVING TASTE-MODIFYING ACTION

被引:22
作者
HARADA, S [1 ]
OTANI, H [1 ]
MAEDA, S [1 ]
KAI, Y [1 ]
KASAI, N [1 ]
KURIHARA, Y [1 ]
机构
[1] YOKOHAMA NATL UNIV, FAC EDUC, DEPT CHEM, YOKOHAMA, KANAGAWA 240, JAPAN
关键词
CURCULIN; SWEET PROTEIN; TASTE-MODIFYING PROTEIN; CRYSTALLIZATION; X-RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHY;
D O I
10.1006/jmbi.1994.1289
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 taste-modifying protein, curculin, has been crystallized by the vapor diffusion method using polyethylene glycol 400 as a precipitant. The crystals belong to orthorhombic space group P212121 with unit cell dimensions: a =105 Å, b = 271 Å, c = 48·7 Å. The crystals diffract X-rays to at least a resolution of 3·0 Å and are suitable for X-ray crystallographic studies. © 1994 Academic Press, Inc.
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页码:286 / 287
页数:2
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