CRYSTALLIZATION AND PRELIMINARY CHARACTERIZATION OF MITOGILLIN, A RIBOSOMAL RIBONUCLEASE FROM ASPERGILLUS-RESTRICTUS

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作者
MARTINEZ, SE [1 ]
SMITH, JL [1 ]
机构
[1] PURDUE UNIV,DEPT BIOL SCI,W LAFAYETTE,IN 47907
基金
美国国家科学基金会;
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10.1016/0022-2836(91)90692-Y
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Q5 [生物化学]; Q7 [分子生物学];
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071010 ; 081704 ;
摘要
Mitogillin is a ribonuclease secreted by the fungus Aspergillus restrictus. The substrate for mitogillin is a short, universally conserved, sequence in ribosomal RNA. Cleavage of this sequence inactivates protein synthesis. Mitogillin was crystallized by a two-chamber vapor/ liquid diffusion method using ethanol as the precipitant. This method has wider potential in the use of volatile organic solvents as precipitants. Crystals of mitogillin diffract X-rays to lattice d-spacings of at least 1.6 Å, and belong to the monoclinic space group P21. with a = 50.4 A ̊, b = 82.4 A ̊, c = 38.2 A ̊and β = 99.8°. © 1991.
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