A NEW CRYSTAL FORM OF THE COMPLEX BETWEEN SERYL-TRANSFER RNA-SYNTHETASE AND TRANSFER RNA(SER) FROM THERMUS-THERMOPHILUS THAT DIFFRACTS TO 2.8-ANGSTROM RESOLUTION

被引:12
作者
YAREMCHUK, AD
TUKALO, MA
KRIKLIVIY, I
MALCHENKO, N
BIOU, V
BERTHETCOLOMINAS, C
CUSACK, S
机构
[1] INST MAX VON LAUE PAUL LANGEVIN, EUROPEAN MOLEC BIOL LAB, GRENOBLE OUTSTN, 156X, F-38042 GRENOBLE, FRANCE
[2] ACAD SCI UKRAINE, INST MOLEC BIOL & GENET, KIEV 252627, UKRAINE, USSR
关键词
AMINOACYL-TRANSFER RNA SYNTHETASE; TRANSFER RNA; PROTEIN RNA COMPLEX; CRYSTALLIZATION; THERMUS-THERMOPHILUS;
D O I
10.1016/0014-5793(92)81319-H
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
Two distinct complexes between seryl-tRNA synthetase and tRNA(Ser) from Thermus thermophilus have been crystallized using ammonium sulphate as a precipitant. Form III crystals grow from solutions containing a 1:2.5 stoichiometry of synthetase dimer to tRNA. They are of monoclinic space group C2 with unit cell dimensions a = 211.6 angstrom, b = 126.8 angstrom, c = 197.1 angstrom, beta = 132.4-degrees and diffract to about 3.5 angstrom. Preliminary crystallographic results show that the crystallographic asymmetric unit contains two synthetase dimers. Form IV crystals grow from solutions containing a 1:1.5 stoichiometry of synthetase dimer to tRNA. They are of orthorhombic space group P2(1)2(1)2(1) with unit cell dimensions a = 124.5 angstrom, b = 128.9 angstrom, c = 121.2 angstrom and diffract to 2.8 angstrom resolution. Preliminary crystallographic results show that these crystals contain only one tRNA molecule bound to a synthetase dimer.
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