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Crystalline order of molded and then bi-axially stretched foils prepared from atactic PVC resin is investigated by means of wide-angle neutron diffraction (WAND). The observed high-resolution WAND patterns of all samples are dominated by a sharp maximum corresponding to the inter-planar distance 0.52 nm. Two weaker maxima are also resolved at 0.62 and 0.78 nm. Intensities of the peaks vary with deformation ratios of the samples and their diffraction position. Average size of the coherently scattering domains is estimated as approximately 4-8 nm. Based on the experimental data, a novel model of crystalline order of atactic PVC is proposed.
The HsdR subunit of the type I restriction-modification system EcoR124I is responsible for the translocation as well as the restriction activity of the whole complex consisting of the HsdR, HsdM and HsdS subunits, and while crystal structures are available for the wild type and several mutants, the C-terminal domain comprising approximately 150 residues was not resolved in any of these structures. Here, three fusion constructs with the GFP variant pHluorin developed to overexpress, purify and crystallize the C-terminal domain of HsdR are reported. The shortest of the three encompassed HsdR residues 887-1038 and yielded crystals that belonged to the orthorhombic space group C2221, with unit-cell parameters a = 83.42, b = 176.58, c = 126.03 Å, α = β = γ = 90.00° and two molecules in the asymmetric unit (VM = 2.55 Å(3) Da(-1), solvent content 50.47%). X-ray diffraction data were collected to a resolution of 2.45 Å.
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- difrakce rentgenového záření MeSH
- Escherichia coli chemie enzymologie genetika MeSH
- exprese genu MeSH
- klonování DNA MeSH
- krystalizace MeSH
- krystalografie rentgenová MeSH
- plazmidy chemie metabolismus MeSH
- podjednotky proteinů chemie genetika metabolismus MeSH
- proteiny z Escherichia coli chemie genetika metabolismus MeSH
- rekombinantní fúzní proteiny chemie genetika metabolismus MeSH
- restrikční endonukleasy typu I chemie genetika metabolismus MeSH
- sekvence aminokyselin MeSH
- zelené fluorescenční proteiny chemie genetika metabolismus MeSH
- Publikační typ
- časopisecké články MeSH
Human aldo-keto reductase 1C3 (AKR1C3) stereospecifically reduces steroids and prostaglandins and is involved in the biotransformation of xenobiotics. Its role in various cancers makes it a potential therapeutic target for the development of inhibitors. Recombinant AKR1C3 with a thrombin-cleavable N-terminal His6 tag was expressed from a pET-28(+) vector for structural studies of enzyme-inhibitor complexes. A modified in situ proteolysis approach was applied to specifically remove the His tag by thrombin cleavage during crystallization screening trials. This improved the morphology and diffraction quality of the crystals and allowed the acquisition of high-resolution diffraction data and structure solution. This approach may be generally applicable to other proteins expressed using the pET-28(+) vector.
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- difrakce rentgenového záření metody MeSH
- histidin * genetika MeSH
- krystalizace metody MeSH
- krystalografie rentgenová metody MeSH
- lidé MeSH
- protein AKR1C3 chemie genetika metabolismus MeSH
- proteolýza MeSH
- sekvence aminokyselin MeSH
- trombin metabolismus MeSH
- Check Tag
- lidé MeSH
- Publikační typ
- časopisecké články MeSH
- práce podpořená grantem MeSH
Haloalkane dehalogenases make up an important class of hydrolytic enzymes which catalyse the cleavage of carbon-halogen bonds in halogenated aliphatic compounds. There is growing interest in these enzymes owing to their potential use in environmental and industrial applications. The haloalkane dehalogenase DhaA from Rhodococcus rhodochrous NCIMB 13064 can slowly detoxify the industrial pollutant 1,2,3-trichloropropane (TCP). Structural analysis of this enzyme complexed with target ligands was conducted in order to obtain detailed information about the structural limitations of its catalytic properties. In this study, the crystallization and preliminary X-ray analysis of complexes of wild-type DhaA with 2-propanol and with TCP and of complexes of the catalytically inactive variant DhaA13 with the dye coumarin and with TCP are described. The crystals of wild-type DhaA were plate-shaped and belonged to the triclinic space group P1, while the variant DhaA13 can form prism-shaped crystals belonging to the orthorhombic space group P2(1)2(1)2(1) as well as plate-shaped crystals belonging to the triclinic space group P1. Diffraction data for crystals of wild-type DhaA grown from crystallization solutions with different concentrations of 2-propanol were collected to 1.70 and 1.26 Å resolution, respectively. A prism-shaped crystal of DhaA13 complexed with TCP and a plate-shaped crystal of the same variant complexed with the dye coumarin diffracted X-rays to 1.60 and 1.33 Å resolution, respectively. A crystal of wild-type DhaA and a plate-shaped crystal of DhaA13, both complexed with TCP, diffracted to atomic resolutions of 1.04 and 0.97 Å, respectively.
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- 2-propanol MeSH
- bakteriální proteiny chemie MeSH
- difrakce rentgenového záření MeSH
- hydrolasy chemie genetika metabolismus MeSH
- hydrolýza MeSH
- izoenzymy chemie genetika MeSH
- katalýza MeSH
- krystalizace MeSH
- krystalografie rentgenová metody MeSH
- ligandy MeSH
- propan analogy a deriváty MeSH
- Rhodococcus enzymologie genetika MeSH
- Publikační typ
- časopisecké články MeSH
- práce podpořená grantem MeSH
- srovnávací studie MeSH
Galectin-4 is thought to play a role in the process of tumour conversion of cells of the alimentary tract and the breast tissue; however, its exact function remains unknown. With the aim of elucidating the structural basis of mouse galectin-4 (mGal-4) binding specificity, we have undertaken X-ray analysis of the N-terminal domain, CRD1, of mGal-4 in complex with lactose (the basic building block of known galectin-4 carbohydrate ligands). Crystals of CRD1 in complex with lactose were obtained using vapour-diffusion techniques. The crystals belong to tetragonal space group P42(1)2 with unit-cell parameters a = 91.1, b = 91.16, c = 57.10 A and preliminary X-ray diffraction data were collected to 3.2 A resolution. An optimized crystallization procedure and cryocooling protocol allowed us to extend resolution to 2.1 A. Structure refinement is currently under way; the initial electron-density maps clearly show non-protein electron density in the vicinity of the carbohydrate binding site, indicating the presence of one lactose molecule. The structure will help to improve understanding of the binding specificity and function of the potential colon cancer marker galectin-4.
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- aminokyselinové motivy MeSH
- difrakce rentgenového záření MeSH
- financování organizované MeSH
- galektin 4 chemie metabolismus MeSH
- krystalizace MeSH
- laktosa chemie metabolismus MeSH
- ligandy MeSH
- myši MeSH
- nádorové biomarkery chemie metabolismus MeSH
- nádory tračníku chemie metabolismus MeSH
- peptidové fragmenty chemie metabolismus MeSH
- terciární struktura proteinů MeSH
- vazebná místa MeSH
- zvířata MeSH
- Check Tag
- myši MeSH
- zvířata MeSH
Fungal β-N-acetylhexosaminidases are enzymes that are used in the chemoenzymatic synthesis of biologically interesting oligosaccharides. The enzyme from Aspergillus oryzae was produced and purified from its natural source and crystallized using the hanging-drop vapour-diffusion method. Diffraction data from two crystal forms (primitive monoclinic and primitive tetragonal) were collected to resolutions of 3.2 and 2.4 Å, respectively. Electrophoretic and quantitative N-terminal protein-sequencing analyses confirmed that the crystals are formed by a complete biologically active enzyme consisting of a glycosylated catalytic unit and a noncovalently attached propeptide.
Project INDECS (integrated neutron diffraction experiment control system) is a newly developed software system created for the purpose of data acquisition from, and controlling of, the KSN-2 neutron diffractometer equipped with PSDs. For the actual data acquisition and initial data analysis of the raw sampled signals a special modular structure called the PSD acquisition path (or PSDAP) was designed. PSDAP also allows to store the raw data, which can be later replayed without actually performing the experiment again.
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- analýza selhání vybavení MeSH
- dávka záření MeSH
- design s pomocí počítače MeSH
- design vybavení MeSH
- měniče MeSH
- neutrony MeSH
- počítačové zpracování signálu přístrojové vybavení MeSH
- radiometrie přístrojové vybavení MeSH
- refraktometrie přístrojové vybavení MeSH
- reprodukovatelnost výsledků MeSH
- senzitivita a specificita MeSH
- ukládání a vyhledávání informací MeSH
- Publikační typ
- časopisecké články MeSH
- práce podpořená grantem MeSH
