Acta Crystallographica Section D 2002-02-01

Escherichia coli B gamma-glutamylcysteine synthetase: modification, purification, crystallization and preliminary crystallographic analysis.

Takao Hibi, Hiromoto Hisada, Toru Nakatsu, Hiroaki Kato, Jun'ichi Oda

Index: Acta Crystallogr. D Biol. Crystallogr. 58(Pt 2) , 316-8, (2002)

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Abstract

Escherichia coli B gamma-glutamylcysteine synthetase (gammaGCS) catalyzes the ATP-dependent coupling of L-Glu and L-Cys to form the glutathione precursor gamma-L-Glu-Cys and is a target for development of potential therapeutic agents. By introducing four point mutations of surface-exposed cysteine residues to serine, the gammaGCS was purified to homogeneity; single crystals have been obtained using the hanging-drop vapour-diffusion method with sodium formate. The gammaGCS crystal diffracted to 2.8 A and belongs to space group R3, with unit-cell parameters a = b = 326.7, c = 103.9 A.

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