Purification, crystallization and preliminary crystallographic analysis of porcine aldose reductase

J Mol Biol. 1991 Apr 20;218(4):695-8. doi: 10.1016/0022-2836(91)90257-7.

Abstract

Large crystals of porcine aldose reductase have been grown from polyethylene glycol solutions. The crystals are triclinic, space-group P1, with a = 81.3 A, b = 85.9 A, c = 56.6 A, alpha = 102.3 degrees, beta = 103.3 degrees and gamma = 79.0 degrees. The crystals grow within ten days to dimensions of 0.6 mm x 0.4 mm x 0.2 mm and diffract to at least 2.5 A. There are four molecules in the unit cell related by a set of three mutually perpendicular non-crystallographic 2-fold axes.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
  • Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S.
  • Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.

MeSH terms

  • Aldehyde Reductase / chemistry*
  • Aldehyde Reductase / isolation & purification
  • Animals
  • Protein Conformation
  • Swine
  • X-Ray Diffraction

Substances

  • Aldehyde Reductase