Expression, purification and crystallization of an archaeal-type phosphoenolpyruvate carboxylase

Acta Crystallogr Sect F Struct Biol Cryst Commun. 2009 Nov 1;65(Pt 11):1193-6. doi: 10.1107/S1744309109042663. Epub 2009 Oct 30.

Abstract

An archaeal-type phosphoenolpyruvate carboxylase (PepcA) from Clostridium perfringens has been expressed in Escherichia coli in a soluble form with an amino-terminal His tag. The recombinant protein is enzymatically active and two crystal forms have been obtained. Complete diffraction data extending to 3.13 angstrom resolution have been measured from a crystal soaked in KAu(CN)(2), using radiation at a wavelength just above the Au L(III) edge. The asymmetric unit contains two tetramers of PepcA.

Publication types

  • Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Archaeal Proteins / chemistry*
  • Archaeal Proteins / genetics
  • Bacterial Proteins / chemistry*
  • Bacterial Proteins / genetics
  • Clostridium perfringens / enzymology*
  • Crystallization
  • Crystallography, X-Ray
  • Isoenzymes / chemistry
  • Isoenzymes / genetics
  • Molecular Sequence Data
  • Phosphoenolpyruvate Carboxylase / chemistry*
  • Phosphoenolpyruvate Carboxylase / genetics
  • Recombinant Proteins / chemistry
  • Recombinant Proteins / genetics
  • X-Ray Diffraction

Substances

  • Archaeal Proteins
  • Bacterial Proteins
  • Isoenzymes
  • Recombinant Proteins
  • Phosphoenolpyruvate Carboxylase