Purification, crystallisation and preliminary X-ray analysis of penicillin binding protein 4 from Escherichia coli, a protein related to class A beta-lactamases

J Mol Biol. 1995 Mar 24;247(2):149-53. doi: 10.1006/jmbi.1994.0128.

Abstract

Crystals of the penicillin binding protein 4 (PBP4) from Escherichia coli have been obtained at 37 degrees C from liquid to liquid diffusion experiments in capillaries. PBP4 was dissolved in a 1.0 M ammonium sulphate solution, buffered at pH 7.2, to a concentration of 5 mg/ml, and was layered on top of a 1.6 to 2.2 M ammonium sulphate solution. Crystals appeared within four to six weeks. They belong to space group C222 with cell dimensions a = 68.5 A, b = 100.5 A and c = 137.0 A, and diffract to at least 2.8 A resolution. There is one molecule with a molecule mass of 49,568 Da in the asymmetric unit.

Publication types

  • Comparative Study
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Amino Acid Sequence
  • Bacterial Proteins*
  • Carrier Proteins / chemistry*
  • Crystallization
  • Crystallography, X-Ray
  • Escherichia coli / chemistry*
  • Escherichia coli Proteins*
  • Hexosyltransferases*
  • Molecular Sequence Data
  • Muramoylpentapeptide Carboxypeptidase / chemistry*
  • Penicillin-Binding Proteins
  • Penicillins / metabolism*
  • Peptidyl Transferases*
  • Sequence Homology, Amino Acid
  • Serine-Type D-Ala-D-Ala Carboxypeptidase*
  • beta-Lactamases / chemistry

Substances

  • Bacterial Proteins
  • Carrier Proteins
  • Escherichia coli Proteins
  • Penicillin-Binding Proteins
  • Penicillins
  • Peptidyl Transferases
  • Hexosyltransferases
  • Serine-Type D-Ala-D-Ala Carboxypeptidase
  • penicillin-binding protein 4, E coli
  • Muramoylpentapeptide Carboxypeptidase
  • beta-Lactamases