Crystallization and preliminary crystallographic study of human CksHs1: a cell cycle regulatory protein

Proteins. 1995 Jan;21(1):70-3. doi: 10.1002/prot.340210109.

Abstract

The cell cycle regulatory protein CksHs1 has been crystallized in a form suitable for X-ray studies. CksHs1 crystals were grown in the presence of vanadate, a phosphatase inhibitor, but were also obtained with phosphate or tungstate as a cofactor. They belong to the hexagonal space group P6(1)22 with unit cell dimensions: a = b = 94 A, c = 131.6 A, and gamma = 120 degrees. The crystals grown in the presence of vanadate diffract X-rays to at least 2.8 A. Molecular replacement results from the homologous human CksHs2 structure reveal that a dimer forms the crystal habit, giving the unusual Vm value of 4.4 A3/Da or a solvent content of 72%.

MeSH terms

  • CDC2-CDC28 Kinases
  • Carrier Proteins / chemistry*
  • Cell Cycle Proteins / chemistry*
  • Crystallization*
  • Crystallography*
  • Cyclin-Dependent Kinases
  • Humans
  • Models, Molecular
  • Protein Kinases*
  • X-Ray Diffraction

Substances

  • CKS1B protein, human
  • Carrier Proteins
  • Cell Cycle Proteins
  • Protein Kinases
  • CDC2-CDC28 Kinases
  • Cyclin-Dependent Kinases