Crystallization of two glutathione S-transferases from an unusual gene family

Acta Crystallogr D Biol Crystallogr. 2001 Jun;57(Pt 6):870-2. doi: 10.1107/s0907444901004929. Epub 2001 May 25.

Abstract

Two glutathione S-transferase isozymes from the mosquito Anopheles dirus (AdGST1-3 and AdGST1-4) from an alternately spliced gene family have been expressed, purified and crystallized. The isozymes share an N-terminal domain derived from a single exon and C-terminal domains from unique exons. Despite the high level of sequence identity (64% overall), the two isozymes crystallize in different space groups, the 1-3 isozyme in P3(1)21 or P3(2)21 (unit-cell parameters a = 49.9, c = 271.8 A at 100 K) and the 1-4 isozyme in P4(1) or P4(3) (unit-cell parameters a = 87.8, c = 166.1 at 100 K). Determination of these structures will advance our understanding of how these enzymes inactivate pesticides and the structural consequences of alternate splicing.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Amino Acid Sequence
  • Animals
  • Anopheles / enzymology*
  • Crystallization
  • Crystallography, X-Ray
  • Glutathione Transferase / chemistry*
  • Glutathione Transferase / genetics
  • Glutathione Transferase / metabolism
  • Insect Proteins / chemistry*
  • Molecular Sequence Data
  • Pesticides / metabolism
  • Protein Conformation
  • Recombinant Proteins / chemistry

Substances

  • Insect Proteins
  • Pesticides
  • Recombinant Proteins
  • Glutathione Transferase