Crystallization and preliminary X-ray analysis of a xyloglucan endotransglycosylase from Populus tremula x tremuloides

Acta Crystallogr D Biol Crystallogr. 2003 Mar;59(Pt 3):535-7. doi: 10.1107/s090744490202348x. Epub 2003 Feb 21.

Abstract

Xyloglucan endotransglycosylases (XETs) cleave and religate xyloglucan polymers in plant cell walls. Recombinant XET from poplar has been purified from a Pichia pastoris expression system and crystallized. Two different crystal forms were obtained by vapour diffusion from potassium sodium tartrate and from an imidazole buffer using sodium acetate as a precipitant. Data were collected from these crystal forms to 3.5 and 2.1 A resolution, respectively. The first crystal form was found to belong to space group P3(1)21 or P3(2)21 (unit-cell parameters a = 98.6, b = 98.6, c = 98.5 A) and the second crystal form to space group P6(3) (unit-cell parameters a = 188.7, b = 188.7, c = 46.1 A).

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Cloning, Molecular
  • Crystallization
  • Crystallography, X-Ray
  • Glycosyltransferases / chemistry*
  • Glycosyltransferases / isolation & purification
  • Indicators and Reagents
  • Protein Conformation
  • Recombinant Proteins / chemistry
  • Trees / enzymology*

Substances

  • Indicators and Reagents
  • Recombinant Proteins
  • Glycosyltransferases
  • xyloglucan endotransglycosylase