BrabA.11339.a: anomalous diffraction and ligand binding guide towards the elucidation of the function of a 'putative β-lactamase-like protein' from Brucella melitensis

Acta Crystallogr Sect F Struct Biol Cryst Commun. 2011 Sep 1;67(Pt 9):1106-12. doi: 10.1107/S1744309111010220. Epub 2011 Aug 16.

Abstract

The crystal structure of a β-lactamase-like protein from Brucella melitensis was initially solved by SAD phasing from an in-house data set collected on a crystal soaked with iodide. A high-resolution data set was collected at a synchroton at the Se edge wavelength, which also provided an independent source of phasing using a small anomalous signal from metal ions in the active site. Comparisons of anomalous peak heights at various wavelengths allowed the identification of the active-site metal ions as manganese. In the native data set a partially occupied GMP could be identified. When co-crystallized with AMPPNP or GMPPNP, clear density for the hydrolyzed analogs was observed, providing hints to the function of the protein.

Publication types

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

MeSH terms

  • Brucella melitensis / enzymology*
  • Crystallography, X-Ray
  • Ligands
  • Models, Molecular
  • Protein Structure, Quaternary
  • Structural Homology, Protein
  • beta-Lactamases / chemistry*

Substances

  • Ligands
  • beta-Lactamases

Associated data

  • PDB/3MD7
  • PDB/3PY5
  • PDB/3PY6
  • PDB/3QH8