Cloning, purification and crystallization of Thermus thermophilus proline dehydrogenase

Acta Crystallographica. Section F, Structural Biology and Crystallization Communications
Tommi A White, John J Tanner

Abstract

Nature recycles L-proline by converting it to L-glutamate. This four-electron oxidation process is catalyzed by the two enzymes: proline dehydrogenase (PRODH) and Delta1-pyrroline-5-carboxylate dehydrogenase. This note reports the cloning, purification and crystallization of Thermus thermophilus PRODH, which is the prototype of a newly discovered superfamily of bacterial monofunctional PRODHs. The results presented here include production of a monodisperse protein solution through use of the detergent n-octyl beta-D-glucopyranoside and the growth of native crystals that diffracted to 2.3 A resolution at Advanced Light Source beamline 4.2.2. The space group is P2(1)2(1)2(1), with unit-cell parameters a = 82.2, b = 89.6, c = 94.3 A. The asymmetric unit is predicted to contain two protein molecules and 46% solvent. Molecular-replacement trials using a fragment of the PRODH domain of the multifunctional Escherichia coli PutA protein as the search model (24% amino-acid sequence identity) did not produce a satisfactory solution. Therefore, the structure of T. thermophilus PRODH will be determined by multiwavelength anomalous dispersion phasing using a selenomethionyl derivative.

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Mar 9, 2007·The Journal of Biological Chemistry·Tommi A WhiteJohn J Tanner
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