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ArticleActa crystallographica. Section F, Structural biology and crystallization communications2012

Crystallization and preliminary X-ray analysis of S-ribosylhomocysteinase from Streptococcus mutans.

Hui Li, Hongyan Zhao, Laikuan Zhu, Lihua Hong, Hong Zhang, Fanjing Lin, Chunyan Xu, Shentao Li, Zhimin Zhang

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Article in Acta crystallographica. Section F, Structural biology and crystallization communications, 2012. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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9 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Hui LiSchool of Stomatology, Jilin University, Changchun, Jilin, People's Republic of China.
Hongyan Zhao
Laikuan Zhu
Lihua Hong
Hong Zhang
Fanjing Lin
Chunyan Xu
Shentao Li
Zhimin Zhang
Jilin University · CNCapital Medical University · CN

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

S-Ribosylhomocysteinase (LuxS) encoded by the luxS gene from Streptococcus mutans plays a crucial role in the quorum-sensing system. LuxS was solubly expressed in Escherichia coli with high yield. The purity of the purified target protein, which was identified by SDS-PAGE and MALDI-TOF MS analysis, was >95%. The protein was crystallized using the hanging-drop vapour-diffusion method with PEG 3350 as the primary precipitant. X-ray diffraction data were collected at Beijing Synchrotron Radiation Facility (BSRF). Diffraction by the crystal extended to 2.4 Å resolution and the crystal belonged to space group C222(1), with unit-cell parameters a = 55.3, b = 148.7, c = 82.8 Å.

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Bacterial ProteinsCarbon-Sulfur LyasesCrystallizationCrystallography, X-RayStreptococcus mutansBacterial ProteinsCarbon-Sulfur LyasesLuxS protein, Bacteria

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PMID22297999
PMCPMC3274403
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