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ArticleActa crystallographica. Section F, Structural biology communications2018

Perfect merohedral twinning combined with noncrystallographic symmetry potentially causes the failure of molecular replacement with low-homology search models for the flavin-dependent halogenase HalX from Xanthomonas campestris.

Maren Buss, Christina Geerds, Thomas Patschkowski, Karsten Niehaus, Hartmut H Niemann

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Maren BussDepartment of Chemistry, Bielefeld University, Universitätsstrasse 25, 33615 Bielefeld, Germany.
Christina GeerdsDepartment of Chemistry, Bielefeld University, Universitätsstrasse 25, 33615 Bielefeld, Germany.
Thomas PatschkowskiFaculty of Biology, Proteome and Metabolome Research, Bielefeld University, Universitätsstrasse 25, 33615 Bielefeld, Germany.
Karsten NiehausFaculty of Biology, Proteome and Metabolome Research, Bielefeld University, Universitätsstrasse 25, 33615 Bielefeld, Germany.
Hartmut H NiemannDepartment of Chemistry, Bielefeld University, Universitätsstrasse 25, 33615 Bielefeld, Germany.
Bielefeld University · DEStanford Synchrotron Radiation Lightsource · US

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Abstract

Flavin-dependent halogenases can be used as biocatalysts because they regioselectively halogenate their substrates under mild reaction conditions. New halogenases with novel substrate specificities will add to the toolbox of enzymes available to organic chemists. HalX, the product of the xcc-b100_4193 gene, is a putative flavin-dependent halogenase from Xanthomonas campestris. The enzyme was recombinantly expressed and crystallized in order to aid in identifying its hitherto unknown substrate. Native data collected to a resolution of 2.5 Å showed indications of merohedral twinning in a hexagonal lattice. Attempts to solve the phase problem by molecular replacement failed. Here, a detailed analysis of the suspected twinning is presented. It is most likely that the crystals are trigonal (point group 3) and exhibit perfect hemihedral twinning so that they appear to be hexagonal (point group 6). As there are several molecules in the asymmetric unit, noncrystallographic symmetry may complicate twinning analysis and structure determination.

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Amino Acid SequenceCrystallizationCrystallographyFlavinsHalogenationXanthomonas campestrisFlavinsFAD-dependent halogenasehemihedral twinningmerohedral twinningperfect twinrotational pseudosymmetry

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