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Journal of Zhejiang University SCIENCE B 2005 Vol.6 No.6 P.454-456

http://doi.org/10.1631/jzus.2005.B0454


Preparation, crystallization and preliminary X-ray diffraction analysis of PH1948, predicted RNA methyltransferase from Pyrococcus horikoshii


Author(s):  GAO Yong-gui, YAO Min, TANAKA Isao

Affiliation(s):  Division of Biological Sciences, Graduate School of Science, Hokkaido University, Sapporo 060-0810, Japan; more

Corresponding email(s):   gao@castor.sci.hokudai.ac.jp

Key Words:  Pyrococcus horikoshii, Methyltransferase, X-ray diffraction, Protein crystallography


GAO Yong-gui, YAO Min, TANAKA Isao. Preparation, crystallization and preliminary X-ray diffraction analysis of PH1948, predicted RNA methyltransferase from Pyrococcus horikoshii[J]. Journal of Zhejiang University Science B, 2005, 6(6): 454-456.

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Abstract: 
RNA methyltransferase is responsible for transferring methyl and resulting in methylation on the bases or ribose ring of RNA, which existed widely but mostly remains an open question. A recombinant protein PH1948 predicting RNA methyltransferase from Pyrococcus horikoshii OT3 has been crystallized. The crystals of selenomethionyl PH1948 belong to space group C2, with unit-cell parameters a=207.0 Å, b=43.1 Å, c=118.2 Å, β=92.1°, and diffract X-rays to 2.2 Å resolution. The VM value was determined to be 2.8 Å3/Da, indicating the presence of four protein molecules in the asymmetric unit.

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