Abstract
The structure of ribose 5-phosphate isomerase from the probiotic bacterium Lactobacillus salivarius UCC188 has been determined at 1.72 A resolution. The structure was solved by molecular replacement, which identified the functional homodimer in the asymmetric unit. Despite only showing 57% sequence identity to its closest homologue, the structure adopted the typical and β d - ribose 5 - phosphate isomerase fold. Comparison to other related structures revealed high homology in the active site, allowing a model of the substrate-bound protein to be proposed. The determination of the structure was expedited by the use of in situ crystallization-plate screening on beamline I04-1 at Diamond Light Source to identify well diffracting protein crystals prior to routine cryocrystallography.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 1427-1433 |
| Number of pages | 7 |
| Journal | Acta Crystallographica Section F: Structural Biology and Crystallization Communications |
| Volume | 68 |
| Issue number | 12 |
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| Publication status | Published - Dec 2012 |
Keywords
- in situ diffraction
- Lactobacillus salivarius
- ribose 5-phosphate isomerase