Structure of ribose 5-phosphate isomerase from the probiotic bacterium Lactobacillus salivarius UCC118

  • Carina M.C. Lobley
  • , Pierre Aller
  • , Alice Douangamath
  • , Yamini Reddivari
  • , Mario Bumann
  • , Louise E. Bird
  • , Joanne E. Nettleship
  • , Jose Brandao-Neto
  • , Raymond J. Owens
  • , Paul W. Otoole
  • , Martin A. Walsh

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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 languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)1427-1433
Number of pages7
JournalActa Crystallographica Section F: Structural Biology and Crystallization Communications
Volume68
Issue number12
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - Dec 2012

Keywords

  • in situ diffraction
  • Lactobacillus salivarius
  • ribose 5-phosphate isomerase

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