Abstract

As part of our ongoing collaborative efforts in Structural Genomics we have identified a number of yeast gene products with no known structural homologue. One of the identified proteins, Pyridoxamine 5?-phosphate oxidase, was expressed in E. coli, purified to homogeneity and crystallized. The initial characterization of very small crystals (~10 microns maximum dimension) at X9B showed that diffraction extends to at least 3.0E and is consistent with the hexagonal space group P3121 (or enantiomorph) (a=b=74.8, c=157.7E). The solution of this structure will particularly interesting as it promises to provide a non-conventional fold for a flavin containing protein, and is likely to represent a completely novel fold. Furthermore, this structure will be of great interest to the field of basic metabolic chemistry as this enzyme is responsible for the biosynthesis of vitamin b6 and pyridoxal-5?-phosphate.

  Funding Agency

Agency
National Institute of Health (NIH)
Institute
National Center for Research Resources (NCRR)
Type
Biotechnology Resource Grants (P41)
Project #
5P41RR001633-18
Application #
6345150
Study Section
Project Start
2000-09-01
Project End
2001-08-31
Budget Start
1998-10-01
Budget End
1999-09-30
Support Year
18
Fiscal Year
2000
Total Cost
Indirect Cost

  Institution

Name
Albert Einstein College of Medicine
Department
Type
DUNS #
009095365
City
Bronx
State
NY
Country
United States
Zip Code
10461

  Publications

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Huang, Raymond Y; Miller, Lisa M; Carlson, Cathy S et al. (2003) In situ chemistry of osteoporosis revealed by synchrotron infrared microspectroscopy. Bone 33:514-21
Rashidzadeh, Hassan; Khrapunov, Sergei; Chance, Mark R et al. (2003) Solution structure and interdomain interactions of the Saccharomyces cerevisiae ""TATA binding protein"" (TBP) probed by radiolytic protein footprinting. Biochemistry 42:3655-65
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Taylor, Colleen M; Watton, Stephen P; Bryngelson, Peter A et al. (2003) Inner-sphere complexation of cobalt(II) 2,9-dimethyl-1,10-phenanthroline ([Co(neo)]2+) with commercial and sol-gel derived silica gel surfaces. Inorg Chem 42:312-20
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Uchida, Takeshi; He, Qin; Ralston, Corie Y et al. (2002) Linkage of monovalent and divalent ion binding in the folding of the P4-P6 domain of the Tetrahymena ribozyme. Biochemistry 41:5799-806
Tang, Qun; Carrington, Paul E; Horng, Yih-Chern et al. (2002) X-ray absorption and resonance Raman studies of methyl-coenzyme M reductase indicating that ligand exchange and macrocycle reduction accompany reductive activation. J Am Chem Soc 124:13242-56
Guan, Jing-Qu; Vorobiev, Sergeui; Almo, Steven C et al. (2002) Mapping the G-actin binding surface of cofilin using synchrotron protein footprinting. Biochemistry 41:5765-75

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