Yaoi Katsuro, Kondo Hidemasa, Suzuki Mamoru, Noro Natsuko, Tsuda Sakae, Mitsuishi Yasushi
Institute for Biological Resources and Functions, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), Tsukuba Central 6, 1-1-1 Higashi, Tsukuba, Ibaraki-ken 305-8566, Japan.
Acta Crystallogr D Biol Crystallogr. 2003 Oct;59(Pt 10):1838-9. doi: 10.1107/s0907444903017128. Epub 2003 Sep 19.
A novel xyloglucan-specific exo-beta-glycosidase, oligoxyloglucan reducing-end specific cellobiohydrolase (OXG-RCBH), recognizes the reducing end of oligoxyloglucan and releases two glucosyl residue segments from the main chain. OXG-RCBH was crystallized by the hanging-drop vapour-diffusion method with polyethylene glycol 3000 and polyethylene glycol 400 as precipitants. The crystals belong to the orthorhombic space group P2(1)2(1)2(1), with unit-cell parameters a = 61.0, b = 146.9, c = 211.9 A. The crystals diffract to a resolution of 2.2 A and are suitable for X-ray structure analysis.