Sato Yusuke, Fukai Shuya, Nureki Osamu
Department of Biological Information, Graduate School of Bioscience and Biotechnology, Tokyo Institute of Technology, 4259 Nagatsuta-cho, Midori-ku, Yokohama-shi, Kanagawa 226-8501, Japan.
Acta Crystallogr Sect F Struct Biol Cryst Commun. 2007 Jul 1;63(Pt 7):616-9. doi: 10.1107/S1744309107027121. Epub 2007 Jun 22.
Sec2p is a guanine nucleotide-exchange factor (GEF) for the yeast Rab GTPase Sec4p. Sec2p accelerates GDP release from Sec4p and promotes GDP-GTP exchange for Sec4p activation. In order to elucidate this nucleotide-exchange mechanism using X-ray crystallography, three constructs of native Sec2p (Sec2(1-160)p, Sec2(18-160)p and Sec2(31-160)p) and three constructs of selenomethionine-labelled Sec2p [Sec2(31-160)p, Sec2(31-160)p (M115L) and Sec2(31-160)p (M115L, K121M, T142M)] were crystallized. These six crystals diffracted to 8.8, 4.8, 2.6, 4.0, 3.3 and 3.0 A resolution, respectively. The data set from the SeMet-labelled Sec2(31-160)p (M115L, K121M, T142M) crystal was processed for SAD phasing; the crystal belonged to space group P2(1)2(1)2(1), with unit-cell parameters a = 101.9, b = 176.6, c = 181.5 A.
Sec2p是酵母Rab GTP酶Sec4p的鸟嘌呤核苷酸交换因子(GEF)。Sec2p加速Sec4p中GDP的释放,并促进GDP与GTP的交换以激活Sec4p。为了利用X射线晶体学阐明这种核苷酸交换机制,制备了天然Sec2p的三种构建体(Sec2(1-160)p、Sec2(18-160)p和Sec2(31-160)p)以及硒代甲硫氨酸标记的Sec2p的三种构建体[Sec2(31-160)p、Sec2(31-160)p (M115L)和Sec2(31-160)p (M115L, K121M, T142M)]并使其结晶。这六块晶体的衍射分辨率分别为8.8、4.8、2.6、4.0、3.3和3.0埃。对来自硒代甲硫氨酸标记的Sec2(31-160)p (M115L, K121M, T142M)晶体的数据集进行单波长反常散射(SAD)相位分析;该晶体属于空间群P2(1)2(1)2(1),晶胞参数a = 101.9,b = 176.6,c = 181.5埃。