Crystallization of the NADP-dependent β-keto acyl carrier protein reductase from Escherichia coli
- 1 May 1998
- journal article
- research article
- Published by International Union of Crystallography (IUCr) in Acta Crystallographica Section D-Biological Crystallography
- Vol. 54 (3) , 427-429
- https://doi.org/10.1107/s0907444997013668
Abstract
The NADP-dependent β-keto acyl carrier protein reductase (BKR) from E. coli has been crystallized by the hanging-drop method of vapour diffusion using poly(ethylene glycol) of average molecular weight 1450. The crystals belong to the hexagonal space group P6122 or P6522 with unit-cell dimensions a = b = 67.8, c = 355.8 Å. Calculated values for Vm and consideration of the packing suggest that the asymmetric unit contains a dimer. BKR catalyses the first reductive step in the elongation cycle of fatty-acid biosynthesis. It shares extensive sequence homology with the enzyme which catalyzes the second reductive step in the cycle, enoyl acyl carrier protein reductase (ENR), and thus provides an opportunity to study the evolution of enzyme function in a metabolic pathway. The structure determination will permit the analysis of the molecular basis of its catalytic mechanism and substrate specificity.Keywords
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