title: Crystals of a trypsin-modified alkaline phosphatase. Preliminary crystallographic characterization.
abstract: Trypsin-modified alkaline phosphatase from Escherichia coli has been crystallized in a form distinct from the two known crystal forms of the native enzyme. The large well diffracting crystals belong to the orthorhombic space group P2(1)2(1)2(1), possess unit cell dimensions a = 56.0 A, b = 136.0 A, c = 283.9 A with 2 dimers per asymmetric unit, and are suitable for high resolution x-ray crystallographic studies. The observed structural and functional differences between the native and modified molecules are a result of peptide bond cleavage at Arg10-Ala11 with loss of the NH2-terminal decapeptide in both subunits of the dimer.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond 23298-0614.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Olafsdottir
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Wright
authors.forename: H T
authors.initials: HT
authors.lastname: Wright
authors.forename: J F
authors.initials: JF
authors.lastname: Chlebowski
mesh_terms: D000469:Alkaline Phosphatase; D003460:Crystallization; D004926:Escherichia coli / Q000201:enzymology*; D046911:Macromolecular Substances; D011487:Protein Conformation; D014357:Trypsin / Q000494:pharmacology*; D014961:X-Ray Diffraction
chemical_list: D046911:Macromolecular Substances; D000469:Alkaline Phosphatase; D014357:Trypsin