title: Crystallization and preliminary diffraction studies of the structural domain E of Thermus flavus 5S rRNA.
abstract: The ribosomal 5S RNA is an essential constituent of the large ribosomal subunit. To overcome the difficulties of crystallizing large RNA molecules such as 5S rRNAs, we decided to divide the 5S rRNA in five domains A through E to determine their structure. Recently we determined the crystal structural of the helical domain A. Here we report the crystallization of the chemically synthesized domain E of the Thermus flavus 5S rRNA. The crystal form is trigonal with unit cell dimensions: a = b = 42.80 A and c = 162.20 A. Diffraction-data to 2.8 A have been recorded and the structure solution is currently underway by means of MIR and MAD techniques.
authors.affiliation: Institut für Biochemie, Freie Universität Berlin, Germany.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Nolte
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Klussman
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Lorenz
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Bald
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Betzel
authors.forename: Z
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Dauter
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Wilson
authors.forename: J P
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Fürste
authors.forename: V A
authors.initials: VA
authors.lastname: Erdmann
mesh_terms: D001483:Base Sequence; D001665:Binding Sites; D018360:Crystallography, X-Ray; D006863:Hydrogen-Ion Concentration; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D015394:Molecular Structure; D009690:Nucleic Acid Conformation; D009843:Oligoribonucleotides / Q000032:analysis; D012329:RNA, Bacterial / Q000737:chemistry / Q000302:isolation & purification; D012341:RNA, Ribosomal, 5S / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000302:isolation & purification; D013696:Temperature; D013824:Thermus / Q000235:genetics*
chemical_list: D009843:Oligoribonucleotides; D012329:RNA, Bacterial; D012341:RNA, Ribosomal, 5S