title: Structure of azurin from Achromobacter xylosoxidans NCIB11015 at 2.5 A resolution.
abstract: The crystal structure of azurin from a denitrifying bacterium, Achromobacter xylosoxidans NCIB11015, has been refined at 2.5 A resolution using diffraction data obtained by means of synchrotron radiation at KEK. Crystals suitable for X-ray experiment were obtained by the macro-seeding method and an intensity data were obtained on imaging plates mounted on a Weissenberg camera (Rmerge = 0.09). The initial model was obtained by the molecular replacement method using the structure of azurin from Alcaligenes denitrificans NCTC8582 as a starting model. The structure was refined by molecular dynamics optimization and the restrained least-squares method to a crystallographic R-value of 0.205. However, the current model gave an electron-density of the side-chain regions of several residues close to the N-terminus quite different from those expected from the amino acid sequences reported. Very recently, two kinds of azurins (Az-I and Az-II) were isolated from this bacterium by a slightly modified purification method and have been characterized and found to have different CD spectra. On analysis of amino acid sequences around the N-terminus, the second azurin (Az-II) was proved to be a new type of azurin in this bacterium. It was consequently revealed that the current model corresponds to a new type of azurin because of the complete agreement between the electron-density and the amino acid sequence of the newly determined 20 residues from the N-terminus. Determination of the whole amino acid sequence of this azurin and further refinement are in progress.
authors.affiliation: Department of Applied Chemistry, Faculty of Engineering, Osaka University.
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Inoue
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Shibata
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Nakanishi
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Koyama
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Ishii
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Kai
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Harada
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Kasai
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Ohshiro
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Suzuki
mesh_terms: D000421:Alcaligenes / Q000737:chemistry*; D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D001400:Azurin / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000302:isolation & purification; D001426:Bacterial Proteins / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000302:isolation & purification; D018360:Crystallography, X-Ray; D008958:Models, Molecular; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D011487:Protein Conformation
chemical_list: D001426:Bacterial Proteins; D001400:Azurin