title: Crystallization and preliminary X-ray analysis of human alpha-galactosidase A complex.
abstract: Human alpha-galactosidase A (alpha-D-galactoside galactohydrolase; EC 3.2.1.22), the glycosylated lysosomal enzyme deficient in Fabry disease, has been crystallized as a complex with the inhibitor N-6-aminohexanoyl-alpha-D-galactopyranosylamine. The "hanging drop" method of vapor diffusion was used to grow crystals from solutions containing 50 mM sodium phosphate (pH 4.0 to 4.5), 120 to 170 mM ZnCl2 and 8 to 10% polyethylene glycol 3350. X-ray diffraction data collected from these crystals indicate that the crystals belong to the orthorhombic space group C222(1) with cell dimensions of a = 93.8 A, b = 141.1 A and c = 184.4 A. The crystals diffract to a resolution of 3 A and native data have been collected to 3.5 A resolution. Assuming one dimer per asymmetric unit with a total molecular mass of 110 kDa (with oligosaccharide chains), the Matthews' coefficient is Vm = 2.77 A3/dalton corresponding to a solvent content of 55% (v/v). The self-rotation function reveals that a non-crystallographic 2-fold axis relates the subunits of each dimer.
authors.affiliation: Wistar Institute, Philadelphia, PA 19104.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Murali
authors.forename: Y A
authors.initials: YA
authors.lastname: Ioannou
authors.forename: R J
authors.initials: RJ
authors.lastname: Desnick
authors.forename: R M
authors.initials: RM
authors.lastname: Burnett
mesh_terms: D003460:Crystallization; D018360:Crystallography, X-Ray; D005688:Galactosamine / Q000031:analogs & derivatives / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism; D006801:Humans; D015394:Molecular Structure; D000519:alpha-Galactosidase / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: C087818:N-6-aminohexanoyl-alpha-galactopyranosylamine; D005688:Galactosamine; D000519:alpha-Galactosidase