Crystallization of phosphatidylinositol-specific phospholipase C from Bacillus cereus.
Phosphatidylinositol-specific phospholipase C (PI-PLC) cleaves phosphoinositides into two parts, lipid-soluble diacylglycerol and the water-soluble phosphorylated inositol. Two crystal forms of Bacillus cereus PI-PLC have been obtained by the vapor diffusion technique. Hexagonal crystals were grown from solutions containing polyethylene glycol (PEG; 4,000 to 8,000 D). The space group of these hexagonal crystals is P6(1)22 (or the enantiomorphic space group P6(5)22), with cell constants a = b = 133 A, and c = 231 A. The crystals diffract to 2.8 A. The second crystalline form was grown from a two-phase PEG (600 D)-sodium citrate solution. The phase diagram and PI-PLC distribution between phases has been determined. The enzyme crystallizes from the PEG-rich phase. The crystals are orthorhombic with space group P2(1)2(1)2(1) (a = 45 A, b = 46 A, c = 160 A), and contain one PI-PLC monomer per asymmetric unit. The orthorhombic crystals diffract to 2.5 A. Both the hexagonal and orthorhombic forms are suitable for crystallographic studies.
Institute of Molecular Biology, University of Oregon, Eugene 97403.
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D001409:Bacillus cereus / Q000201:enzymology*; D055592:Biophysical Phenomena; D001703:Biophysics; D002951:Citrates; D019343:Citric Acid; D003460:Crystallization; D008970:Molecular Weight; D043265:Phosphatidylinositol Diacylglycerol-Lyase; D054801:Phosphoinositide Phospholipase C; D010727:Phosphoric Diester Hydrolases / Q000737:chemistry / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D011092:Polyethylene Glycols; D014961:X-Ray Diffraction
D002951:Citrates; D019343:Citric Acid; D011092:Polyethylene Glycols; D010727:Phosphoric Diester Hydrolases; D054801:Phosphoinositide Phospholipase C; D043265:Phosphatidylinositol Diacylglycerol-Lyase