title: Crystallization and preliminary crystallographic analysis of the Rho-binding domain of bovine Rho-kinase.
abstract: Rho-kinase binds to a small GTPase Rho in a GTP-dependent manner and regulates many cytoskeletal events in the cell. The minimum region of bovine Rho-kinase sufficient for Rho-binding was expressed as a fusion protein with glutathione S-transferase. After removal of the glutathione S-transferase, thin plate crystals were obtained. The selenomethionine-substituted protein was introduced and crystallized, as was the native protein. The crystals of the Rho-binding domain of Rho-kinase belong to the space group C2, with unit-cell parameters a = 148.0 (2), b = 26.1 (1), c = 39.6 (1) A, beta = 90.3 (1) degrees. The crystals diffract to a resolution beyond 1.5 A.
authors.affiliation: Division of Structural Biology, Nara Institute of Science and Technology, 8916-5 Takayama, Ikoma, Nara 630-0101, Japan.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Ihara
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Shimizu
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Maesaki
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Okada
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Amano
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Kaibuchi
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Hakoshima
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001665:Binding Sites; D002417:Cattle; D003460:Crystallization; D004926:Escherichia coli / Q000235:genetics; D005982:Glutathione Transferase / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification; D047908:Intracellular Signaling Peptides and Proteins; D017346:Protein Serine-Threonine Kinases / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification; D017434:Protein Structure, Tertiary; D011993:Recombinant Fusion Proteins / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification; D020741:rho GTP-Binding Proteins / Q000378:metabolism; D054460:rho-Associated Kinases
chemical_list: D047908:Intracellular Signaling Peptides and Proteins; D011993:Recombinant Fusion Proteins; D005982:Glutathione Transferase; D017346:Protein Serine-Threonine Kinases; D054460:rho-Associated Kinases; D020741:rho GTP-Binding Proteins