title: Crystallization and preliminary X-ray analysis of a thermoalkalophilic lipase from Bacillus stearothermophilus L1.
abstract: A thermoalkalophilic lipase from Bacillus stearothermophilus L1 (L1 lipase) was crystallized in two different crystal forms using a low concentration of the enzyme and a calcium-exchange process. The first, needle-like, crystal form, which diffracts to about 3.5 A, belongs to the orthorhombic space group P2(1)2(1)2(1), with unit-cell parameters a = 67.84, b = 72.96, c = 104.41 A. The second, monoclinic, crystal form, which behaves better than the first form for crystallographic analyses, belongs to the monoclinic space group C2 and has unit-cell parameters a = 119.62, b = 85.05, c = 98.36 A, beta = 99.73 degrees. From the monoclinic crystals, a native data set and a samarium-derivative data set were collected to 2.0 and 2.3 A resolution, respectively. The difference Patterson map between the two data sets shows strong heavy-atom peaks, indicating that the crystals are suitable for a high-resolution structure determination.
authors.affiliation: Center for Cellular Switch Protein Structure, Korea Research Institute of Bioscience and Biotechnology, PO Box 115, Yusong, Taejon 305-600, South Korea.
authors.forename: S T
authors.initials: ST
authors.lastname: Jeong
authors.forename: H K
authors.initials: HK
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: S J
authors.initials: SJ
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: J G
authors.initials: JG
authors.lastname: Pan
authors.forename: T K
authors.initials: TK
authors.lastname: Oh
authors.forename: S E
authors.initials: SE
authors.lastname: Ryu
mesh_terms: D003460:Crystallization; D018360:Crystallography, X-Ray; D001411:Geobacillus stearothermophilus / Q000201:enzymology*; D008049:Lipase / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000235:genetics; D011487:Protein Conformation; D011994:Recombinant Proteins / Q000737:chemistry
chemical_list: D011994:Recombinant Proteins; D008049:Lipase