Crystallization and preliminary X-ray crystallographic analysis of carbamoyl phosphate synthetase from Escherichia coli.
Carbamoyl Phosphate synthetase catalyzes the formation of carbamoyl phosphate, a high-energy intermediate used in several biosynthetic pathways. The enzyme from Escherichia coli has been crystallized at pH 8 in the presence of L-ornithine, MnCl(2) and ADP, using PEG 8000 in combination with NEt(4)Cl and KCl. The crystals (apparently) belong to the orthorhombic space group P2(1)2(1)2(1) with unit-cell dimensions of a = 154.4, b = 166.5 and c = 338.7 A. The crystals are relatively sensitive to radiation damage, but show diffraction to beyond 2.8 A resolution. A low-resolution (3.5 A) native data set has been recorded and conditions for flash cooling the crystal have been established.
Institute for Enzyme Research, Graduate School, University of Wisconsin, Madison 53705, USA.
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