title: Crystallization and preliminary X-ray crystallographic analysis of peptide deformylase (PDF) from Bacillus cereus in ligand-free and actinonin-bound forms.
abstract: In bacteria, protein expression initiates with an N-formyl group and this needs to be removed in order to ensure proper bacterial growth. These formylation and deformylation processes are unique to eubacteria; therefore, inhibition of these would provide a novel antibacterial therapy. Deformylation is carried out by peptide deformylase (PDF). PDF from Bacillus cereus, one of the major pathogenic bacteria, was cloned into expression plasmid pET-28a (Novagen), overexpressed in Escherichia coli BL21 (DE3) and purified to high quality. Crystals have been obtained of both ligand-free PDF and PDF to which actinonin, a highly potent naturally occurring inhibitor, is bound. Both crystals belong to space group P2(1)2(1)2(1), with unit-cell parameters a = 42.72, b = 44.04, c = 85.19 A and a = 41.31, b = 44.56, c = 84.47 A, respectively. Diffraction data were collected to 1.7 A resolution for the inhibitor-free crystals and to 2.0 A resolution for the actinonin-bound crystals.
authors.affiliation: Life Sciences Division, Korea Institute of Science and Technology, Seoul 130-650, South Korea.
authors.forename: Joon Kyu
authors.initials: JK
authors.lastname: Park
authors.forename: Jin Ho
authors.initials: JH
authors.lastname: Moon
authors.forename: Jae-Hong
authors.initials: JH
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: Eunice EunKyeong
authors.initials: EE
authors.lastname: Kim
mesh_terms: D000581:Amidohydrolases / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000378:metabolism; D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000378:metabolism; D001409:Bacillus cereus / Q000201:enzymology*; D001426:Bacterial Proteins / Q000737:chemistry / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000378:metabolism; D001665:Binding Sites; D003460:Crystallization; D018360:Crystallography, X-Ray; D004926:Escherichia coli / Q000201:enzymology; D005982:Glutathione Transferase; D006877:Hydroxamic Acids / Q000378:metabolism; D011994:Recombinant Proteins / Q000737:chemistry / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000378:metabolism; D017356:Synchrotrons
chemical_list: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents; D001426:Bacterial Proteins; D006877:Hydroxamic Acids; D011994:Recombinant Proteins; D005982:Glutathione Transferase; D000581:Amidohydrolases; C084507:peptide deformylase; C010531:actinonin