title: Expression, purification, crystallization and preliminary crystallographic analysis of human Rad GTPase.
abstract: Human Rad is a new member of the Ras GTPase superfamily and is overexpressed in human skeletal muscle of individuals with type II diabetes. The GTPase core domain was overexpressed in Escherichia coli and purified for crystallization. Crystals were obtained at 293 K by vapour diffusion using a crystallization robot. The crystals were found to belong to space group P2(1), with unit-cell parameters a = 52.2, b = 58.6, c = 53.4 A, beta = 97.9 degrees , and contained two Rad molecules in the crystallographic asymmetric unit. A diffraction data set was collected to a resolution of 1.8 A using synchrotron radiation at SPring-8.
authors.affiliation: Structural Biology Laboratory, Nara Institute of Science and Technology, Japan.
authors.forename: Arry
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Yanuar
authors.forename: Shigeru
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Sakurai
authors.forename: Ken
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Kitano
authors.forename: Toshio
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Hakoshima
mesh_terms: D018360:Crystallography, X-Ray; D004229:Dithiothreitol / Q000737:chemistry; D004926:Escherichia coli / Q000378:metabolism; D020558:GTP Phosphohydrolases / Q000737:chemistry; D006801:Humans; D008958:Models, Molecular; D011487:Protein Conformation; D017356:Synchrotrons; D013696:Temperature; D014018:Tissue Distribution; D014961:X-Ray Diffraction; D018631:ras Proteins / Q000096:biosynthesis / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000302:isolation & purification
chemical_list: C084355:RRAD protein, human; D020558:GTP Phosphohydrolases; D018631:ras Proteins; D004229:Dithiothreitol