title: Crystallization and preliminary crystallographic analysis of a haloalkane dehalogenase, DbjA, from Bradyrhizobium japonicum USDA110.
abstract: Haloalkane dehalogenases are key enzymes for the degradation of halogenated aliphatic pollutants. The haloalkane dehalogenase DbjA constitutes a novel substrate-specificity class with high catalytic activity for beta-methylated haloalkanes. In order to reveal the mechanism of its substrate specificity, DbjA has been crystallized using the hanging-drop vapour-diffusion method. The best crystals were obtained using the microseeding technique with a reservoir solution consisting of 17-19.5%(w/v) PEG 4000, 0.2 M calcium acetate and 0.1 M Tris-HCl pH 7.7-8.0. The space group of the DbjA crystal is P2(1)2(1)2, with unit-cell parameters a = 212.9, b = 117.8, c = 55.8 A. The crystal diffracts to 1.75 A resolution.
authors.affiliation: Department of Environmental Life Sciences, Graduate School of Life Sciences, Tohoku University, 2-1-1 Katahira, Sendai 980-8577, Japan.
authors.forename: Yukari
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Sato
authors.forename: Ryo
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Natsume
authors.forename: Masataka
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Tsuda
authors.forename: Jiri
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Damborsky
authors.forename: Yuji
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Nagata
authors.forename: Toshiya
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Senda
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D020369:Bradyrhizobium / Q000201:enzymology*; D003460:Crystallization; D018360:Crystallography, X-Ray; D004926:Escherichia coli / Q000235:genetics; D006867:Hydrolases / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000235:genetics; D011487:Protein Conformation; D011994:Recombinant Proteins / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics
chemical_list: D011994:Recombinant Proteins; D006867:Hydrolases; C046137:haloalkane dehalogenase