title: Crystallization and preliminary X-ray analysis of L-methionine gamma-lyase 1 from Entamoeba histolytica.
abstract: L-Methionine gamma-lyase (MGL) is a pyridoxal phosphate-dependent enzyme that is involved in the degradation of sulfur-containing amino acids. MGL is an attractive drug target against amoebiasis because the mammalian host of its causative agent Entamoeba histolytica lacks MGL. For the development of anti-amoebic agents based on the structure of MGL, one of two MGL isoenzymes (EhMGL1) was crystallized in the monoclinic space group P2(1), with unit-cell parameters a = 99.12, b = 85.38, c = 115.37 A, beta = 101.82 degrees . The crystals diffract to beyond 2.0 A resolution. The presence of a tetramer in the asymmetric unit (4 x 42.4 kDa) gives a Matthews coefficient of 2.8 A(3) Da(-1) and a solvent content of 56%. The structure was solved by the molecular-replacement method and structure refinement is now in progress.
authors.affiliation: Institute for Advanced Biosciences, Keio University, 246-2 Mizukami, Kakuganji, Tsuruoka, Yamagata 997-0052, Japan.
authors.forename: Dan
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Sato
authors.forename: Tsuyoshi
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Karaki
authors.forename: Akira
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Shimizu
authors.forename: Kaeko
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Kamei
authors.forename: Shigeharu
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Harada
authors.forename: Tomoyoshi
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Nozaki
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D013437:Carbon-Sulfur Lyases / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification; D003460:Crystallization; D018360:Crystallography, X-Ray; D004591:Electrophoresis, Polyacrylamide Gel; D004748:Entamoeba histolytica / Q000201:enzymology*; D011487:Protein Conformation; D011994:Recombinant Proteins / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification
chemical_list: D011994:Recombinant Proteins; D013437:Carbon-Sulfur Lyases; C021558:L-methionine gamma-lyase