title: Crystallization and X-ray diffraction analysis of N-terminally truncated human ALG-2.
abstract: ALG-2 (apoptosis-linked gene 2) is an apoptosis-linked calcium-binding protein with five EF-hand motifs in the C-terminal region. N-terminally truncated ALG-2 (des3-23ALG-2) was crystallized by the vapour-diffusion method in buffer consisting of either 50 mM MES pH 6.5, 12.5%(v/v) 2-propanol and 150 mM calcium acetate or 100 mM MES pH 6.0, 15%(v/v) ethanol and 200 mM zinc acetate. Crystals of the Ca(2+)-bound form belonged to space group P2(1)2(1)2(1), with unit-cell parameters a = 54.8, b = 154.4, c = 237.7 A, alpha = beta = gamma = 90 degrees , and diffracted to 3.1 A resolution. Crystals of the Zn(2+)-bound form belonged to space group P2(1)2(1)2(1), with unit-cell parameters a = 52.8, b = 147.5, c = 230.7 A, alpha = beta = gamma = 90 degrees , and diffracted to 3.3 A resolution. The structures of the Ca(2+)-bound form and the Zn(2+)-bound form were solved by the molecular-replacement method. Although both crystals contained eight ALG-2 molecules per asymmetric unit, the metal-ion locations and octameric arrangements were found to be significantly different.
authors.affiliation: Department of Applied Molecular Biosciences, Graduate School of Bioagricultural Sciences, Nagoya University, Nagoya 464-8601, Japan.
authors.forename: Hironori
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Suzuki
authors.forename: Masato
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kawasaki
authors.forename: Takeshi
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kakiuchi
authors.forename: Hideki
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Shibata
authors.forename: Soichi
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Wakatsuki
authors.forename: Masatoshi
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Maki
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D051017:Apoptosis Regulatory Proteins / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000235:genetics; D002118:Calcium / Q000737:chemistry; D002135:Calcium-Binding Proteins / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000235:genetics; D003460:Crystallization; D018360:Crystallography, X-Ray; D006801:Humans; D051379:Mice; D008958:Models, Molecular; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D017434:Protein Structure, Tertiary; D016415:Sequence Alignment; D014961:X-Ray Diffraction; D015032:Zinc / Q000737:chemistry
chemical_list: D051017:Apoptosis Regulatory Proteins; D002135:Calcium-Binding Proteins; C097753:PDCD6 protein, human; D015032:Zinc; D002118:Calcium