title: Expression, purification, crystallization and preliminary X-ray studies of the TAN1 orthologue from Methanothermobacter thermautotrophicus.
abstract: MTH909 is the Methanothermobacter thermautotrophicus orthologue of Saccharomyces cerevisiae TAN1, which is required for N(4)-acetylcytidine formation in tRNA. The protein consists of an N-terminal near-ferredoxin-like domain and a C-terminal THUMP domain. Unlike most other proteins containing the THUMP domain, TAN1 lacks any catalytic domains and has been proposed to form a complex with a catalytic protein that is capable of making base modifications. MTH909 has been cloned, overexpressed and purified. The molecule exists as a monomer in solution. X-ray data were collected to 2.85 A resolution from a native crystal belonging to space group P6(1)22 (or P6(5)22), with unit-cell parameters a = 69.9, c = 408.5 A.
authors.affiliation: York Structural Biology Laboratory, Department of Chemistry, University of York, York YO10 5YW, England.
authors.forename: Ana P G
authors.initials: AP
authors.lastname: Silva
authors.forename: Robert T
authors.initials: RT
authors.lastname: Byrne
authors.forename: Maria
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Chechik
authors.forename: Callum
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Smits
authors.forename: David G
authors.initials: DG
authors.lastname: Waterman
authors.forename: Alfred A
authors.initials: AA
authors.lastname: Antson
mesh_terms: D001426:Bacterial Proteins / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D003460:Crystallization; D017013:Methanobacteriaceae / Q000737:chemistry*; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D017434:Protein Structure, Tertiary; D016601:RNA-Binding Proteins / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification; D014961:X-Ray Diffraction
chemical_list: D001426:Bacterial Proteins; D016601:RNA-Binding Proteins