title: Crystallization and preliminary X-ray diffraction studies of the prototypal homologue of mitoNEET (Tth-NEET0026) from the extreme thermophile Thermus thermophilus HB8.
abstract: MitoNEET (a mammalian mitochondrial outer membrane protein) is a potential pharmacological and clinical target of the insulin-sensitizer pioglitazone. The thermophilic homologue of mitoNEET (TTHA0026) from Thermus thermophilus HB8 has been heterologously overproduced in Escherichia coli and purified as a water-soluble prototypal protein containing the mitoNEET-like [2Fe-2S] cluster. The resultant recombinant protein, named Tth-NEET0026, has been crystallized in its oxidized form by the hanging-drop vapour-diffusion method using 17%(w/v) polyethylene glycol 4000, 8.5%(v/v) 2-propanol, 15%(v/v) glycerol and 0.085 M HEPES-NaOH pH 7.2. The dark reddish crystals diffracted to 1.80 A resolution and belonged to the tetragonal space group P4(3)2(1)2, with unit-cell parameters a = 45.51, c = 84.26 A. The asymmetric unit contains one protein molecule.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Nippon Medical School, Sendagi, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-8602, Japan.
authors.forename: Asako
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Kounosu
authors.forename: Toshio
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Iwasaki
authors.forename: Seiki
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Baba
authors.forename: Yoko
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Hayashi-Iwasaki
authors.forename: Tairo
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Oshima
authors.forename: Takashi
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kumasaka
mesh_terms: D001426:Bacterial Proteins / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D003460:Crystallization; D018360:Crystallography, X-Ray; D024101:Mitochondrial Proteins / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D016963:Thermus thermophilus / Q000378:metabolism*; D014961:X-Ray Diffraction
chemical_list: D001426:Bacterial Proteins; D024101:Mitochondrial Proteins