title: Cloning, purification, crystallization and preliminary crystallographic analysis of a ribokinase from Staphylococcus aureus.
abstract: The gene SA239 from Staphylococcus aureus encodes a ribokinase that catalyzes the phosphorylation of D-ribose to produce ribose-5-phosphate. Sa239 was crystallized using the hanging-drop vapour-diffusion method. The crystals diffracted to 2.9 A resolution and belonged to space group P6(1)22 or P6(5)22, with unit-cell parameters a = b = 91.8, c = 160.7 A. Preliminary crystallographic analysis revealed that the Matthews coefficient V(M) was 3.01 A(3) Da(-1), indicating the presence of one molecule in the asymmetric unit.
authors.affiliation: School of Life Sciences, University of Science and Technology of China, 96 Jinzhai Road, Hefei, Anhui 230027, People's Republic of China.
authors.forename: Lin
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Haipeng
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Jianbin
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Ruan
authors.forename: Changlin
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Tian
authors.forename: Baolin
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Sun
authors.forename: Jianye
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Zang
mesh_terms: D001426:Bacterial Proteins / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification* / Q000378:metabolism; D001665:Binding Sites; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D003460:Crystallization; D018360:Crystallography, X-Ray; D003625:Data Collection; D004926:Escherichia coli / Q000235:genetics; D005798:Genes, Bacterial; D017853:Phosphotransferases (Alcohol Group Acceptor) / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification* / Q000378:metabolism; D011485:Protein Binding; D011993:Recombinant Fusion Proteins / Q000737:chemistry / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000378:metabolism; D013211:Staphylococcus aureus / Q000201:enzymology*; D013223:Statistics as Topic; D014961:X-Ray Diffraction
chemical_list: D001426:Bacterial Proteins; D011993:Recombinant Fusion Proteins; D017853:Phosphotransferases (Alcohol Group Acceptor); C022534:ribokinase