Purification, crystallization and preliminary X-ray analysis of uracil-DNA glycosylase from Sulfolobus tokodaii strain 7

Akito Kawai, Shigesada Higuchi, Masaru Tsunoda, Kazuo T. Nakamura, Shuichi Miyamoto

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Abstract

Uracil-DNA glycosylase (UDG) specifically removes uracil from DNA by catalyzing hydrolysis of the N-glycosidic bond, thereby initiating the base-excision repair pathway. Although a number of UDG structures have been determined, the structure of archaeal UDG remains unknown. In this study, a deletion mutant of UDG isolated from Sulfolobus tokodaii strain 7 (stoUDG) and stoUDG complexed with uracil were crystallized and analyzed by X-ray crystallography. The crystals were found to belong to the orthorhombic space group P212121, with unit-cell parameters a = 52.2, b = 52.3, c = 74.7 Å and a = 52.1, b = 52.2, c = 74.1 Å for apo stoUDG and stoUDG complexed with uracil, respectively.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)1102-1105
Number of pages4
JournalActa Crystallographica Section F: Structural Biology and Crystallization Communications
Volume68
Issue number9
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 09-2012
Externally publishedYes

All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

  • Biophysics
  • Structural Biology
  • Biochemistry
  • Genetics
  • Condensed Matter Physics

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