Crystallization and preliminary X-ray crystallographic analysis of peptide deformylase (PDF) from Bacillus cereus in ligand-free and actinonin-bound forms

Joon Kyu Park, Jin Ho Moon, Jae Hong Kim, Eunice Eun Kyeong Kim

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    Abstract

    In bacteria, protein expression initiates with an N-formyl group and this needs to be removed in order to ensure proper bacterial growth. These formylation and deformylation processes are unique to eubacteria; therefore, inhibition of these would provide a novel antibacterial therapy. Deformylation is carried out by peptide deformylase (PDF). PDF from Bacillus cereus, one of the major pathogenic bacteria, was cloned into expression plasmid pET-28a (Novagen), overexpressed in Escherichia coli BL21 (DE3) and purified to high quality. Crystals have been obtained of both ligand-free PDF and PDF to which actinonin, a highly potent naturally occurring inhibitor, is bound. Both crystals belong to space group P212121, with unit-cell parameters a = 42.72, b = 44.04, c = 85.19 Å and a = 41.31, b = 44.56, c = 84.47 Å, respectively. Diffraction data were collected to 1.7 Å resolution for the inhibitor-free crystals and to 2.0 Å resolution for the actinonin-bound crystals.

    Original languageEnglish
    Pages (from-to)150-152
    Number of pages3
    JournalActa Crystallographica Section F: Structural Biology and Crystallization Communications
    Volume61
    Issue number1
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - 2005

    ASJC Scopus subject areas

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

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