Crystallization of the archaeal transcription termination factor NusA: a significant decrease in twinning under microgravity conditions
Tanaka, H., Umehara, T., Inaka, K., Takahashi, S., Shibata, R., Bessho, Y., Sato, M., Sugiyama, S., Fusatomi, E., Terada, T., Shirouzu, M., Sano, S., Motohara, M., Kobayashi, T., Tanaka, T., Tanaka, A., Yokoyama, S.(2007) Acta Crystallogr Sect F Struct Biol Cryst Commun 63: 69-73
- PubMed: 17277442
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.1107/S1744309106054625
- Primary Citation of Related Structures:
2CY1 - PubMed Abstract:
The transcription termination factor NusA from Aeropyrum pernix was crystallized using a counter-diffusion technique in both terrestrial and microgravity environments. Crystallization under microgravity conditions significantly reduced the twinning content (1.0%) compared with terrestrially grown crystals (18.3%) and improved the maximum resolution from 3.0 to 2.29 A, with similar unit-cell parameters. Based on a comparison of the crystal parameters, the effect of microgravity on protein crystallization is discussed.
Organizational Affiliation:
Confocal Science Inc., Wakamatsu Building 7F, 3-3-6 Nihonbashi Hon-cho, Chuo-ku, Tokyo 103-0023, Japan.