Crystallization and preliminary X-ray crystallographic analysis of α-amylase from Bacillus subtilis

Changsoo Chang; Kyeong Kyu Kim; Kwang Yeon Hwang; Myung Un Choi; Se Won Suh

doi:10.1006/jmbi.1993.1020

Crystallization and preliminary X-ray crystallographic analysis of α-amylase from Bacillus subtilis

Changsoo Chang, Kyeong Kyu Kim, Kwang Yeon Hwang, Myung Un Choi, Se Won Suh

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Abstract

Large crystals of α-amylaae from Bacillus subtilis have been obtained at room temperature using polyethylene glycol 6000 as precipitant. They grow to typical dimensions of 0.25 mm × 0.3 mm × 2.0 mm in five days. The crystals belong to the orthorhombic space group P2₁2₁2₁, with unit cell dimensions of a = 85.46 AÅ, b = 166.5 AÅ and c = 332.7 AÅ. The asymmetric unit seems to contain eight molecules of α-amylase, with crystal volume per protein mass (V_m) of 2.69 AÅ³/Da and solvent content of 54.3% by volume. Despite a very long c-axis, the crystals diffracted to about 2.2 AÅ Bragg spacing using the rotating anode X-rays and were resistant to damage by X-rays. Thus they are suitable for structure determination by X-ray methods at high resolution. X-ray diffraction data have been collected to 3.4 AÅ Bragg spacing from a native crystal.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	235-238
Number of pages	4
Journal	Journal of Molecular Biology
Volume	229
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1006/jmbi.1993.1020
Publication status	Published - 1993 Jan 5
Externally published	Yes

Keywords

Bacillus subtilis
Crystallization
Preliminary X-ray analysis
X-ray crystallography
α-amylase

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Biophysics
Structural Biology
Molecular Biology

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