Expression, purification, crystallization and preliminary X-ray crystallographic data from TktA, a transketolase from the lactic acid bacterium Lactobacillus salivarius

Matt Horsham, Harriet Saxby, James Blake, Neil W Isaacs, Tim J Mitchell, Alan Riboldi-Tunnicliffe

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Abstract

The enzyme transketolase from the lactic acid bacterium Lactobacillus salivarius (subsp. salivarius UCC118) has been recombinantly expressed and purified using an Escherichia coli expression system. Purified transketolase from L. salivarius has been crystallized using the vapour-diffusion technique. The crystals belonged to the trigonal space group P3(2)21, with unit-cell parameters a=b=75.43, c=184.11 A, and showed diffraction to 2.3 A resolution.
Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)899-901
Number of pages3
JournalActa Crystallographica Section F Structural Biology and Crystallization Communications
Volume66
Issue numberPt 8
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 1 Aug 2010

Keywords

  • Crystallization
  • Crystallography, X-Ray
  • Gene Expression
  • Lactobacillus
  • Transketolase

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