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Crystallization and preliminary X-ray crystallographic analysis of strictosidine synthase from Rauvolfia: the first member of a novel enzyme family.

Hartmut MichelRalf DiemToni M. KutchanJuergen KoepkeJoachim StöckigtGünter FritzschXueyan Ma

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RauvolfiaStrictosidine synthaseDNA PlantStereochemistryBiophysicsmedicine.disease_causeCrystallography X-RayBiochemistryRauwolfiaAnalytical Chemistrylaw.inventionchemistry.chemical_compoundBiosynthesislawRauvolfia serpentinaCarbon-Nitrogen LyasesmedicineEscherichia coliCrystallizationMolecular BiologyEscherichia colichemistry.chemical_classificationTetrahydratebiologyBase Sequencebiology.organism_classificationRecombinant ProteinsEnzymechemistryBiochemistrybiology.protein

description

Strictosidine synthase is a central enzyme involved in the biosynthesis of almost all plant monoterpenoid indole alkaloids. Strictosidine synthase from Rauvolfia serpentina was heterologously expressed in Escherichia coli. Crystals of the purified recombinant enzyme have been obtained by the hanging-drop technique at 303 K with potassium sodium tartrate tetrahydrate as precipitant. The crystals belong to the space group R3 with cell dimensions of a=b=150.3 A and c=122.4 A. Under cryoconditions (120 K), the crystals diffract to about 2.95 A.

10.1016/j.bbapap.2004.06.013https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/15450856