The structure of this molecule was solved at RapiData
2006 by
Fabio Rinaldi from the lab of Beatriz Guimaraes at the LNLS (Brazilian
Synchrotron Light Laboratory -- http://www.lnls.br/
[Notice the little word "English" in the upper right corner]). Here is a description:
Structural Studies of the Disulfide
Oxidoreductases DsbA from Xylella fastidiosa
Rinaldi, F. C. and Guimarães, B.G.
Laboratório Nacional de Luz Síncrotron
LNLS - Campinas SP Brazil
The disulfide oxidoreductases (DsbA) are periplasmic proteins involved
in disulfide bond formation. The DsbA's assist the folding of exported
proteins containing disulfide bonds. Xylella
fastidiosa is a phytopathogenic bacterium that causes serious
diseases in a wide range of economically important crops. We are
performing structural studies on the oxidoreductase DsbA from this
organism. We have solved the crystal structure of DsbA by the
single-wavelength anomalous diffraction (SAD) method. The DsbA was
labelled with selenomethionine (SeMet). Mass spectrometry
analysis showed that all three methionine residues were replaced by
SeMet. X-ray diffraction data were collected in the X26-C protein
crystallography beam line at the National Synchrotron Light Source
(NSLS),
Brookhaven National Laboratory (BNL) during the course RapiData 2006. A
data set of the SeMet-substituted form was collected to a resolution of
1.85Å and belonged to space group C2, with unit-cell parameters: a=
203.16 Å, b= 42.54 Å, c= 81.435 Å, ß= 96.15. The selenium
sub-structure (six sites) was solved using the program SHELXD. The
phases calculated with the program SHARP/autoSHARP were sufficient for
automatic tracing of over 93 % of the structure using the program
ARP/wARP. Further manual rebuilding was done and the three
molecules present in the asymmetric unit had their structural
refinement carried out with REFMAC. The complete model was
refined to a final R/Rfree of 0.196/0.233.