Improved expression, purification and crystallization of a putative N-acetyl-γ-glutamyl-phosphate reductase from rice (Oryza sativa)

Abstract

N-Acetyl-γ-glutamyl-phosphate reductase (AGPR) catalyzes the third step in an eight-step arginine-biosynthetic pathway that starts with glutamate. This enzyme converts N-acetyl-γ-glutamyl phosphate to N-acetylglutamate- γ-semialdehyde by an NADPH-dependent reductive dephosphorylation. AGPR from Oryza sativa (OsAGPR) was expressed in Escherichia coli at 291 K as a soluble fusion protein with an upstream thioredoxin-hexahistidine [Trx-(His)6] extension. OsAGPR(Ala50-Pro366) was purified and crystals were obtained using the sitting-drop vapour-diffusion method at 293 K and diffract X-rays to at least 1.8 Å resolution. They belong to the hexagonal space group P61, with unit-cell parameters a = 86.11, c = 316.3 Å. © 2005 International Union of Crystallography All rights reserved.