New crystal forms of Trypanosoma cruzi dUTPase

Acta Crystallogr D Biol Crystallogr. 2001 Jun;57(Pt 6):915-7. doi: 10.1107/s0907444901004905. Epub 2001 May 25.

Abstract

The dUTPase from Trypanosoma cruzi has been crystallized in two crystal forms, both belonging to space group P6(3)22, with unit-cell parameters a = b = 134.67, c = 148.66 A (form I, two molecules per asymmetric unit) and a = b = 136.43, c = 68.71 A (form II, one molecule per asymmetric unit). Single-wavelength data have been collected using synchrotron radiation to 3.0 A for crystal form I and to 2.4 A for crystal form II and structure solution is under way. T. cruzi dUTPase is a potential target for anti-protozoan drug design.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Crystallization
  • Crystallography, X-Ray
  • Protein Conformation
  • Pyrophosphatases / chemistry*
  • Recombinant Proteins / chemistry
  • Trypanosoma cruzi / enzymology*

Substances

  • Recombinant Proteins
  • Pyrophosphatases
  • dUTP pyrophosphatase