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A chimeric enzyme (GST121) of the human alpha-glutathione S-transferases GST1-1 and GST2-2, which has improved catalytic efficiency and thermostability from its wild-type parent proteins, has been crystallized in a space group that is isomorphous with that reported for crystals of GST1-1. However, a single-site (G82R) mutant of GST121, which exhibits a significant reduction both in vitro and in vivo in protein thermostability, forms crystals that are not isomorphous with GST1-1. The mutant protein crystallizes in space group P2(1)2(1)2(1), with cell dimensions a = 49.5, b = 92.9, c = 115.9 A, and one dimer per asymmetric unit. Preliminary crystallographic results show that a mutation of the surface residue Gly 82 from a neutral to a charged residue causes new salt bridges to be formed among the GST dimers, suggesting that the G82R mutant might aggregate more readily than does GST121 in solution, resulting in a change of its solution properties.

1AGS is a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Single_protein Single protein] structure of sequence from [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Synthetic_construct Synthetic construct] with <scene name='pdbligand=GTX:'>GTX</scene> as [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ligand ligand]. Active as [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glutathione_transferase Glutathione transferase], with EC number [http://www.brenda-enzymes.info/php/result_flat.php4?ecno=2.5.1.18 2.5.1.18] Full crystallographic information is available from [http://oca.weizmann.ac.il/oca-bin/ocashort?id=1AGS OCA].  

[[Category: Rose, J P.]]

[[Category: Wang, B C.]]

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