Abstract
Mycobacterium tuberculosis is known to transform into the nonreplicating persistence state under the influence of hypoxia or nitric oxide. DevS-DevR is a two-component regulatory system that mediates the genetic response for the transformation. DevS is a histidine kinase that contains two GAF domains for sensing hypoxia or nitric oxide. The second GAF from M. smegmatis DevS was crystallized using the sitting-drop vapour-diffusion method in the presence of sodium citrate and 2-propanol as precipitants. X-ray diffraction data were collected from crystals containing selenomethionine to a maximum resolution of 2.0 Å on a synchrotron beamline. The crystals belong to the hexagonal space group P61. The asymmetric unit contains one molecule, corresponding to a packing density of 2.5 Å3 Da-1. The selenium substructure was determined by the single anomalous dispersion method and structure refinement is in progress.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 274-276 |
Number of pages | 3 |
Journal | Acta Crystallographica Section F: Structural Biology and Crystallization Communications |
Volume | 64 |
Issue number | 4 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - 29 Mar 2008 |
Keywords
- GAF domain
- Hypoxia sensing
- Mycobacteria