Heterologous expression, purification, crystallization and preliminary X-ray analysis of raucaffricine glucosidase, a plant enzyme specifically involved in Rauvolfia alkaloid biosynthesis

Martin Ruppert, Santosh Panjikar, Leif Barleben, Joachim Stöckigt

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Abstract

Raucaffricine glucosidase (RG) is an enzyme that is specifically involved in the biosynthesis of indole alkaloids from the plant Rauvolfia serpentina. After heterologous expression in Escherichia coli cells, crystals of RG were obtained by the hanging-drop vapour-diffusion technique at 293 K with 0.3 M ammonium sulfate, 0.1 M sodium acetate pH 4.6 buffer and 11% PEG 4000 as precipitant. Crystals belong to space group I222 and diffract to 2.30 Å, with unit-cell parameters a = 102.8, b = 127.3, c = 215.8 Å.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)257-260
Number of pages4
JournalActa Crystallographica Section F: Structural Biology and Crystallization Communications
Volume62
Issue number3
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2006
Externally publishedYes

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