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International Union of Crystallography, Acta Crystallographica Section F: Structural Biology and Crystallization Communications, 9(67), p. 1106-1112, 2011

DOI: 10.1107/s1744309111010220

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BrabA.11339.a: anomalous diffraction and ligand binding guide towards the elucidation of the function of a `putative β-lactamase-like protein' fromBrucella melitensis

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Abstract

The crystal structure of a β-lactamase-like protein from Brucella melitensis was initially solved by SAD phasing from an in-house data set collected on a crystal soaked with iodide. A high-resolution data set was collected at a synchroton at the Se edge wavelength, which also provided an independent source of phasing using a small anomalous signal from metal ions in the active site. Comparisons of anomalous peak heights at various wavelengths allowed the identification of the active-site metal ions as manganese. In the native data set a partially occupied GMP could be identified. When co-crystallized with AMPPNP or GMPPNP, clear density for the hydrolyzed analogs was observed, providing hints to the function of the protein.