Thymoquinone blocks pSer/pThr recognition by Plk1 Polo-box domain as a phosphate mimic.

Phosphorylation-dependent protein-protein interaction has rarely been targeted in medicinal chemistry. Thymoquinone, a naturally occurring antitumor agent, disrupts prephosphorylated substrate recognition by the polo-box domain of polo-like kinase 1, a key mitotic regulator responsible for various carcinogenesis when overexpressed. Here, crystallographic studies reveal that the phosphoserine/phosphothreonine recognition site of the polo-box domain is the binding pocket for thymoquinone and its analogue poloxime.

Compact reduced thioredoxin structure from the thermophilic bacteria Thermus thermophilus.

The X-ray crystallographic structure of a thioredoxin from Thermus thermophilus was solved to 1.8 A resolution by molecular replacement. The crystals' space group was C2 with cell dimensions of a = 40.

Crystal structure of a purine/pyrimidine phosphoribosyltransferase-related protein from Thermus thermophilus HB8.

Adenine phosphoribosyltransferase (APRTase) is a widely distributed enzyme involved in the salvage of adenine to form an adenine nucleotide. We crystallized and determined the X-ray crystallographic structure of a purine/pyrimidine phosphoribosyltransferase-related protein from the thermophilic bacterium, Thermus thermophilus HB8. The crystal space group was C2 with unit cell dimensions of a = 167.

Structure of a putative 2'-5' RNA ligase from Pyrococcus horikoshii.

Cyclic phosphodiesterase and 2'-5' RNA ligase are members of a superfamily of proteins which share structural similarities even though their homology may be very low. A putative 2'-5' RNA ligase from Pyrococcus horikoshii has been crystallized and its X-ray crystallographic structure determined to 2.4 A.

Structure of a closed-form uroporphyrinogen-III C-methyltransferase from Thermus thermophilus.

Uroporphyrinogen-III C-methyltransferase from Thermus thermophilus is a multifunctional protein responsible for two of the eight S-adenosyl-methionine-dependent methylations of the corrin ring during vitamin B(12) synthesis. The structure of this protein has been solved to 2.0 A resolution in both the apo and cofactor-bound form.

Structure of the RNA-processing inhibitor RraA from Thermus thermophilis.

The menG gene product, thought to catalyze the final methylation in vitamin K(2) synthesis, has recently been shown to inhibit RNase E in Eschericha coli. The structure of the protein, since renamed RraA, has been solved to 2.3 A using the multiple-wavelength anomalous diffraction method and selenomethionine-substituted protein from Thermus thermophilus.

Crystallographic structure and biochemical analysis of the Thermus thermophilus osmotically inducible protein C.

The X-ray crystallographic structure of osmotically inducible Protein C from the thermophilic bacterium, Thermus thermophilus HB8, was solved to 1.6A using the multiple wavelength anomalous dispersion method and a selenomethionine incorporated protein (Se-MAD). The crystal space group was P1 with cell dimensions of a=37.

Expression, purification, crystallization and preliminary crystallographic analysis of osmotically inducible protein C.

Selenium-incorporated osmotically inducible protein C from the thermophilic bacterium Thermus thermophilus was overexpressed, purified and crystallized. The crystals belong to space group P1, with unit-cell parameters a = 37.58, b = 40.

Crystal structure of human dehydroepiandrosterone sulphotransferase in complex with substrate.

Dehydroepiandrosterone sulphotransferase (DHEA-ST) is an enzyme that converts dehydroepiandrosterone (DHEA), and some other steroids, into their sulphonated forms. The enzyme catalyses the sulphonation of DHEA on the 3alpha-oxygen, with 3'-phosphoadenosine-5'-phosphosulphate contributing the sulphate. The structure of human DHEA-ST in complex with its preferred substrate DHEA has been solved here to 1.