Expression, purification and crystallization of a plant type III polyketide synthase that produces diarylheptanoids

Hiroyuki Morita, Kiyofumi Wanibuchi, Ryohei Kato, Shigetoshi Sugio*, Ikuro Abe

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Abstract

Curcuminoid synthase (CUS) from Oryza sativa is a plant-specific type III polyketide synthase that catalyzes the one-pot formation of bisdemethoxy- curcumin by the condensation of two molecules of 4-coumaroyl-CoA and one molecule of malonyl-CoA. Recombinant CUS was expressed in Escherichia coli and crystallized by the sitting-drop vapour-diffusion method. The crystals belonged to space group P21, with unit-cell parameters a = 72.7, b = 97.2, c = 126.2 Å, = = 90.0, Β = 103.7°. A diffraction data set was collected in-house to 2.5 Å resolution.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)948-950
Number of pages3
JournalActa Crystallographica Section F: Structural Biology and Crystallization Communications
Volume66
Issue number8
DOIs
StatePublished - 2010/08/01

Keywords

  • chalcone synthases
  • curcumin synthases
  • curcuminoid synthases
  • diketide-CoA synthases
  • polyketide synthases

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Biophysics
  • Structural Biology
  • Biochemistry
  • Genetics
  • Condensed Matter Physics

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