native and seleno-methionine-labelled derivative, by sitting-drop vapour-diffusion method, to 1.9 and 2.7 A resolution, respectively. Native protein crystals appear in two different space groups, P1, with unit-cell parameters a=51.9, b=57.6, c=86.2 A, alpha=82.3, beta=87.9, gamma=63.6, and P212121, with unit-cell parameters a=57.9, b=163.3, c=202.0 A. The selenol-methionine-labelled derivative of Abn2 only crystallizes in one crystal form, which is similar to the form of space group P212121 of the wild-type protein, with unit-cell parameters a=57.84, b=163.22, c=201.85 A, which can accommodate four molecules (each containing 13 selenomethionine residues) in the asymmetric unit |
Bacillus subtilis |