• Reinhard, L.; Mueller-Dieckmann, J.; Weiss, M.S.: Cloning, expression, purification, crystallization and preliminary X-ray diffraction analysis of succinyl-diaminopimelate desuccinylase (Rv1202, DapE) from Mycobacterium tuberculosis. Acta Crystallographica Section F - Structural Biology and Crystallization Communications 68 (2012), p. 1089-1093

10.1107/S174430911203062X
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Abstract:
Succinyl-diaminopimelate desuccinylase from Mycobacterium tuberculosis (DapE, Rv1202) has been cloned, heterologously expressed in Escherichia coli and purified using standard chromatographic techniques. Diffraction-quality crystals were obtained at acidic pH from ammonium sulfate and PEG and diffraction data were collected from two crystals to resolutions of 2.40 and 2.58 A ° , respectively. The crystals belonged to the monoclinic space group P21, with unit-cell parameters a = 79.7, b = 76.0, c = 82.9 A ° ,  = 119. The most probable content of the asymmetric unit was two molecules of DapE, which would correspond to a solvent content of 56%. Both examined crystals turned out to be pseudo-merohedrally twinned, with twin operator h, k, h + l and twin fractions of approximately 0.46 and 0.16, respectively.