Crystallization and preliminary crystallographic analysis of human eukaryotic translation initiation factor 5A (eIF-5A).
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Eukaryotic translation initiation factor 5A (eIF-5A) is universally found in all eukaryotic cells. It is the only protein in nature known to contain the unusual amino acid hypusine, a post-translationally modified lysine. Recombinant human eIF-5A was crystallized by the hanging-drop vapor diffusion method. Crystals were grown at 291 K using (NH4)2SO4 as precipitant. Diffraction data were obtained to a resolution of 2.7 A from a single frozen crystal belonging to space group C2, with unit-cell parameters a = 147.1 A, b = 60.4 A, c = 76.4 A, beta = 92.4 degrees. There are more than three molecules per asymmetric unit.
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عنوان ژورنال:
- Protein and peptide letters
دوره 12 7 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2005