The asymmetric unit of the title compound, C(19)H(18)N(2)O(3), comprises a whole organic dipyridinone mol-ecule plus a water mol-ecule of crystallization. The planes of the pyridinone rings are approximately perpendicular with the plane of the central aromatic ring [dihedral angles = 80.68 (8) and 83.65 (8)°]. The C-O bond of the hy-droxy group subtends an angle of 31.71 (10)° with the plane th...

The crystallization and structural characterization of bovine liver catalase (BLC) has been intensively studied for decades. Forms I and II of BLC have previously been fully characterized using single-crystal X-ray diffraction. Form III has previously been analyzed by electron microscopy, but owing to the thinness of this crystal form an X-ray crystal structure had not been determined. Here, th...

The propeptide form of the lectin from the garden pea (Pisum sativum agglutinin) has been expressed in Escherichia coli by attaching its cDNA to an inducible promoter. By a number of criteria, including the ability to form dimers, hemagglutination titer, Western blot, and enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay, the resulting propeptide molecule is virtually indistinguishable from the mature proteoly...

Poly(vinylidene fluoride) (PVDF) is a semicrystalline thermoplastic polymer that is of interest for sensor, actuator and biomedical applications because of its piezoelectric and pyroelectric properties, as well as outstanding mechanical and chemical properties. Although it is known that the shear-induced crystallization behavior of nanocomposites can be significantly affected by the presence of...

Fructose-1,6-bisphosphatase (FBPase; EC 3.1.3.11), which is a key enzyme in gluconeogenesis, catalyzes the hydrolysis of fructose 1,6-bisphosphate to form fructose 6-phosphate and orthophosphate. The present investigation reports the crystallization and preliminary crystallographic studies of the glpX-encoded class II FBPase from Mycobacterium tuberculosis H37Rv. The recombinant protein, which ...

The title compound, C(14)H(10)Br(2)N(2)O(3)·H(2)O, was synthesized by the reaction of 3,5-dibromo-2-hydroxy-benzaldehyde with an equimolar amount of 4-hydroxy-benzohydrazide in methanol. The structure comprises a Schiff base unit and a water mol-ecule of crystallization. The dihedral angle between the benzene rings in the Schiff base is 1.3 (3)°. In the crystal structure, mol-ecules are linked ...

In the title compound, also known as 3,5-lutidine N-oxide dihydrate, C7H9NO·2H2O, the N-O bond is weakened due to the involvement of the O atom as an acceptor of hydrogen bonds from the two water mol-ecules of crystallization present in the asymmetric unit. Fused R35(10) ring motifs based on O-H⋯O hydrogen bonds form chains in the [010] direction, which are further connected by weak C-H⋯O inter...

Resistance of pathogens to antibiotics is often dependent on multi-drug export proteins that reside in the inner membrane of bacteria. This work describes the expression, purification, crystallization and preliminary crystallographic analysis of AcrB of Escherichia coli. Together with AcrA and TolC, AcrB forms a proton motive force dependent efflux pump of the resistance-nodulation-cell divisio...

Domain III of the West Nile virus envelope protein, the putative receptor-binding domain, is a major virion-surface determinant for virulence. This protein was reported to be intrinsically unstable and has defied previous crystallization attempts. It has now been purified from inclusion bodies by protein refolding and was crystallized using the hanging-drop vapour-diffusion method at 291 K. The...

The structure of the title compound, (C7H10N)4[H2V10O28]·2H2O, was solved from a non-merohedrally twinned crystal (ratio of twin components ∼0.6:0.4). The asymmetric unit consists of one-half deca-vanadate anion (the other half completed by inversion symmetry), two 2,6-di-methyl-pyridinium cations and one water mol-ecule of crystallization. In the crystal, the components are connected by strong...