Inoue K, Tanaka N, Haga A, Yamasaki K, Umeda T, Kusakabe Y, Sakamoto Y, Nonaka T, Deyashiki Y, Nakamura KT. Crystallization and preliminary X-ray crystallographic analysis of human autotaxin.
Acta Crystallogr Sect F Struct Biol Cryst Commun 2011;
67:450-3. [PMID:
21505238 PMCID:
PMC3080147 DOI:
10.1107/s174430911005311x]
[Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/02/2010] [Accepted: 12/17/2010] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
Abstract
Autotaxin (ATX), which is also known as ectonucleotide pyrophosphatase/phosphodiesterase 2 (NPP2 or ENPP2) or phosphodiesterase Iα (PD-Iα), is an extracellular lysophospholipase D which generates lysophosphatidic acid (LPA) from lysophosphatidylcholine (LPC). ATX stimulates tumour-cell migration, angiogenesis and metastasis and is an attractive target for cancer therapy. For crystallographic studies, the α isoform of human ATX was overproduced in Escherichia coli, purified and crystallized using the hanging-drop vapour-diffusion method. X-ray diffraction data were collected to 3.0 Å resolution from a monoclinic crystal form belonging to space group C2, with unit-cell parameters a = 311.4, b = 147.9, c = 176.9 Å, β = 122.6°.
Collapse