Crystallization and preliminary characterization of crystals of human protein kinase CK2.
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Niefind K, Guerra B, Ermakowa I, Issinger OG
Crystallization and preliminary characterization of crystals of human protein kinase CK2.
Acta Crystallogr D Biol Crystallogr. 2000 Dec;56(Pt 12):1680-4.
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The heterotetrameric recombinant holoenzyme of human protein kinase CK2 was purified to homogeneity. It degraded spontaneously to a stable and fully active state in which the catalytic subunit was about 5 kDa smaller than the wild type. The degraded enzyme was crystallized using polyethylene glycol 3350 as precipitant. The crystals belong to the hexagonal space group P6(3). They have unit-cell parameters a = b = 176.0, c = 93.6 A and diffract X-rays to at least 3.5 A resolution. The calculated crystal packing parameter is V(M) = 3.22 A(3) Da(-1), suggesting that one CK2 tetramer is contained in the asymmetric unit and that the solvent content of the unit cell is 62%.