Crystallization and preliminary X-ray diffraction analysis of mouse prostaglandin F2α synthase AKR1B3

摘要

Aldo-keto reductase 1B3 (AKR1B3) catalyzes the NADPH-dependent reduction of prostaglandin H2 (PGH2), which is a common intermediate of various prostanoids, to form PGF2α. AKR1B3 also reduces PGH2 to PGD2 in the absence of NADPH. AKR1B3 produced in Escherichia coli was crystallized in complex with NADPH by the sitting-drop vapour-diffusion method. The crystal was tetragonal, belonging to space group P41212 or P43212, with unit-cell parameters a = b = 107.62, c = 120.76 Å. X-ray diffraction data were collected to 2.4 Å resolution at 100 K using a synchrotron-radiation source.