Structure of ribose 5-phosphate isomerase from the probiotic bacterium Lactobacillus salivarius UCC118.
Lobley, C.M., Aller, P., Douangamath, A., Reddivari, Y., Bumann, M., Bird, L.E., Nettleship, J.E., Brandao-Neto, J., Owens, R.J., O'Toole, P.W., Walsh, M.A.(2012) Acta Crystallogr Sect F Struct Biol Cryst Commun 68: 1427-1433
- PubMed: 23192019 
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.1107/S174430911204273X
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4GMK - PubMed Abstract: 
The structure of ribose 5-phosphate isomerase from the probiotic bacterium Lactobacillus salivarius UCC188 has been determined at 1.72 Å resolution. The structure was solved by molecular replacement, which identified the functional homodimer in the asymmetric unit. Despite only showing 57% sequence identity to its closest homologue, the structure adopted the typical α and β D-ribose 5-phosphate isomerase fold. Comparison to other related structures revealed high homology in the active site, allowing a model of the substrate-bound protein to be proposed. The determination of the structure was expedited by the use of in situ crystallization-plate screening on beamline I04-1 at Diamond Light Source to identify well diffracting protein crystals prior to routine cryocrystallography.
Organizational Affiliation: 
Diamond Light Source, Harwell Science and Innovation Campus, Didcot, Oxfordshire OX11 0DE, England.