Purification, crystallization and preliminary X-ray diffraction analysis of the 23S rRNA methyltransferase RlmJ from Escherichia coli

• Methyltransferase RlmJ uses the cofactor S-adenosylmethionine to methylate the exocyclic nitrogen N6 of nucleotide A2030 in 23S rRNA during ribosome assembly in Escherichia coli. RlmJ with a C-terminal hexahistidine tag was overexpressed in E. coli and purified as a monomer using Ni2+-affinity and size-exclusion chromatography. The recombinant RlmJ was crystallized using the sitting-drop vapour-diffusion method and a full data set was collected to 1.85 angstrom resolution from a single apo crystal. The crystals belonged to space group P2(1), with unit-cell parameters a = 46.9, b = 77.8, c = 82.5 angstrom, beta = 104 degrees. Data analysis suggested two molecules per asymmetric unit and a Matthews coefficient of 2.20 angstrom(3) Da(-1).

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