Research Article

Crystal Structure of a Conserved Hypothetical Protein MJ0927 from Methanocaldococcus jannaschii Reveals a Novel Quaternary Assembly in the Nif3 Family

Table 1

Data collection statistics for the MJ0927 crystal. Values in parentheses are for the highest resolution shell. Data of C2221 form has been used in previous publication [10].

Se-Met Nif3 (P21 form)Nif3 (C2221 form)

Data Collection
 Wavelength (Å)PeakEdgeRemote
0.97920.97930.96411.0000
 Space groupP21C2221
 Unit Cell (Å)95.60, 77.21, 131.8581.21, 172.94, 147.42
 Resolution range (Å)30–2.8 (2.90–2.80)30–2.7 (2.80–2.68)30–2.75 (2.85–2.75)30–2.47 (2.56–2.47)
 Total observations340792 (34238)189181 (18903)180913 (18198)271300 (26582)
 Unique reflections45486 (4505)51206 (5109)48495 (4789)37448 (3692)
 Completeness (%)99.8 (99.8)99.7 (99.8)99.7 (99.9)99.3 (100)
23.1 (4.4)16.1 (2.8)18.2 (2.8)34.3 (4.6)
(%)5.9 (33.3)5.1 (33.6)4.7 (33.3)5.3 (46.5)
Refinement
 Resolution range (Å)30–2.68 (2.73–2.68)30–2.47 (2.53–2.47)
 Reflections 51170 (2370)37404 (2689)
(%) for 90% data18.8 (26.0)18.1 (24.1)
(%) for 10% data25.7 (33.8)23.6 (35.8)
 RMS deviations
  Bond lengths (Å)0.0080.007
  Bond angles (°)1.131.08
 Average -factors (Å2)
  Protein atoms58.049.0
  Water molecules54.245.6
 Model content
  Protein residues1464732
  Waters381192