2.3.1.54 - 487235, 487236 2.3.1.54 purified enzyme, sitting drop vapour diffusion method, mixing 0.001 ml of 20 mg/ml protein solution with 0.001 ml precipitant solution containing 16% w/v PEG 8000, 8% v/v isopropanol, 80 mM Hepes, pH 7.5, 160 mM ammonium sulfate and 1 mM DTT, plate-like crystals, X-ray diffraction structure determination and analysis at 2.9 A resolution 675371 2.3.1.54 space group P4(1)2(1)2 487227 2.3.1.54 space group P4(3)2(1)2 a = b = 159 A, c = 160 A 487233 2.3.1.54 space group P4(3)2(1)2, cell parameters a = b = 158.36 A, c = 159.30 A 487239 2.3.1.54 structure of the pyruvate formate-lyase monomer in complex with pyruvate and CoA, structure of active site, small model computational studies of the pyruvate formate-lyase substrate transformation 687994 2.3.1.54 tetragonal crystals in complex with pyruvate, monoclinic cocrystals with CoA and either pyruvate or oxamate obtained by hanging drop method, space group C222_1, a = 54.90 A, b = 153.05 A, c = 205.95 487238 2.3.1.54 three-dimensional modeling of the corresponding protein and molecular dynamic simulations, predict an alkylsuccinate synthase activity. The four stereoisomers of (1-methyl-pentadecyl)succinate formed by addition of the sub-terminal carbon atom (C-2) of hexadecane to fumarate are able to exit the protein tunnel 736285