Abstract
The opium poppy Papaver somniferum is the source of the narcotic analgesics morphine and codeine. Salutaridine reductase (SalR; EC 1.1.1.248) reduces the C-7 keto group of salutaridine to the C-7 (S)-hydroxyl group of salutaridinol in the biosynthetic pathway that leads to morphine in the opium poppy plant. P. somniferum SalR was overproduced in Escherichia coli and purified using cobalt-affinity and size-exclusion chromatography. Hexagonal crystals belonging to space group P6422 or P6222 were obtained using ammonium sulfate as precipitant and diffracted to a resolution of 1.9 Å.
| Original language | English (US) |
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| Pages (from-to) | 163-166 |
| Number of pages | 4 |
| Journal | Acta Crystallographica Section F: Structural Biology and Crystallization Communications |
| Volume | 66 |
| Issue number | 2 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - 2010 |
| Externally published | Yes |
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Biophysics
- Structural Biology
- Biochemistry
- Genetics
- Condensed Matter Physics