Chaperonins (CPNs) are megadalton sized ATP-dependent
nanomachines that facilitate protein folding through complex
cycles of complex allosteric articulation. They consist of
two back-to-back stacked multisubunit rings. CPNs are usually
classified into Group I and Group II. Here, we report the
crystallization of both the AMPPNP (an ATP analogue) and
ADP bound forms of a novel CPN, classified as belonging to
a third Group, recently discovered in the extreme thermophile
Carboxydothermus hydrogenoformans. Crystals of the
two forms were grown by the vapor batch crystallization method at 295 K. Crystals of the Ch-CPN/AMPPNP complex
diffracted to 3.0 Å resolution and belonged to the space
group P422, with unit-cell parameters a = b = 186.166, c =
160.742 Å. Assuming the presence of four molecules in the
asymmetric unit, the solvent content was estimated to be
about 60.02%. Crystals of the Ch-CPN/ADP complex diffracted
to 4.0 Å resolution and belonged to the space group
P4212, with unit-cell parameters a = b = 209.780, c = 169.813Å.
Assuming the presence of four molecules in the asymmetric
unit, the solvent content was estimated to be about 70.19%.
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