Guenter Wolf

New paradigm for macromolecular crystallography experiments at SSRL: automated crystal screening and remote data collection

Through the combination of robust mechanized experimental hardware and a flexible control system with an intuitive user interface, SSRL researchers have screened over 200 000 biological crystals for diffraction quality in an automated fashion. Three quarters of SSRL researchers are using these data-collection tools from remote locations.

Crystal structure of thy1, a thymidylate synthase complementing protein from Thermotoga maritima at 2.25 Å resolution

Peter Kuhn, Scott A. Lesley, Irimpan I. Mathews, Jaume M. Canaves, Linda S. Brinen, Xiaoping Dai, Ashley M. Deacon, Marc A. Elsliger, Said Eshaghi, Ross Floyd, Adam Godzik, Carina Grittini, Slawomir K. Grzechnik, Chittibabu Guda, Keith O. Hodgson, Lukasz Jaroszewski, Cathy Karlak, Heath E. Klock, Eric Koesema, John M. Kovarik, Andreas T. Kreusch, Daniel McMullan, Timothy M. McPhillips, Mark A. Miller, Mitchell Miller, Andrew Morse, Kin Moy, Jie Ouyang, Alyssa Robb, Kevin Rodrigues, Thomas L. Selby, Glen Spraggon, Raymond C. Stevens, Susan S. Taylor, Henry van den Bedem, Jeff Velasquez, Juli Vincent, Xianhong Wang, Bill West, Guenter Wolf, John Wooley, and Ian A. Wilson* The Joint Center for Structural Genomics Stanford Synchrotron Radiation Laboratory, Stanford University, Menlo Park, California The Genomics Institute of Novartis Foundation, San Diego, California The San Diego Supercomputer Center, La Jolla, California The University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, California The Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, California

Structural Basis of Murein Peptide Specificity of a γ-D-glutamyl-L-diamino Acid Endopeptidase

The crystal structures of two homologous endopeptidases from cyanobacteria Anabaena variabilis and Nostoc punctiforme were determined at 1.05 and 1.60 A resolution, respectively, and contain a bacterial SH3-like domain (SH3b) and a ubiquitous cell-wall-associated NlpC/P60 (or CHAP) cysteine peptidase domain. The NlpC/P60 domain is a primitive, papain-like peptidase in the CA clan of cysteine peptidases with a Cys126/His176/His188 catalytic triad and a conserved catalytic core. We deduced from structure and sequence analysis, and then experimentally, that these two proteins act as gamma-D-glutamyl-L-diamino acid endopeptidases (EC 3.4.22.-). The active site is located near the interface between the SH3b and NlpC/P60 domains, where the SH3b domain may help define substrate specificity, instead of functioning as a targeting domain, so that only muropeptides with an N-terminal L-alanine can bind to the active site.

Crystal structure of the global regulatory protein CsrA from Pseudomonas putida at 2.05 Å resolution reveals a new fold

Chris Rife, Robert Schwarzenbacher, Daniel McMullan, Polat Abdubek, Eileen Ambing, Herbert Axelrod, Tanya Biorac, Jaume M. Canaves, Hsiu-Ju Chiu, Ashley M. Deacon, Michael DiDonato, Marc-André Elsliger, Adam Godzik, Carina Grittini, Slawomir K. Grzechnik, Joanna Hale, Eric Hampton, Gye Won Han, Justin Haugen, Michael Hornsby, Lukasz Jaroszewski, Heath E. Klock, Eric Koesema, Andreas Kreusch, Peter Kuhn, Scott A. Lesley, Mitchell D. Miller, Kin Moy, Edward Nigoghossian, Jessica Paulsen, Kevin Quijano, Ron Reyes, Eric Sims, Glen Spraggon, Raymond C. Stevens, Henry van den Bedem, Jeff Velasquez, Juli Vincent, Aprilfawn White, Guenter Wolf, Qingping Xu, Keith O. Hodgson, John Wooley, and Ian A. Wilson* The Joint Center for Structural Genomics Stanford Synchrotron Radiation Laboratory, Stanford University, Menlo Park, California The University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, California The Genomics Institute of the Novartis Research Foundation, San Diego, California The Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, California

Crystal structure of a tandem cystathionine-β-synthase (CBS) domain protein (TM0935) from Thermotoga maritima at 1.87 Å resolution

Mitchell D. Miller, Robert Schwarzenbacher, Frank von Delft, Polat Abdubek, Eileen Ambing, Tanya Biorac, Linda S. Brinen, Jaume M. Canaves, Jamison Cambell, Hsiu-Ju Chiu, Xiaoping Dai, Ashley M. Deacon, Mike DiDonato, Marc-André Elsliger, Said Eshagi, Ross Floyd, Adam Godzik, Carina Grittini, Slawomir K. Grzechnik, Eric Hampton, Lukasz Jaroszewski, Cathy Karlak, Heath E. Klock, Eric Koesema, John S. Kovarik, Andreas Kreusch, Peter Kuhn, Scott A. Lesley, Inna Levin, Daniel McMullan, Timothy M. McPhillips, Andrew Morse, Kin Moy, Jie Ouyang, Rebecca Page, Kevin Quijano, Alyssa Robb, Glen Spraggon, Raymond C. Stevens, Henry van den Bedem, Jeff Velasquez, Juli Vincent, Xianhong Wang, Bill West, Guenter Wolf, Qingping Xu, Keith O. Hodgson, John Wooley, and Ian A. Wilson* Joint Center for Structural Genomics, Stanford Synchrotron Radiation Laboratory, Stanford University, Menlo Park California Genomics Institute of the Novartis Research Foundation, San Diego, California San Diego Supercomputer Center, La Jolla, California University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, California Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, California

Crystal structure of a PIN (PilT N‐terminus) domain (AF0591) from Archaeoglobus fulgidus at 1.90 Å resolution

Inna Levin, Robert Schwarzenbacher, Rebecca Page, Polat Abdubek, Eileen Ambing, Tanya Biorac, Linda S. Brinen, Jamison Campbell, Jaume M. Canaves, Hsiu-Ju Chiu, Xiaoping Dai, Ashley M. Deacon, Mike DiDonato, Marc-André Elsliger, Ross Floyd, Adam Godzik, Carina Grittini, Slawomir K. Grzechnik, Eric Hampton, Lukasz Jaroszewski, Cathy Karlak, Heath E. Klock, Eric Koesema, John S. Kovarik, Andreas Kreusch, Peter Kuhn, Scott A. Lesley, Daniel McMullan, Timothy M. McPhillips, Mitchell D. Miller, Andrew Morse, Kin Moy, Jie Ouyang, Kevin Quijano, Ron Reyes, Fred Rezezadeh, Alyssa Robb, Eric Sims, Glen Spraggon, Raymond C. Stevens, Henry van den Bedem, Jeff Velasquez, Juli Vincent, Frank von Delft, Xianhong Wang, Bill West, Guenter Wolf, Qingping Xu, Keith O. Hodgson, John Wooley, and Ian A. Wilson* Joint Center for Structural Genomics, Stanford Synchrotron Radiation Laboratory, Stanford University, Menlo Park California Genomics Institute of the Novartis Research Foundation, San Diego, California San Diego Supercomputer Center, La Jolla, California University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, California Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, California

Crystal structure of an iron-containing 1,3-propanediol dehydrogenase (TM0920) from Thermotoga maritima at 1.3 Å resolution

Robert Schwarzenbacher, Frank von Delft, Jaume M. Canaves, Linda S. Brinen, Xiaoping Dai, Ashley M. Deacon, Marc A. Elsliger, Said Eshaghi, Ross Floyd, Adam Godzik, Carina Grittini, Slawomir K. Grzechnik, Chittibabu Guda, Lukasz Jaroszewski, Cathy Karlak, Heath E. Klock, Eric Koesema, John S. Kovarik, Andreas Kreusch, Peter Kuhn, Scott A. Lesley, Daniel McMullan, Timothy M. McPhillips, Mark A. Miller, Mitchell D. Miller, Andrew Morse, Kin Moy, Jie Ouyang, Rebecca Page, Alyssa Robb, Kevin Rodrigues, Thomas L. Selby, Glen Spraggon, Raymond C. Stevens, Henry van den Bedem, Jeff Velasquez, Juli Vincent, Xianhong Wang, Bill West, Guenter Wolf, Keith O. Hodgson, John Wooley, and Ian A. Wilson* The Joint Center for Structural Genomics, California Stanford Synchrotron Radiation Laboratory, Stanford University, Menlo Park, California The Genomics Institute of the Novartis Research Foundation, San Diego, California The San Diego Supercomputer Center, La Jolla, California The University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, California The Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, California

Crystal structure of acireductone dioxygenase (ARD) from Mus musculus at 2.06 Å resolution

Qingping Xu, Robert Schwarzenbacher, S. Sri Krishna, Daniel McMullan, Sanjay Agarwalla, Kevin Quijano, Polat Abdubek, Eileen Ambing, Herbert Axelrod, Tanya Biorac, Jaume M. Canaves, Hsiu-Ju Chiu, Marc-André Elsliger, Carina Grittini, Slawomir K. Grzechnik, Michael DiDonato, Joanna Hale, Eric Hampton, Gye Won Han, Justin Haugen, MichaelHornsby, Lukasz Jaroszewski, Heath E. Klock, Mark W. Knuth, Eric Koesema, Andreas Kreusch, Peter Kuhn, Mitchell D. Miller, Kin Moy, Edward Nigoghossian, Jessica Paulsen, Ron Reyes, Chris Rife, Glen Spraggon, Raymond C. Stevens, Henry van den Bedem, Jeff Velasquez, Aprilfawn White, Guenter Wolf, Keith O. Hodgson, John Wooley, Ashley M. Deacon, Adam Godzik, Scott A. Lesley, and Ian A. Wilson* The Joint Center for Structural Genomics Stanford Synchrotron Radiation Laboratory, Stanford University, Menlo Park, California The University of California San Diego, La Jolla, California The Genomics Institute of the Novartis Research Foundation, San Diego, California The Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, California

Crystal structure of a glycerophosphodiester phosphodiesterase (GDPD) from Thermotoga maritima (TM1621) at 1.60 A resolution.

Eugenio Santelli, Robert Schwarzenbacher, Daniel McMullan, Tanya Biorac, Linda S. Brinen, Jaume M. Canaves, Jamison Cambell, Xiaoping Dai, Ashley M. Deacon, Marc-André Elsliger, Said Eshagi, Ross Floyd, Adam Godzik, Carina Grittini, Slawomir K. Grzechnik, Lukasz Jaroszewski, Cathy Karlak, Heath E. Klock, Eric Koesema, John S. Kovarik, Andreas Kreusch, Peter Kuhn, Scott A. Lesley, Timothy M. McPhillips, Mitchell D. Miller, Andrew Morse, Kin Moy, Jie Ouyang, Rebecca Page, Kevin Quijano, Fred Rezezadeh, Alyssa Robb, Eric Sims, Glen Spraggon, Raymond C. Stevens, Henry van den Bedem, Jeff Velasquez, Juli Vincent, Frank von Delft, Xianhong Wang, Bill West, Guenter Wolf, Qingping Xu, Keith O. Hodgson, John Wooley, and Ian A. Wilson* The Burnham Institute, La Jolla, California The Joint Center for Structural Genomics, The San Diego Supercomputer Center, La Jolla, California The Genomics Institute of the Novartis Research Foundation, San Diego, California Stanford Synchrotron Radiation Laboratory, Stanford University, Menlo Park, California The Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, California The University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, California

Crystal structure of a novel manganese-containing cupin (TM1459) from Thermotoga maritima at 1.65 Å resolution

Lukasz Jaroszewski, Robert Schwarzenbacher, Frank von Delft, Daniel McMullan, Linda S. Brinen, Jaume M. Canaves, Xiaoping Dai, Ashley M. Deacon, Mike DiDonato, Marc-André Elsliger, Said Eshagi, Ross Floyd, Adam Godzik, Carina Grittini, Slawomir K. Grzechnik, Eric Hampton, Inna Levin, Cathy Karlak, Heath E. Klock, Eric Koesema, John S. Kovarik, Andreas Kreusch, Peter Kuhn, Scott A. Lesley, Timothy M. McPhillips, Mitchell D. Miller, Andrew Morse, Kin Moy, Jie Ouyang, Rebecca Page, Kevin Quijano, Ron Reyes, Fred Rezezadeh, Alyssa Robb, Eric Sims, Glen Spraggon, Raymond C. Stevens, Henry van den Bedem, Jeff Velasquez, Juli Vincent, Xianhong Wang, Bill West, Guenter Wolf, Qingping Xu, Keith O. Hodgson, John Wooley, and Ian A. Wilson* The Joint Center for Structural Genomics, Stanford Synchrotron Radiation Laboratory, Stanford University, 2575 Sand Hill Rd, Menlo Park, California The Genomics Institute of the Novartis Research Foundation, 10675 John Jay Hopkins Dr., San Diego, California The San Diego Supercomputer Center, 9500 Gilman Drive, La Jolla, California The University of California, San Diego, 9500 Gilman Drive, La Jolla, California The Scripps Research Institute, 10550 N. Torrey Pines Road, La Jolla, California