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Fatty acid-CoA racemase plays an important role in the beta-oxidation of branched-chain fatty acids and fatty-acid derivatives as it catalyzes the conversion of several (2R)-branched-chain fatty acid-CoAs to their (2S)-stereoisomers. Fatty acid-CoA racemase from Mycobacterium tuberculosis H37Rv has been purified to homogeneity and crystallized by the hanging-drop vapour-diffusion method with polyethylene glycol 4000 as precipitant. The crystals belong to the trigonal space group P3(1) or P3(2), with unit-cell parameters a = b = 109.56, c = 147.97 A. The asymmetric unit contains six monomers, corresponding to a VM value of 2.15 A3 Da(-1). A complete native data set has been collected at 2.7 A resolution using a synchrotron-radiation source.

The tRNA-specific adenosine deaminase from the pathogenic bacteria Streptococcus pyogenes (spTAD) has been overexpressed in Escherichia coli and crystallized in the presence of Zn2+ ion at 295 K using ammonium sulfate as a precipitant. Flash-cooled crystals of spTAD diffracted to 2.0 A using 30%(v/v) glycerol as a cryoprotectant. X-ray diffraction data have been collected to 2.0 A using synchrotron radiation. The crystal belongs to the tetragonal space group P4(2)2(1)2, with unit-cell parameters a = b = 81.042, c = 81.270 A. The asymmetric unit contains one subunit of spTAD, with a corresponding crystal volume per protein weight (VM) of 3.3 A3 Da(-1) and a solvent content of 62.7%.