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Crystallization of orotate phosphoribosyltransferase from a thermophilic organism, Thermus thermophilus, was achieved using the hanging-drop vapour-diffusion method coupled with a macroseeding starter. Small needle-like microcrystals were grown in a fresh protein solution in the presence of 2-methyl-2,4-pentanediol at 298 K or below. Although these normal temperature conditions caused stacking crystallization, an increase of temperature to 310 K permitted crystal growth. This was because of increased enzyme solubility at the higher temperature. The crystal was found to belong to the monoclinic space group P21 with unit-cell parameters a = 44.4, b = 59.6, c = 67.8 Å and β = 98.3°.
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