crystallization communications
Peptide deformylase catalyzes the deformylation of N-formylated methionine in newly synthesized polypeptides in prokaryotes and some eukaryotic organelles. The synthetic codon-optimized def gene from C. jejuni was cloned and the protein expressed, purified and crystallized. A preliminary X-ray crystallography analysis of the C. jejuni peptide deformylase crystals was performed.