Crystallization and preliminary X-ray characterization of the tetrapyrrole-biosynthetic enzyme porphobilinogen deaminase from Arabidopsis thaliana

The enzyme porphobilinogen deaminase (PBGD) catalyses a key early step in the biosynthesis of haem in which four molecules of the monopyrrole porphobilinogen are condensed to form a linear tetrapyrrole. PBGD from the model plant organism A. thaliana has been expressed and the enzyme was crystallized in a form that diffracted synchrotron radiation to high resolution.