Expression, crystallization and preliminary X-ray crystallographic analysis of cellobiose 2-epimerase from Dictyoglomus turgidum DSM 6724

Cellobiose 2-epimerase epimerizes and isomerizes β-1,4- and α-1,4-gluco-oligosaccharides. The cellobiose 2-epimerase gene from D. turgidum was cloned and the protein was expressed, purified and crystallized. A preliminary X-ray crystallography analysis of the cellobiose 2-epimerase crystals was performed.