1.14.15.33 - 1.14.15.33 molecular modeling of the active site. For substrate narbomycin, the hydrophobic residues Ala223, Leu224, Leu225, and Leu226 may form hydrophobic interactions with the methyl group at C-6 and C-8 including C-7 of the macrolide ring 1.14.15.33 purified recombinant ligand-free CYP107L2 and its complex with lauric acid, (1) sitting drop vapor diffusion method, mixing of 500 nl of 12 mg/ml protein solution with 500 nl of reservoir solution containing 0.17 M ammonium sulfate, 0.085 M sodium cacodylate, pH 6.5, 25.5% w/v PEG 8000, and 15% v/v glycerol, for complex crystals lauric acid in a 1:10 M ratio, and equilibration against 0.05 ml of reservoir solution, 14°C, 30 days, (2) hanging drop vapor diffusion method, mixing of 0.001 ml of 12 mg/ml protein solution with 0.001 ml of reservoir solution containing 0.17 M ammonium sulfate, 0.085 M sodium cacodylate, pH 6.5, 25.5% w/v PEG 8000, and 15% v/v glycerol, and equilibration against 0.05 ml of reservoir solution, X-ray diffraction structure determination and analysis at 2.5-2.6 A resolution 1.14.15.33 structures of the PikC D50N mutant cocrystallized with narbomycin, to 1.85 A resolution, and with 10-deoxymethymycin, to 3.2 A resolution. In the mutant D50N, the desosamine moiety of both 10-deoxymethymycin and narbomycin is bound in a catalytically productive buried site, suggesting a two-step substrate binding mechanism, whereby desosamine is recognized in the two subsites to allow the macrolide substrate to sequentially progress toward a catalytically favorable orientation