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[ccp4bb]: RE: dehydration of crystals
Hi
Chris,
Yes. Here's a few
examples I've collected from the literature. Most use hygroscopic
solutions to control dehydration.
--Brian Schick,
LLNL.
References.
1. Protein
Crystallization: Techniques, Strategies, and Tips. Terese M. Bergfors,
ed. Int. Univ. Line, La Jolla, CA. 1999.
2. Esnouf,
Ren, Garman, Somers, Ross, Jones, Stammers, and Stuart. "Continuous and
Discontinuous Changes in the Unit Cell of HIV-1 Reverse Transcriptase Crystals
on Dehydration." Acta Cryst. D54: 938-53. 1998.
3. Salunke,
Veerapandian, Kodandapani, and Vijayan. "Water Mediated Transformations in
Protein Crystals." Acta Cryst. B41:431-36. 1985.
4. Huxley and
Kendrew. "Discontinuous Lattice Changes in Haemoglobin Crystals."
Acta Cryst. 6:76. 1953.
5. Tahirov,
Oki, Tsukihara, Ogasahara, Yutani, Libeu, Izu, Tsunasawa, and Kato.
"High-Resolution Crystals of Methionine Aminopeptidase from Pyrococcus furiosus
Obtained by Water-Mediated Transformation." J. Struct. Biol. 121:68-72.
1998.
6. Schick, and
Jurnak. "Extension of the Diffraction Resolution of Crystals." Acta
Cryst. D50:563-68. 1994.
7. Williams,
White, Delarbre, Mitchenall, Pau, and Lawson. "Crystallization and
Preliminary X-ray Studies of the Molbindin ModG from Azotobacter
vinelandii." Acta Cryst. D55:1356-1358. 1999.
8. Izard,
Sarfaty, Westphal, Kok, and Hol. "Improvement of Diffraction Quality Upon
Rehydration of Dehydrated Icosahedral Enerococcus faecalis Pyruvate
Dehydrogenase Core Crystals." Protein Sci. 6:913-15.
1997.
9. Fu, Du
Bois, Song, Harrison, and Weber. "Improving the Diffraction Quality of
MTCP-1 Crystals by Post-Crystallization Soaking." Acta Cryst.
D55:5-7. 1999.
10.
Madhusudan, Kodandapani, and Vijayan. "Protein Hydration and Water
Structure: X-ray Analysis of a Closely Packed Protein Crystal with Very
Low Solvent Content." Acta Cryst. D49:234-45.
1993.
11. Blundell,
T.L. and Johnson, L.N. (1976) Protein Crystallography. Academic
Press, London.
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Jr., Bolin, J.T., Puvathingal, J.M., Minor, W., Liu, Y., and Muchmore,
S.W. (1991) Biochemistry 30: 6866.
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J.T., and McKenzie, H.A. (1983) Adv. Biophys. 16: 53
(Review).
14.Gekko, K., and
Timasheff, S.N. (1981) Biochemistry 20:
4677.
15. Sousa,
R. (1997) Meth. Enzym. 276: 131 (Review).
16. Henderson,
R. (1990) Proc. Royal Soc. London 241:6
(Summary).
17. Petsko,
G. (1975) J. Mol. Biol. 96: 381 (Review).