Increasing the X-ray diffraction power of protein crystals by dehydration: The case of bovine serum albumin and a survey of literature data

International Journal of Molecular Sciences

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 3782-3800

  Krauss, Irene Russo ^a   Sica, Filomena ^a,b   Mattia, Carlo Andrea ^c   Merlino, Antonello ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^b CNR   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SALERNO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Crystal dehydration; Crystal quality; Post crystallization treatment; Protein crystallization; Serum albumin; X ray crystallography

Indexed keywords

APOLIPOPROTEIN A4; BOVINE SERUM ALBUMIN; CYTOCHROME C OXIDASE; DIPEPTIDYL PEPTIDASE; FATTY ACID; FATTY ACID SYNTHASE; FATTY ACID TRANSPORTER; FERREDOXIN; FERREDOXIN REDUCTASE; GLUTARYL 7 AMINOCEPHALOSPORANIC ACID ACYLASE; HEMIN; HUMAN SERUM ALBUMIN; LIPASE FOLDASE COMPLEX; LOCAL ANESTHETIC AGENT; MAOC LIKE DEHYDRATASE; MONOCLINIC LYSOZYME; N ACETYLGLUCOSAMINE 1 PHOSPHATE URIDYLTRANSFERASE; NECTIN 1 EC COMPLEX; PENICILLIN AMIDASE; PEPTIDE DEFORMYLASE; PHOSPHOGLYCERATE KINASE; PLASMA PROTEIN; PORPHOBILINOGEN SYNTHASE; PROTEIN; PYRUVATE DEHYDROGENASE; STAT1 PROTEIN; TETRAGONAL LYSOZYME; THIOREDOXIN; TREHALOSE PHOSPHORYLASE; TRICOM INTERACTING FACTOR F3; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; COMPLEX FORMATION; CRYSTAL; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; DESICCATION; HANGING DROP VAPOR DIFFUSION METHOD; X RAY DIFFRACTION; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; BOVINE; CRYSTALLIZATION; PROCEDURES; ULTRASTRUCTURE; X RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHY;

BOVINAE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; CATTLE; CRYSTALLIZATION; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY, X-RAY; SERUM ALBUMIN, BOVINE; X-RAY DIFFRACTION;

EID: 84858964808     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14220067     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/ijms13033782     Document Type: Article

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