High throughput pH optimization of protein crystallization.

Autor: Meged R; Israel Structural Proteomics Center (ISPC), Department of Structural Biology, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, Israel., Dym O, Sussman JL
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Methods in molecular biology (Clifton, N.J.) [Methods Mol Biol] 2008; Vol. 426, pp. 411-8.
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-60327-058-8_27
Abstrakt: Most high throughput structural proteomics centers use the sitting-drop method to obtain diffracting crystals for three-dimensional (3D) structure determination of biological macromolecules by x-ray crystallography. Although several robotic systems are available for dispensing the initial sitting-drop screening conditions, generally they are not used for optimization of crystallization conditions. This chapter describes a protocol for such automated systems, which permits easy construction of pH optimization grids using any desired fixed buffer set with varying ionic strengths directly dispensed into the crystallization plate.
Databáze: MEDLINE