4zxr

Structure of Thaumatin wrapped in graphene within vacuum

spinqualitylabelsall models 4zxr, resolution 1.92Å Show:Asymmetric Unit Biological Assembly Drag the structure with the mouse to rotate   Export Animated Image   Print3D Structural highlights 4zxr is a 1 chain structure with sequence from Thaumatococcus daniellii. Full crystallographic information is available from OCA. For a guided tour on the structure components use FirstGlance. Method: X-ray diffraction, Resolution 1.92Å Ligands: GOL, TLA Resources: FirstGlance, OCA, PDBe, RCSB, PDBsum, ProSAT Function THM1_THADA Taste-modifying protein; intensely sweet-tasting. It is 100000 times sweeter than sucrose on a molar basis. Publication Abstract from PubMed The measurement of diffraction data from macromolecular crystal samples held in vacuo holds the promise of a very low X-ray background and zero absorption of incident and scattered beams, leading to better data and the potential for accessing very long X-ray wavelengths (>3 A) for native sulfur phasing. Maintaining the hydration of protein crystals under vacuum is achieved by the use of liquid jets, as with serial data collection at free-electron lasers, or is side-stepped by cryocooling the samples, as implemented at new synchrotron beamlines. Graphene has been shown to protect crystals from dehydration by creating an extremely thin layer that is impermeable to any exchanges with the environment. Furthermore, owing to its hydrophobicity, most of the aqueous solution surrounding the crystal is excluded during sample preparation, thus eliminating most of the background caused by liquid. Here, it is shown that high-quality data can be recorded at room temperature from graphene-wrapped protein crystals in a rough vacuum. Furthermore, it was observed that graphene protects crystals exposed to different relative humidities and a chemically harsh environment. In vacuo X-ray data collection from graphene-wrapped protein crystals.,Warren AJ, Crawshaw AD, Trincao J, Aller P, Alcock S, Nistea I, Salgado PS, Evans G Acta Crystallogr D Biol Crystallogr. 2015 Oct 1;71(Pt 10):2079-88. doi:, 10.1107/S1399004715014194. Epub 2015 Sep 26. PMID:26457431 From MEDLINE®/PubMed®, a database of the U.S. National Library of Medicine.

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