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ArticleActa crystallographica. Section D, Biological crystallography2013

Improvements in the order, isotropy and electron density of glypican-1 crystals by controlled dehydration.

Wael Awad, Gabriel Svensson Birkedal, Marjolein M G M Thunnissen, Katrin Mani, Derek T Logan

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Article in Acta crystallographica. Section D, Biological crystallography, 2013. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers.

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8 citing papers in PubMed, 13 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Wael AwadDepartment of Biochemistry and Structural Biology, Centre for Molecular Protein Science, Lund University, Box 124, 221 00 Lund, Sweden.
Gabriel Svensson Birkedal
Marjolein M G M Thunnissen
Katrin Mani
Derek T Logan
Lund University · SECairo University · EGMAX IV Laboratory · SE

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The use of controlled dehydration for improvement of protein crystal diffraction quality is increasing in popularity, although there are still relatively few documented examples of success. A study has been carried out to establish whether controlled dehydration could be used to improve the anisotropy of crystals of the core protein of the human proteoglycan glypican-1. Crystals were subjected to controlled dehydration using the HC1 device. The optimal protocol for dehydration was developed by careful investigation of the following parameters: dehydration rate, final relative humidity and total incubation time Tinc. Of these, the most important was shown to be Tinc. After dehydration using the optimal protocol the crystals showed significantly reduced anisotropy and improved electron density, allowing the building of previously disordered parts of the structure.

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AnisotropyCrystallizationCrystallography, X-RayElectronsGlypicansHumansModels, MolecularProtein ConformationWaterGlypicansWatercrystal dehydrationcrystal packingdiffraction anisotropyglypican-1HC1optimization

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PMID24311593
PMCPMC3852657
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