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ReviewActa crystallographica. Section F, Structural biology communications2016

Protein stability: a crystallographer's perspective.

Marc C Deller, Leopold Kong, Bernhard Rupp

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Review in Acta crystallographica. Section F, Structural biology communications, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 121 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

121 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

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  20. Coordinated subdomain movements of MlaC regulate ligand binding and transport.Computational and structural biotechnology journal · 2025
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors.

Marc C DellerStanford ChEM-H, Macromolecular Structure Knowledge Center, Stanford University, Shriram Center, 443 Via Ortega, Room 097, MC5082, Stanford, CA 94305-4125, USA.
Leopold KongLaboratory of Cell and Molecular Biology, National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK), National Institutes of Health (NIH), Building 8, Room 1A03, 8 Center Drive, Bethesda, MD 20814, USA.
Bernhard RuppDepartment of Forensic Crystallography, k.-k. Hofkristallamt, 91 Audrey Place, Vista, CA 92084, USA.

Funding

Austrian Science Fund FWF P 28395
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Protein stability is a topic of major interest for the biotechnology, pharmaceutical and food industries, in addition to being a daily consideration for academic researchers studying proteins. An understanding of protein stability is essential for optimizing the expression, purification, formulation, storage and structural studies of proteins. In this review, discussion will focus on factors affecting protein stability, on a somewhat practical level, particularly from the view of a protein crystallographer. The differences between protein conformational stability and protein compositional stability will be discussed, along with a brief introduction to key methods useful for analyzing protein stability. Finally, tactics for addressing protein-stability issues during protein expression, purification and crystallization will be discussed.

Indexed as

Protein StabilityCrystallizationCrystallography, X-RayHumansProtein ConformationProteinsProteinscrystallizabilityprotein crystallizationprotein disorderprotein stability

Identifiers

PMID26841758
PMCPMC4741188

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