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ArticleJournal of applied crystallography2016

Reduction of lattice disorder in protein crystals by high-pressure cryocooling.

Qingqiu Huang, Sol M Gruner, Chae Un Kim, Yuxin Mao, Xiaochun Wu, Doletha M E Szebenyi

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  3. Functional protein dynamics in a crystal.Nature communications · 2024
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  4. Functional Protein Dynamics in a Crystal.bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology · 2024
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Qingqiu HuangMacCHESS, Cornell University , Ithaca, NY 14853, USA.
Sol M GrunerDepartment of Physics, Cornell University , Ithaca, NY 14853, USA.
Chae Un KimMacCHESS, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853, USA; Department of Physics, Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology, Ulsan, 44919, Republic of Korea.
Yuxin MaoWeill Institute for Cell and Molecular Biology, Cornell University , Ithaca, NY 14853, USA.
Xiaochun WuWeill Institute for Cell and Molecular Biology, Cornell University , Ithaca, NY 14853, USA.
Doletha M E SzebenyiMacCHESS, Cornell University , Ithaca, NY 14853, USA.

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Overall (pp. 40-62)P41GM103485 · NIGMS · CORNELL UNIVERSITY · PI CERIONE, RICHARD A. · 2012 to 2018
$15.5M
THE MECHANISM OF A NOVEL FAMILY OF BACTERIAL UBIQUITIN E3 LIGASES IMPORTANT FOR PHAGOSOME REMODELINGR01GM116964 · NIGMS · CORNELL UNIVERSITY · PI MAO, YUXIN · 2016 to 2019
$1.3M
NIGMS NIH HHS P41 GM103485NIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM116964
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Abstract

High-pressure cryocooling (HPC) has been developed as a technique for reducing the damage that frequently occurs when macromolecular crystals are cryocooled at ambient pressure. Crystals are typically pressurized at around 200 MPa and then cooled to liquid nitrogen temperature under pressure; this process reduces the need for penetrating cryoprotectants, as well as the damage due to cryocooling, but does not improve the diffraction quality of the as-grown crystals. Here it is reported that HPC using a pressure above 300 MPa can reduce lattice disorder, in the form of high mosaicity and/or nonmerohedral twinning, in crystals of three different proteins, namely human glutaminase C, the GTP pyrophosphokinase YjbM and the uncharacterized protein lpg1496. Pressure lower than 250 MPa does not induce this transformation, even with a prolonged pressurization time. These results indicate that HPC at elevated pressures can be a useful tool for improving crystal packing and hence the quality of the diffraction data collected from pressurized crystals.

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high-pressure cryocoolingmosaicitynonmerohedral twinningprotein crystal disorder

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PMID26937238
PMCPMC4762570

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