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ArticleScientific reports2016

Macromolecular structure phasing by neutron anomalous diffraction.

Maxime G Cuypers, Sax A Mason, Estelle Mossou, Michael Haertlein, V Trevor Forsyth, Edward P Mitchell

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Article in Scientific reports, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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6 citing papers in PubMed, 18 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Maxime G CuypersFaculty of Natural Sciences, Keele University, Staffordshire, ST5 5BG, United Kingdom.
Sax A MasonILL, 71 avenue des Martyrs, 38000 Grenoble, France.
Estelle MossouFaculty of Natural Sciences, Keele University, Staffordshire, ST5 5BG, United Kingdom.
Michael HaertleinILL, 71 avenue des Martyrs, 38000 Grenoble, France.
V Trevor ForsythFaculty of Natural Sciences, Keele University, Staffordshire, ST5 5BG, United Kingdom.
Edward P MitchellFaculty of Natural Sciences, Keele University, Staffordshire, ST5 5BG, United Kingdom.
Institut Laue-Langevin · FRKeele University · GB

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

In this report we show for the first time that neutron anomalous dispersion can be used in a practical manner to determine experimental phases of a protein crystal structure, providing a new tool for structural biologists. The approach is demonstrated through the use of a state-of-the-art monochromatic neutron diffractometer at the Institut Laue-Langevin (ILL) in combination with crystals of perdeuterated protein that minimise the level of hydrogen incoherent scattering and enhance the visibility of the anomalous signal. The protein used was rubredoxin in which cadmium replaced the iron at the iron-sulphur site. While this study was carried out using a steady-state neutron beam source, the results will be of major interest for capabilities at existing and emerging spallation neutron sources where time-of-flight instruments provide inherent energy discrimination. In particular this capability may be expected to offer unique opportunities to a rapidly developing structural biology community where there is increasing interest in the identification of protonation states, protein/water interactions and protein-ligand interactions - all of which are of central importance to a wide range of fundamental and applied areas in the biosciences.

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BiologyNeutron DiffractionProtein ConformationProteinsProteins

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PMCPMC4980602
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