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ReviewBiomimetics (Basel, Switzerland)2023

Heterogeneous Nucleation in Protein Crystallization.

Hao Liu, Yue Zhao, Jing Sun

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Review in Biomimetics (Basel, Switzerland), 2023. 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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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

8 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Investigating the Effects of Nanogels in Promoting Protein Crystallization.International journal of molecular sciences · 2026
    Article
  2. Alternative Strategies to Promote Biomolecule Nucleation.Advances in biochemical engineering/biotechnology · 2026
    Review
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  4. A multiscaleJournal of applied crystallography · 2025
    Article
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  6. Crowding and in-Cell Crystallization.Sub-cellular biochemistry · 2025
    Review
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors.

Hao LiuKey Laboratory of Biobased Polymer Materials, College of Polymer Science and Engineering, Qingdao University of Science and Technology, Qingdao 266042, China.
Yue ZhaoKey Laboratory of Biobased Polymer Materials, College of Polymer Science and Engineering, Qingdao University of Science and Technology, Qingdao 266042, China.
Jing SunState Key Laboratory of Supramolecular Structure and Materials, College of Chemistry, Jilin University, Changchun 130012, China.ORCID 0000-0003-1267-0215

Funding

Natural National Natural Science Foundation of China 52273294
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Protein crystallization was first discovered in the nineteenth century and has been studied for nearly 200 years. Protein crystallization technology has recently been widely used in many fields, such as drug purification and protein structure analysis. The key to successful crystallization of proteins is the nucleation in the protein solution, which can be influenced by many factors, such as the precipitating agent, temperature, solution concentration, pH, etc., among which the role of the precipitating agent is extremely important. In this regard, we summarize the nucleation theory of protein crystallization, including classical nucleation theory, two-step nucleation theory, and heterogeneous nucleation theory. We focus on a variety of efficient heterogeneous nucleating agents and crystallization methods as well. The application of protein crystals in crystallography and biopharmaceutical fields is further discussed. Finally, the bottleneck of protein crystallization and the prospect of future technology development are reviewed.

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crystallization strategycrystallographyheterogeneous nucleationprotein crystallization

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PMID36810399
PMCPMC9944892

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