Improvement of protein crystal quality by forced flow solution

J Synchrotron Radiat. 2004 Jan 1;11(Pt 1):38-40. doi: 10.1107/s0909049503023574. Epub 2003 Nov 28.

Abstract

Flow experiments in growing protein crystals were conducted to clarify the influence of the solution flow on the crystal quality. Lysozyme crystals grown under various flow velocities were analyzed by using synchrotron radiation to assess the quality. As a result, the crystals grown under forced flow were of better quality than those grown in quiescent conditions.

Publication types

  • Comparative Study
  • Evaluation Study
  • Validation Study

MeSH terms

  • Crystallization / instrumentation
  • Crystallization / methods*
  • Crystallography, X-Ray / instrumentation
  • Crystallography, X-Ray / methods*
  • Microfluidics / instrumentation
  • Microfluidics / methods*
  • Muramidase / analysis*
  • Muramidase / chemical synthesis
  • Muramidase / chemistry*
  • Protein Conformation
  • Proteins / analysis
  • Proteins / chemical synthesis
  • Proteins / chemistry
  • Quality Control
  • Reproducibility of Results
  • Sensitivity and Specificity
  • Synchrotrons*

Substances

  • Proteins
  • hen egg lysozyme
  • Muramidase