Advancing Methods for Biomolecular Crystallography
By: edited by Randy Read, Alexandre G. Urzhumtsev, Vladimir Y. Lunin
Contributors: Urzhumtsev, Alexandre G.; Lunin, Vladimir Y.; SpringerLink (Online service)
Series: NATO Science for Peace and Security Series A: Chemistry and Biology
Publisher: Springer Netherlands; Imprint: Springer
Published: 2013
Place of publication: Dordrecht
Language: eng
Format: [electronic resource] /
Number of pages: 362
ISBN-13: 9789400762329
Subjects: Organic Chemistry; Biochemistry; Spectroscopy/Spectrometry; Chemistry; Spectrum analysis; Crystallography; Protein Structure
Description: This work presents a snapshot of the state of the art of modern biomolecular crystallography, from crystallisation through structure determination and even interactive presentation on the web.  Methods driving the latest automated structure determination pipelines are explained, as well as how to deal with problems such as crystal pathologies that still demand expert analysis.  These methods are illustrated through their application to problems of great biological interest, such as the molecular machinery underlying the complement pathway, the mechanism of action of monoamine oxidase inhibitors, and the structure of the eukaryotic ribosome.  Complementary approaches, such as neutron diffraction, small angle X-ray scattering, coherent diffraction and computational modelling, are also explored.
Table of contents: title: The Zen of Model Anomalies – Correct most of them. Treasure the meaningful valid few. Live serenely with the rest!; title: Total Chemical Protein Synthesis for the Determination of Novel X-Ray Structures by Racemic Protein Crystallography; title: Crystal Pathologies; title: Crystallizing Membrane Proteins for Structure-Function Studies Using Lipidic Mesophases; title: Searching for needles in haystacks: Automation and the task of Crystal Structure determination; title: Data processing: how good are my data really?; title: Radiation Damage in Macromolecular Crystallography: what is it and why do we care?; title: Elemental analysis of proteins by Proton Induced X-ray Emission (microPIXE); title: X-rays-induced cooperative atomic movement in a protein crystal; title: Everything happens at once – Deconvolving systematic effects in X-ray data processing; title: Extending the reach of molecular replacement; title: Phasing through location of small fragments and density modification with ARCIMBOLDO; title: SAD/MAD phasing; title: ^; title: Macromolecular Phasing: Solving the Substructure; title: Advanced Applications of Shelxd and Shelxe.- Use of a weak anomalous signal for phasing in protein crystallography: Reflection from personal experience; title: Ab initio low resolution phasing; title: Model-building and Reduction of Model Bias in Electron Density Maps; title: Using Coot to Model Protein and Ligand Structures using X-ray data; title: Crystallographic Structure Refinement in a Nutshell; title: Crystallographic maps and models at low and at subatomic resolutions; title: Recent Advances in Low Resolution Refinement Tools in REFMAC; title: High resolution macromolecular crystallography; title: Publishing in Proteopedia: The Guide; title: Proteolysis, complex formation and conformational changes drive the complement pathways; title: Monoamine Oxidase Inhibitors: Diverse and Surprising Chemistry with expanding Pharmacological Potential; title: Structure of the eukaryotic ribosome: tips and tricks; title: ^; title: ^^; title: Neutron Protein Crystallography. How to proceed the experiments to obtain the structural information of hydrogen, protons and hydration in Bio-macromolecules; title: Coherent diffraction and holographic imaging of individual biomolecules using low-energy electrons.- Structure analysis of biological macromolecules by small-angle X-ray scattering; title: Protein structure modeling with Rosetta: Case studies in structure prediction and enzyme repurposing.; title: ^^