CRYSTALLIZATION STUDIES ON HIV-1 REVERSE-TRANSCRIPTASE

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作者
LLOYD, LF [1 ]
BRICK, P [1 ]
BLOW, DM [1 ]
LOU, MZ [1 ]
机构
[1] ACAD SINICA,INST BIOPHYS,BEIJING 100080,PEOPLES R CHINA
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10.1016/0022-0248(92)90269-O
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O7 [晶体学];
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0702 ; 070205 ; 0703 ; 080501 ;
摘要
HIV-1 reverse transcriptase has been crystallized in a variety of forms. Various ligands used for co-crystallization are described and the results presented. All of these crystals showed disorder when examined in the X-ray beam. The best diffraction currently achieved has been approximately 7 angstrom. The possible reasons for crystal disorder are discussed. An example of another protein, carboxypeptidase G2, Which initially yielded non-diffracting crystals, is used to illustrate the value of applying random or incomplete factorial screens to sample wider parameter space for conditions to grow well-ordered crystals.
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