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Subject: Re: any review on protein-protein complex crystallization?
From: Jesse Sundlov jesse {- at -} JHU {- dot -} EDU
Date: 2008-05-14

This may be obvious, but I would run a size-exclusion column on the complex
first. This will give you an idea as to how well these two proteins "stick"
together.

On Wed, May 14, 2008 at 4:34 AM, Maarten Dewilde <
maarten.dewilde@pharm.kuleuven.ac.be> wrote:

> Dear CCP4bb,
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> Can anyone point me to good reviews or books which describe how to
> crystallize protein-protein complexes (or anyone willing to share his/her
> experience)? In particular I'm interested in:
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> (1) which tests to perform on your complex before you even start
> thinking about crystallization
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> (2) what should you take in account when you start to crystallize (any
> other than 'use the Radaev and Sun' screen)
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> (3) how to increase the success rate of crystallization (cross linking?
> co-expression?)
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> (4) any alternative techniques when crystallization fails (any other
> than NMR)
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> I would be very grateful!
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> Thanks in advance,
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> Maarten
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