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CRYSTALLOGRAPHY
ISSN: 1399-0047

January 1994 issue

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Cover illustration: The overall folding of the salmon trypsin molecule. Courtesy of A. O. Smalas and A Hordvik.

editorial


Acta Cryst. (1994). D50, 1
doi: 10.1107/S0907444993011709

international union of crystallography


Acta Cryst. (1994). D50, 2-6
doi: 10.1107/S0907444994099786

research papers


Acta Cryst. (1994). D50, 7-10
doi: 10.1107/S0907444993008091
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It is shown that from a Fourier map calculated using anomalous intensity differences the absolute configuration of the anomalous scatterers, and hence of the complete structure, may be determined.

Acta Cryst. (1994). D50, 11-16
doi: 10.1107/S0907444993008224
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A Bayesian approach is applied to the calculation of Patterson functions and cross-Fourier maps in the analysis of multi-wavelength anomalous-diffraction (MAD) data.

Acta Cryst. (1994). D50, 17-23
doi: 10.1107/S0907444993008236
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A framework analogous to that used for the analysis of data in the method of isomorphous replacement is applied to the analysis of multi-wavelength anomalous-diffraction (MAD) data.

Acta Cryst. (1994). D50, 24-36
doi: 10.1107/S0907444993009515
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Using crystallographic cross-validation it is shown that time-averaged ensembles of protein structures overfit data unless individual B values are retained on atoms throughout the refinement. Ensembles refined with B values yield genuinely low R values as well as valuable information about conformational substates not present in a single refined structure.

Acta Cryst. (1994). D50, 37-39
doi: 10.1107/S0907444993008509

Acta Cryst. (1994). D50, 40-49
doi: 10.1107/S090744499300798X
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1.78 Å resolution refinement of chicken skeletal muscle troponin C reveals a bound sulfate ion and five side chains with two discrete conformations.

Acta Cryst. (1994). D50, 50-63
doi: 10.1107/S0907444993007991
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Highest resolution CaM structure from rPCaM reveals that all central helix hydrogen bonds are intact, the D-E linker C=O groups are girdled by water molecules and the mini β-sheets in both domains are extended by water bridges.

Acta Cryst. (1994). D50, 64-70
doi: 10.1107/S0907444993009084
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The preparation of Fab fragments of two monoclonal antibodies specific for the same site on horse cytochrome c is described. In addition, the conditions for crystallization of Fab-cytochrome c complexes are presented along with the results of preliminary X-ray diffraction studies.

Acta Cryst. (1994). D50, 71-74
doi: 10.1107/S0907444993009382
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The affinity of pertussis toxin for sialic acid has been used to design a thiosaccharide with a covalently bound Hg atom suitable for use as a heavy-atom isomorphous derivative.

Acta Cryst. (1994). D50, 75-84
doi: 10.1107/S090744499300900X
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The structure of chloromuconate cycloisomerase. a chloride-eliminating enzyme, was determined at 3 Å resolution and compared with that of the homologous muconate cycloisomerase to reveal the reasons for the altered substrate specificity. Differences were found in polarity, accessibility and hydrogen-bonding potential.

Acta Cryst. (1994). D50, 85-92
doi: 10.1107/S090744499300808X
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Two independently determined crystal structures of TGF-β2 have been compared and the results are used to evaluate several error assessment methods including a new local error estimation method using Cruickshank's formula.

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The natural zinc ion in carbonic anhydrase II was replaced with various other metals. Tetrahedral coordination was observed only for the active metals zinc and cobalt, and higher coordination for the inactive metals.

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Wild-type carbonic anhydrase II and mutant ElO6Q were found to bind acetate differently. In the mutant acetate is coordinated to the zinc ion but not in the wild-type enzyme.

short communications


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Crystals of bacteriophage Qβ have been obtained by the vapour-diffusion technique. The crystal space group is C2221 with the unit-cell parameters a = 478, b = 296, c = 477 Å, α = β = γ = 90°.

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Monoclinic crystals of a 14 kDa mannose-specific protein from Amaryllis bulbs were obtained by the hanging-drop method and diffract to 2.25 Å resolution.

book reviews


Acta Cryst. (1994). D50, 112
doi: 10.1107/S0907444993011400

international union of crystallography


Acta Cryst. (1994). D50, 112
doi: 10.1107/S0907444994099774
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