Last class Enzyme inhibition types Inhibitors and kinetic parameters Paper 2
Crystallization VS Precipitation
Why crystallize proteins? chemwiki.ucdavis.edu
Protein crystallization
Protein crystallization
Protein crystallization
Sensitivity of protein crystallization
How to get crystals NOT Ppt? Start off with undersaturated Very slowly move to supersaturated Equilibrate to allow nucleation & crystallization Every protein different! Art VS Science!
Protein crystallization
Factors affecting protein crystallization pH
Vaporization to equilibrate
Lysozyme facts Second protein structure First protein sequenced with all 20 amino acids First enzyme mechanism
Lysozyme in eggs…
…and body fluids (eg. mucous)
Lysozyme is defense mechanism PLoS ONE 9(2): e doi: /journal.pone
Breaks bonds in peptidoglycan layer
G+ve VS G-ve
Lab Make egg extracts (get the egg white!) Total protein in egg extract Enzyme activity (OD of Micrococcus luteus ) Set up crystallization trays with purified lysozyme & egg extract