Xray crystallography Lasse Mårtensson, IFM-Chemistry
Ribosome
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Diffraction pattern from a protein obtained by xray crystallography © 2006 Academic Press
Electrondensity map
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Requirements: Pure protein of high concentration mg/ml AND… Protein crystals How to obtain protein crystals??
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Crystallization robot
Terms used in Xray crystallography Crystal system Spacegroup Unit cell Assymmetric unit Miller indices hkl Braggs law Ewald sphere
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Ewald sphere with a radius of 1/ All lattice points that touch the lattice obey Bragg´s law
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Refinement of the structure
Quality index R-factor:
Ramachandran plot