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Last class Enzyme inhibition types Inhibitors and kinetic parameters Paper 2
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Crystallization VS Precipitation
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Why crystallize proteins? chemwiki.ucdavis.edu
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Protein crystallization http://www.nature.com/nprot/journal/v4/n5/fig_tab/nprot.2009.27_F5.html
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Protein crystallization http://www.nature.com/nmeth/journal/v5/n2/fig_tab/nmeth.f.203_F2.html
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Protein crystallization http://www.nature.com/nmeth/journal/v5/n2/fig_tab/nmeth.f.203_F2.html
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Sensitivity of protein crystallization http://www.dolomite-microfluidics.com/centeo_web/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=212:protein-crystallization-theory&catid=2:design&Itemid=398
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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!
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Protein crystallization http://www.nature.com/nmeth/journal/v5/n2/fig_tab/nmeth.f.203_F2.html
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Factors affecting protein crystallization pH
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Vaporization to equilibrate
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Lysozyme facts Second protein structure First protein sequenced with all 20 amino acids First enzyme mechanism
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Lysozyme in eggs… http://digital.nls.uk/scientists/biographies/alexander-fleming/discoveries.html
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…and body fluids (eg. mucous) http://digital.nls.uk/scientists/biographies/alexander-fleming/discoveries.html
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Lysozyme is defense mechanism PLoS ONE 9(2): e89130. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0089130
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Breaks bonds in peptidoglycan layer
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G+ve VS G-ve
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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
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