Under gas pressures of 1–3 MPa, xenon can be bound to discrete sites in hydrophobic cavities of protein,so as to use Xe as a heavy atom for determining phases in protein crystallography. Using single anomalous scatte...Under gas pressures of 1–3 MPa, xenon can be bound to discrete sites in hydrophobic cavities of protein,so as to use Xe as a heavy atom for determining phases in protein crystallography. Using single anomalous scattering diffraction method, we demonstrate that an interpretable electron density map can be obtained for protein trichosanthin from a single xenon derivative. We found, for the first time, a pre-existing hydrophobic cavity just under the protein surface of trichosanthin.展开更多
基金Supported by the Major State Basic Research Development Project in China(No.2011CB911102)National Natural Science Foundation of China(Nos.31000389,31100528 and 31100529)
文摘Under gas pressures of 1–3 MPa, xenon can be bound to discrete sites in hydrophobic cavities of protein,so as to use Xe as a heavy atom for determining phases in protein crystallography. Using single anomalous scattering diffraction method, we demonstrate that an interpretable electron density map can be obtained for protein trichosanthin from a single xenon derivative. We found, for the first time, a pre-existing hydrophobic cavity just under the protein surface of trichosanthin.
