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@article{Sage:2011,
author = {Sage, JT and Zhang, Y and McGeehan, J and Ravelli, RBG and Weik, M and Thor, JJV},
journal = {Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Proteins & Proteomics},
pages = {760--777},
title = {Infrared protein crystallography},
url = {http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1570963911000379},
volume = {1841},
year = {2011}
}
TY - JOUR
AB - We consider the application of infrared spectroscopy to protein crystals, with particular emphasis on exploiting molecular orientation through polarization measurements on oriented single crystals. Infrared microscopes enable transmission measurements on individual crystals using either thermal or nonthermal sources, and can accommodate flow cells, used to measure spectral changes induced by exposure to soluble ligands, and cryostreams, used for measurements of flash-cooled crystals. Comparison of unpolarized infrared measurements on crystals and solutions probes the effects of crystallization and can enhance the value of the structural models refined from X-ray diffraction data by establishing solution conditions under which they are most relevant. Results on several proteins are consistent with similar equilibrium conformational distributions in crystal and solutions. However, the rates of conformational change are often perturbed. Infrared measurements also detect products generated by X-ray exposure, including CO2. Crystals with favorable symmetry exhibit infrared dichroism that enhances the synergy with X-ray crystallography. Polarized infrared measurements on crystals can distinguish spectral contributions from chemically similar sites, identify hydrogen bonding partners, and, in opportune situations, determine three-dimensional orientations of molecular groups. This article is part of a Special Issue entitled: Protein Structure and Function in the Crystalline State.
AU - Sage,JT
AU - Zhang,Y
AU - McGeehan,J
AU - Ravelli,RBG
AU - Weik,M
AU - Thor,JJV
EP - 777
PY - 2011///
SP - 760
TI - Infrared protein crystallography
T2 - Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Proteins & Proteomics
UR - http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1570963911000379
VL - 1841
ER -
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