Determination of macromolecular structures from anomalous diffraction of synchrotron radiation

WA Hendrickson - Science, 1991 - science.org
Resonance between beams of x-ray waves and electronic transitions from bound atomic
orbitals leads to a phenomenon known as anomalous scattering. This effect can be …

Resonant soft X‐ray scattering in polymer science

BA Collins, E Gann - Journal of Polymer Science, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Resonant soft X‐ray scattering (RSoXS) is an emerging, powerful technique to probe the
nano‐to‐mesoscale structure of polymers and other molecules. It joins together small‐angle …

The molecular structure of green fluorescent protein

F Yang, LG Moss, GN Phillips Jr - Nature biotechnology, 1996 - nature.com
The crystal structure of recombinant wild-type green fluorescent protein (GFP) has been
solved to a resolution of 1.9 Å by multiwavelength anomalous dispersion phasing methods …

Crystal structure of core streptavidin determined from multiwavelength anomalous diffraction of synchrotron radiation.

WA Hendrickson, A Pähler, JL Smith… - Proceedings of the …, 1989 - National Acad Sciences
A three-dimensional crystal structure of the biotin-binding core of streptavidin has been
determined at 3.1-A resolution. The structure was analyzed from diffraction data measured at …

Structure of the calcium-dependent lectin domain from a rat mannose-binding protein determined by MAD phasing

WI Weis, R Kahn, R Fourme, K Drickamer… - Science, 1991 - science.org
Calcium-dependent (C-type) animal lectins participate in many cell surface recognition
events mediated by protein-carbohydrate interactions. The C-type lectin family includes cell …

Structure of ribonuclease H phased at 2 Å resolution by MAD analysis of the selenomethionyl protein

W Yang, WA Hendrickson, RJ Crouch, Y Satow - Science, 1990 - science.org
Ribonuclease H digests the RNA strand of duplex RNA⋅ DNA hybrids into oligonucleotides.
This activity is indispensable for retroviral infection and is involved in bacterial replication …

[28] Phase determination from multiwavelength anomalous diffraction measurements

WA Hendrickson, CM Ogata - Methods in Enzymology, 1997 - Elsevier
Publisher Summary This chapter discusses phase determination from multiwavelength
anomalous diffraction (MAD) measurements. The MAD approach to macromolecular …

A brief history of macromolecular crystallography, illustrated by a family tree and its N obel fruits

M Jaskolski, Z Dauter, A Wlodawer - The FEBS journal, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
As a contribution to the celebration of the year 2014, declared by the United Nations to be
'The International Year of Crystallography', the FEBS Journal is dedicating this issue to …

Resonant diffraction

JL Hodeau, V Favre-Nicolin, S Bos, H Renevier… - Chemical …, 2001 - ACS Publications
X-ray resonant (or anomalous) diffraction specificity is related to the close relationship
between scattering, absorption, and refraction. Resonant scattering (or dispersion) refers to …

Phase determination by multiple-wavelength x-ray diffraction: crystal structure of a basic" blue" copper protein from cucumbers

JM Guss, EA Merritt, RP Phizackerley, B Hedman… - Science, 1988 - science.org
A novel x-ray diffraction technique, multiple-wavelength anomalous dispersion (MAD)
phasing, has been applied to the de novo determination of an unknown protein structure …