| Literature DB >> 12091726 |
Mitsuhiro Hirai1, Hiroki Iwase, Tomohiro Hayakawa, Keiko Miura, Katsuaki Inoue.
Abstract
In the present study using a high-intensity X-ray beam from a third-generation synchrotron radiation source, it is demonstrated that a wide-angle X-ray scattering (WAXS) profile from several globular proteins in solution can reflect not only the overall structures (approximately 300 A distance resolution) but also intramolecular structures ranging to secondary structures (approximately 2.5 A distance resolution). The proteins treated in the present experiments are classified as different types of structure categories, namely, as all-alpha, all-beta and alpha + beta proteins. Here the full-range experimental scattering curves are compared with the theoretical curves, suggesting a further availability of the SR-WAXS method for studies of structure hierarchy and the function of proteins in solutions.Mesh:
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Year: 2002 PMID: 12091726 DOI: 10.1107/s0909049502006593
Source DB: PubMed Journal: J Synchrotron Radiat ISSN: 0909-0495 Impact factor: 2.616