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S J Fisher1, M P Blakeley1, E I Howard2, I Petit-Haertlein1, M Haertlein1, A Mitschler3, A Cousido-Siah3, A G Salvay2, A Popov4, C Muller-Dieckmann4, T Petrova5, A Podjarny3.
Abstract
The 1.8 Å resolution neutron structure of deuterated type III antifreeze protein in which the methyl groups of leucine and valine residues are selectively protonated is presented. Comparison between this and the 1.85 Å resolution neutron structure of perdeuterated type III antifreeze protein indicates that perdeuteration improves the visibility of solvent molecules located in close vicinity to hydrophobic residues, as cancellation effects between H atoms of the methyl groups and nearby heavy-water molecules (D2O) are avoided.Entities:
Keywords: neutron macromolecular crystallography; perdeuteration; solvent visibility
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Year: 2014 PMID: 25478844 DOI: 10.1107/S1399004714021610
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Acta Crystallogr D Biol Crystallogr ISSN: 0907-4449