Perdeuteration: improved visualization of solvent structure in neutron macromolecular crystallography.
Fisher, S.J., Blakeley, M.P., Howard, E.I., Petit-Haertlein, I., Haertlein, M., Mitschler, A., Cousido-Siah, A., Salvay, A.G., Popov, A., Muller-Dieckmann, C., Petrova, T., Podjarny, A.(2014) Acta Crystallogr D Biol Crystallogr 70: 3266-3272
- PubMed: 25478844
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.1107/S1399004714021610
- Primary Citation of Related Structures:
4NY6 - PubMed 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.
Organizational Affiliation:
Institut Laue-Langevin, 71 Avenue des Martyrs, 38000 Grenoble, France.