Principles of Protein X-Ray Crystallography

3rd 2007 Auflage
ISBN: 978-0-387-33334-2
Verlag: Springer

Buch, Englisch, 332 Seiten, Format (B × H): 162 mm x 236 mm, Gewicht: 1470 g

X-ray crystallography is an established method for studying the structure of proteins and other macromolecules. As the importance of proteins grows, researchers in many fields have found that a working knowledge of X-ray diffraction is an indispensable tool. In this new edition of his essential work, Dr. Jan Drenth, recognized internationally for his numerous contributions to crystallographic research, provides an up-to-date and technically rigorous introduction to the subject. Principles of Protein X-ray Crystallography provides the theoretical background necessary to understand how the structure of proteins is determined at atomic resolution. The book is an introduction for graduate students, postdoctoral researchers, and established scientists who want to use protein crystallography in their own endeavors, or need to understand the subject in order to critically evaluate the literature. New material in the 3rd edition includes a section on twinning, an additional chapter on crystal growth and a discussion of single-wavelength anomalous dispersion.

Zielgruppe

Graduate

Autoren/Hrsg.

Drenth, Jan

Fachgebiete

• Naturwissenschaften Biowissenschaften Biochemie (nichtmedizinisch)
• Naturwissenschaften Chemie Analytische Chemie
• Naturwissenschaften Physik Angewandte Physik Biophysik
• Naturwissenschaften Biowissenschaften Proteinforschung
• Naturwissenschaften Biowissenschaften Angewandte Biologie Biophysik
• Naturwissenschaften Chemie Physikalische Chemie Chemische Kristallographie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Crystallizing a Protein.- X-ray Sources and Detectors.- Crystals.- Theory of X-ray Diffraction by a Crystal.- Average Reflection Intensity and Distribution of Structure Factor Data.- Special Forms of the Structure Factor.- The Solution of the Phase Problem by the Isomorphous Replacement Method.- Phase Improvement.- Anomalous Scattering in the Determination of the Protein Phase Angles and the Absolute Configuration.- Molecular Replacement.- Direct Methods.- Laue Diffraction.- Refinement of the Model Structure.- The Combination of Phase Information.- Checking for Gross Errors and Estimating the Accuracy of the Structural Model.- Practical Protein Crystallization.

Über Autor(innen)

Dr. Jan Drenth is a professor emeritus at the Laboratory of Biophysical Chemistry at the University of Groningen, The Netherlands.

Contributing author Dr. Jeroen R. Mesters Ph.D. is a Senior Research Assistant at the Institute of Biochemistry, University of Luebeck, Germany.