6d5n

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<table><tr><td colspan='2'>[[6d5n]] is a 1 chain structure with sequence from [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bacillus_thermoproteolyticus Bacillus thermoproteolyticus]. Full crystallographic information is available from [http://oca.weizmann.ac.il/oca-bin/ocashort?id=6D5N OCA]. For a <b>guided tour on the structure components</b> use [http://oca.weizmann.ac.il/oca-docs/fgij/fg.htm?mol=6D5N FirstGlance]. <br>

</td></tr><tr id='ligand'><td class="sblockLbl"><b>[[Ligand|Ligands:]]</b></td><td class="sblockDat"><scene name='pdbligand=CA:CALCIUM+ION'>CA</scene>, <scene name='pdbligand=LYS:LYSINE'>LYS</scene>, <scene name='pdbligand=VAL:VALINE'>VAL</scene>, <scene name='pdbligand=XYP:BETA-D-XYLOPYRANOSE'>XYP</scene>, <scene name='pdbligand=ZN:ZINC+ION'>ZN</scene></td></tr>

<tr id='activity'><td class="sblockLbl"><b>Activity:</b></td><td class="sblockDat"><span class='plainlinks'>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thermolysin Thermolysin], with EC number [http://www.brenda-enzymes.info/php/result_flat.php4?ecno=3.4.24.27 3.4.24.27] </span></td></tr>

<tr id='resources'><td class="sblockLbl"><b>Resources:</b></td><td class="sblockDat"><span class='plainlinks'>[http://oca.weizmann.ac.il/oca-docs/fgij/fg.htm?mol=6d5n FirstGlance], [http://oca.weizmann.ac.il/oca-bin/ocaids?id=6d5n OCA], [http://pdbe.org/6d5n PDBe], [http://www.rcsb.org/pdb/explore.do?structureId=6d5n RCSB], [http://www.ebi.ac.uk/pdbsum/6d5n PDBsum], [http://prosat.h-its.org/prosat/prosatexe?pdbcode=6d5n ProSAT]</span></td></tr>

[[http://www.uniprot.org/uniprot/THER_BACTH THER_BACTH]] Extracellular zinc metalloprotease.

Cryocooling of macromolecular crystals is commonly employed to limit radiation damage during X-ray diffraction data collection. However, cooling itself affects macromolecular conformation and often damages crystals via poorly understood processes. Here, the effects of cryosolution thermal contraction on macromolecular conformation and crystal order in crystals ranging from 32 to 67% solvent content are systematically investigated. It is found that the solution thermal contraction affects macromolecule configurations and volumes, unit-cell volumes, crystal packing and crystal order. The effects occur through not only thermal contraction, but also pressure caused by the mismatched contraction of cryosolvent and pores. Higher solvent-content crystals are more affected. In some cases the solvent contraction can be adjusted to reduce mosaicity and increase the strength of diffraction. Ice formation in some crystals is found to cause damage via a reduction in unit-cell volume, which is interpreted through solvent transport out of unit cells during cooling. The results point to more deductive approaches to cryoprotection optimization by adjusting the cryosolution composition to reduce thermal contraction-induced stresses in the crystal with cooling.

 

== References ==

[[Category: Thermolysin]]

[[Category: Juers, D H]]

[[Category: Zinc protease]]