Open AccessAcoustic vibrations contribute to the diffuse scatter produced by ribosome crystals
Author(s) -
Polikanov Yury S.,
Moore Peter B.
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
acta crystallographica section d
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 1399-0047
DOI - 10.1107/s1399004715013838
Subject(s) - thermus thermophilus , scattering , ribosome , lattice (music) , crystallography , vibration , crystal (programming language) , molecular physics , physics , materials science , optics , chemistry , acoustics , computer science , rna , biochemistry , escherichia coli , gene , programming language
The diffuse scattering pattern produced by frozen crystals of the 70S ribosome from Thermus thermophilus is as highly structured as it would be if it resulted entirely from domain‐scale motions within these particles. However, the qualitative properties of the scattering pattern suggest that acoustic displacements of the crystal lattice make a major contribution to it.