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Using xenon as a heavy atom for determining phases in sperm whale metmyoglobin
Author(s) -
Vitali J.,
Robbins A. H.,
Almo S. C.,
Tilton R. F.
Publication year - 1991
Publication title -
journal of applied crystallography
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.429
H-Index - 162
ISSN - 1600-5767
DOI - 10.1107/s0021889891005897
Subject(s) - metmyoglobin , xenon , sperm whale , atom (system on chip) , chemistry , myoglobin , materials science , atomic physics , physics , biochemistry , organic chemistry , computer science , embedded system
Xenon gas can be used as a heavy atom for determining phases in a protein. We demonstrate that an interpretable electron density map can be obtained for sperm whale metmyoglobin from a single xenon derivative using iterative single isomorphous replacement with the anomalous scattering method.