Protein crystallizability

Methods Mol Biol. 2010:609:385-400. doi: 10.1007/978-1-60327-241-4_22.

Abstract

Obtaining well-diffracting crystals remains a major challenge in protein structure research. In this chapter, we review currently available computational methods to estimate the crystallization potential of a protein, to optimize amino acid sequences toward improved crystallization likelihood, and to design optimal crystal screen conditions.

Publication types

  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Algorithms
  • Amino Acid Sequence
  • Animals
  • Computational Biology*
  • Crystallization
  • Data Mining*
  • Databases, Protein*
  • Humans
  • Protein Conformation
  • Proteins / chemistry*
  • Proteins / genetics
  • Sequence Analysis, Protein

Substances

  • Proteins