SpringerProtocols: Abstract: 11. Substructure Determination in Isomorphous Replacement and Anomalous Diffraction Experiments

11. Substructure Determination in Isomorphous Replacement and Anomalous Diffraction Experiments

By: Ralf W. Grosse-Kunstleve², Thomas R. Schneider^{3 4 5}

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The determination of the substructure of heavy atoms or anomalous scatterers is a central step in experimental-phasing procedures. We give an overview of commonly used methods for substructure determination, including estimation of substructure structure factors, Patterson methods, direct methods, dual-space recycling procedures, and methods for substructure refinement and completion. This chapter also includes an annotated list of available program packages.

Affiliation(s): (2) Physical Biosciences Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA
(3) Italian Foundation for Cancer Research, Milan, Italy
(4) Institute of Molecular Oncology, Milan, Italy
(5) European Institute of Oncology, Milan, Italy

Book Title: Macromolecular Crystallography Protocols: Volume 2: Structure Determination

Series: Methods in Molecular Biology | Volume: 364 | Pub. Date: Feb-05-2007 | Page Range: 197-214 | DOI: 10.1385/1-59745-266-1:197

Subject: Protein Science

Key Words: Patterson methods - direct methods - heavy atoms - dual-space recycling - fast translation function

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