Abstract
Protein crystallization in cells has been observed several times in nature. However, owing to their small size these crystals have not yet been used for X-ray crystallographic analysis. We prepared nano-sized in vivo-grown crystals of Trypanosoma brucei enzymes and applied the emerging method of free-electron laser-based serial femtosecond crystallography to record interpretable diffraction data. This combined approach will open new opportunities in structural systems biology.
Original language | English |
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Journal | Nature Methods |
Volume | 9 |
Issue number | 3 |
Pages (from-to) | 259-262 |
Number of pages | 4 |
ISSN | 1548-7091 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 01.03.2012 |