Hi all, I'm working on a protein that I recently got crystals of. My functional studies show that the protein has optimal activity at lower pHs, while losing >90% activity at about pH8. I've been trying to soak/cocrystallize a substrate analog (small molecule) into my crystals (grown at ~pH8) with no real luck. I'm wondering, since I lack activity at this pH point, would it lead to no binding of a substrate analog?
Thanks for any insights Peter