Re: [ccp4bb] The Good and the Bad crystal contact?

2011-06-30 Thread Eleanor Dodson
On 06/29/2011 10:22 PM, Paul Lindblom wrote: Hi everybody, can anybody tell me how crystal contacts are defined? Are there good and bad crystal contacts? They are the most important interactions with impact on the crystal quality, but they are not of covalent nature, aren´t they? With best

Re: [ccp4bb] The Good and the Bad crystal contact?

2011-06-30 Thread Huw Jenkins
On 30 Jun 2011, at 01:42, Michael Thompson wrote: the introduction of a disulfide can create artificial crystal contacts, which also aid in crystallization Another example of this is described here: The structural and energetic basis for high selectivity in a high-affinity protein-protein

[ccp4bb] The Good and the Bad crystal contact?

2011-06-29 Thread Paul Lindblom
Hi everybody, can anybody tell me how crystal contacts are defined? Are there good and bad crystal contacts? They are the most important interactions with impact on the crystal quality, but they are not of covalent nature, aren´t they? With best regards, Paul

Re: [ccp4bb] The Good and the Bad crystal contact?

2011-06-29 Thread Michael Thompson
- Original Message - From: Paul Lindblom lindblom.p...@googlemail.com To: CCP4BB@JISCMAIL.AC.UK Sent: Wednesday, June 29, 2011 2:22:26 PM GMT -08:00 US/Canada Pacific Subject: [ccp4bb] The Good and the Bad crystal contact? Hi everybody, can anybody tell me how crystal contacts are defined

Re: [ccp4bb] The Good and the Bad crystal contact?

2011-06-29 Thread Jacob Keller
and the Bad crystal contact? Hi everybody, can anybody tell me how crystal contacts are defined? Are there good and bad crystal contacts? They are the most important interactions with impact on the crystal quality, but they are not of covalent nature, aren´t they? With best regards, Paul