Newsletter 179
September 22, 2008


The NIH X-Ray Diffraction Interest Group

Newsletter web site: http://mcl1.ncifcrf.gov/nihxray

Special Item: Photos and Reports of IUCr 2008

     

Item 1: August 2008 Publications by Members of the Group

1: Kim YC, Tang C, Clore GM, Hummer G.
Replica exchange simulations of transient encounter complexes in
protein-protein association.
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2008 Aug 26. PMID: 18728193

2: Singh K, Gittis AG, Nguyen P, Gowda DC, Miller LH, Garboczi DN.
Structure of the DBL3x domain of pregnancy-associated malaria
protein VAR2CSA complexed with chondroitin sulfate A.
Nat Struct Mol Biol. 2008 Aug 24. PMID: 18724365

3: Kedar PS, Stefanick DF, Horton JK, Wilson SH.
Interaction between PARP-1 and ATR in mouse fibroblasts is blocked
by PARP inhibition.
DNA Repair (Amst). 2008 Aug 21. PMID: 18691676

4: Pletnev S, Shcherbo D, Chudakov D, Pletneva N, Merzlyak E,
Wlodawer A, Dauter Z, Pletnev V.
A crystallographic study of bright far-red fluorescent protein
mKate reveals pH-induced cis-trans isomerization of the chromophore.
J Biol Chem. 2008 Aug 4. PMID: 18682399

5: Ji X, Pal A, Kalathur R, Hu X, Gu Y, Saavedra JE, Buzard GS,
Srinivasan A, Keefer L, Singh SV.
Structure-based design of anticancer prodrug PABA/NO.
Drug Design, Development and Therapy. 2008:2 123-130.


Item 2: Tips and Tricks

Item 3: Topic Discussion

Click for previous discussions on: Twinning, Low Resolution Crystallography, PHASER, HKL2000, Parallel Protein Expression, Structural Genomics, NCS, Missing Atoms, Trends in Crystallography, and Absorption Correction.

 

Item 4: Dr. Zbigniew Dauter's Lectures at the NIH (2005)

Part 1: "How to read international tables?"

Part 2: "Data collection strategy" and "Twinning"

           "Phasing methods - a general introduction to all methods"

Part 3: "SAD phasing, Quick halide soaking, and Radiation damage 

           with possible use of it for phasing"


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