Newsletter 98
June 20, 2005


The NIH X-Ray Diffraction Interest Group

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

Item 1: May 2005 Publications by Members:

 

1:  Chen Y, Kissling G, Negishi M, Goldstein JA.
 The Nuclear Receptors CAR and PXR Cross Talk with HNF4{alpha} to
Synergistically Activate the Human CYP2C9 Promoter.
J Pharmacol Exp Ther. 2005 May 26; PMID: 15919766


2:  Mayer ML.
 Glutamate receptor ion channels.
Curr Opin Neurobiol. 2005 May 23; PMID: 15919192

3:  Chiu TK, Kubelka J, Herbst-Irmer R, Eaton WA, Hofrichter J, Davies DR.
 High-resolution x-ray crystal structures of the villin headpiece subdomain, an ultrafast folding protein.
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2005 May 24;102(21):7517-22. PMID: 15894611

4:  Huang CC, Stricher F, Martin L, Decker JM, Majeed S, Barthe P, Hendrickson WA, Robinson J, Roumestand C, Sodroski J, Wyatt R, Shaw GM, Vita C, Kwong PD.
 Scorpion-toxin mimics of CD4 in complex with human immunodeficiency virus gp120 crystal structures, molecular mimicry, and neutralization breadth.
Structure (Camb). 2005 May;13(5):755-68. PMID: 15893666

5:  Gurung B, Yu L, Xia D, Yu CA.
 The-iron-sulfur cluster of the rieske iron sulfur protein functions as a proton exiting gate in the cytochrome bc1 complex.
J Biol Chem. 2005 May 4; PMID: 15878858

6:  Baxa U, Cheng N, Winkler DC, Chiu TK, Davies DR, Sharma D, Inouye H, Kirschner DA, Wickner RB, Steven AC.
 Filaments of the Ure2p prion protein have a cross-beta core structure.
J Struct Biol. 2005 May;150(2):170-179. PMID: 15866740

7:  Cohen GH, Silverton EW, Padlan EA, Dyda F, Wibbenmeyer JA, Willson RC, Davies DR.
 Water molecules in the antibody-antigen interface of the structure of the Fab HyHEL-5-lysozyme complex at 1.7 A resolution: comparison with results from isothermal titration calorimetry.
Acta Crystallogr D Biol Crystallogr. 2005 May;61(Pt 5):628-33. PMID: 15858274

8:  Williams DC Jr, Cai M, Suh JY, Peterkofsky A, Clore GM.
 Solution NMR structure of the 48-kDa IIAMannose-HPr complex of the Escherichia coli mannose phosphotransferase system.
J Biol Chem. 2005 May 27;280(21):20775-84. PMID: 15788390

Item 2: Tips and Tricks

This section is always open for contributions. Click for Introduction and tips and tricks in Crystallization, Derivatization, Diffraction, Symmetry, Structure Solution, Structure Refinement, and Structure Analysis.

 

Item 3: Topic Discussion

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

 


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