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Multipattern Rietveld refinement of protein powder data : an approach to higher resolution.

Journal Article · · J. Appl. Crystallogr.
By using combinations of multiple protein powder diffraction patterns obtained from an image plate to a d-spacing of 2 {angstrom}, which differ by solvent-induced and radiation-damage-induced lattice strains, the powder overlap problem is partially resolved in a stereochemically restrained Rietveld refinement. The results for hen egg white lysozyme (HEWL) include, for the first time with powder data, placement of a substantial number of water molecules and structural results that approach the quality normally obtained by single-crystal methods. This study explores the lattice strains induced by changes in salt concentration, changes in solvent pH and the effect of low-dose radiation damage. For HEWL, lattice strains are not monotonic, so that with increasing NaCl concentration (0.25-1.25 M) the a axis increases by {approx}0.5%, while the c axis decreases by {approx}1.5%, and this variation is pH dependent. Low-dose radiation damage similarly induces non-monotonic lattice strains, similar but smaller than those arising from increased salt concentration. The effect of using these powder data in a combined Rietveld analysis is effectively to deconvolute the overlapping reflections by differing shifts in their relative positions.
Research Organization:
Argonne National Laboratory (ANL)
Sponsoring Organization:
SC
DOE Contract Number:
AC02-06CH11357
OSTI ID:
945250
Report Number(s):
ANL/XSD/JA-57779
Journal Information:
J. Appl. Crystallogr., Journal Name: J. Appl. Crystallogr. Journal Issue: 2007 Vol. 40; ISSN JACGAR; ISSN 0021-8898
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
ENGLISH

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