Protein Crystallization Strategies for Structural Genomics
Author: Naomi E. Chayen
Publisher: Internat'l University Line
Published: 2007
Total Pages: 300
ISBN-13: 9780972077439
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Author: Naomi E. Chayen
Publisher: Internat'l University Line
Published: 2007
Total Pages: 300
ISBN-13: 9780972077439
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Author: Wayne F. Anderson
Publisher: Springer Nature
Published: 2014-07-08
Total Pages: 344
ISBN-13: 1493903543
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Structural Genomics and Drug Discovery: Methods and Protocols focuses on high throughput structure determination methods and how they can be applied to lay the groundwork for structure aided drug discovery. The methods and protocols that are described can be applied in any laboratory interested in using detailed structural information to advance the initial stages of drug discovery. Written in the highly successful Methods in Molecular Biology series format, chapters include introductions to their respective topics, lists of the necessary materials and reagents, step-by-step, readily reproducible laboratory protocols, and key tips on troubleshooting and avoiding known pitfalls. Authoritative and practical, Structural Genomics and Drug Discovery: Methods and Protocols seeks to aid scientists in the further study into structural genomics approach as an efficient initial step toward drug discovery and the methods described will be useful to anyone interested in moving in this direction.
Author: Terese M. Bergfors
Publisher: Internat'l University Line
Published: 2009
Total Pages: 505
ISBN-13: 0972077448
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Publisher: Academic Press
Published: 2009-05-29
Total Pages: 334
ISBN-13: 0080961592
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →This volume of Current Topics in Membranes focuses on Membrane Protein Crystallization, beginning with a review of past successes and general trends, then further discussing challenges of mebranes protein crystallization, cell free production of membrane proteins and novel lipids for membrane protein crystallization. This publication also includes tools to enchance membrane protein crystallization, technique advancements, and crystallization strategies used for photosystem I and its complexes, establishing Membrane Protein Crystallization as a needed, practical reference for researchers.
Author: Andrzej Joachimiak
Publisher: Academic Press
Published: 2009
Total Pages: 90
ISBN-13: 9780123814432
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Structural genomics is the systematic determination of 3-D structures of proteins representative of the range of protein structure and function found in nature. The goal is to build a body of structural information that will predict the structure and potential function for almost any protein from knowledge of its coding sequence. This is essential information for understanding the functioning of the human proteome, the ensemble of tens of thousands of proteins specified by the human genome. While most structural biologists pursue structures of individual proteins or protein groups, specialists in structural genomics pursue structures of proteins on a genome wide scale. This implies large-scale cloning, expression and purification. One main advantage of this approach is economy of scale. Key Features *Examines the three dimensional structure of all proteins of a given organism, by experimental methods such as X-ray crystallography and NMR spectroscopy * Looks at structural genomics as a foundation of drug discovery as discovering new medicines is becoming more challenging and the pharmaceutical industry is looking to new technologies to help in this mission.
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Publisher: Academic Press
Published: 2009-11-26
Total Pages: 105
ISBN-13: 0123814448
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Structural genomics is the systematic determination of 3-D structures of proteins representative of the range of protein structure and function found in nature. The goal is to build a body of structural information that will predict the structure and potential function for almost any protein from knowledge of its coding sequence. This is essential information for understanding the functioning of the human proteome, the ensemble of tens of thousands of proteins specified by the human genome. While most structural biologists pursue structures of individual proteins or protein groups, specialists in structural genomics pursue structures of proteins on a genome wide scale. This implies large-scale cloning, expression and purification. One main advantage of this approach is economy of scale. Examines the three dimensional structure of all proteins of a given organism, by experimental methods such as X-ray crystallography and NMR spectroscopy Looks at structural genomics as a foundation of drug discovery as discovering new medicines is becoming more challenging and the pharmaceutical industry is looking to new technologies to help in this mission
Author: Marcin Jerzy Mizianty
Publisher:
Published: 2013
Total Pages: 124
ISBN-13:
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Analysis of protein structures may reveal their function, regulation and interactions. Almost 90% of the known protein structures were solved using X-ray crystallography; however, many more structures remain unsolved. Protein Structure Initiative (PSI) project was created to speed up structure determination. PSI includes structural genomics (SG) centers that perform high-throughput crystallization which processes hundreds of proteins using standardized protocols. Large quantities of crystallization data generated by PSI fueled research that looked into proteins' properties associated with success of crystallization. In spite of intense research crystallization of proteins is still among the most complex and least understood problems in structural biology. Since SG centers do not focus on individual proteins, but rather on covering the protein structure space, they have certain flexibility in selection of targets. At the beginning of my PhD program we designed and assessed three accurate methods that predict crystallization propensity based on a protein sequence. These methods could be used to prioritize targets based on their predicted propensity for the successful structure determination. We observed that as the crystallization protocols are updated the predictors of crystallization propensity need to be correspondingly upgraded and enhanced. To this end, in the course of the thesis we developed an accurate predictor that generates crystallization propensity and indicates causes of the potential crystallization failure, which can occur at any of the three major steps in the protein crystallization protocol: production of protein material, purification, and production of crystals. Our predictors are empirically compared against state-of-the-art in the field demonstrating favorable predictive performance. Finally, we designed another accurate and runtime-efficient method which we then used to perform first-of-its-kind large-scale analysis of crystallization propensity for proteins encoded in 1,953 fully sequenced genomes. Analysis of these predictions shows that current X-ray crystallography combined with homology modeling could provide an average per-proteome structural coverage of 73% with over 60% coverage for archaea and bacterial proteomes, and between 35 and 70% for eukaryotes. Moreover, our study revealed that use of knowledge-based target selection increases coverage by a significant margin, which for majority of organisms is between 25 to 40%.
Author: Sukarno Ferreira
Publisher: BoD – Books on Demand
Published: 2013-02-20
Total Pages: 436
ISBN-13: 9535110101
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Crystal growth is the key step of a great number of very important applications. The development of new devices and products, from the traditional microelectronic industry to pharmaceutical industry and many others, depends on crystallization processes. The objective of this book is not to cover all areas of crystal growth but just present, as specified in the title, important selected topics, as applied to organic and inorganic systems. All authors have been selected for being key researchers in their field of specialization, working in important universities and research labs around the world. The first section is mainly devoted to biological systems and covers topics like proteins, bone and ice crystallization. The second section brings some applications to inorganic systems and describes more general growth techniques like chemical vapor crystallization and electrodeposition. This book is mostly recommended for students working in the field of crystal growth and for scientists and engineers in the fields of crystalline materials, crystal engineering and the industrial applications of crystallization processes.
Author: Jens Dietrich
Publisher: World Scientific
Published: 2005-06-16
Total Pages: 154
ISBN-13: 1783260823
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Strategies for Two-Dimensional Crystallization of Proteins Using Lipid Monolayers presents an overview of different methods that lead to structure determination by electron microscopy. These methods have proven to be extremely successful, especially for elucidating the structure of membrane proteins. Electron crystallography has become an important tool for structure determination of such proteins. This book covers the different practical approaches to two-dimensional crystallization of soluble as well as membrane proteins. From there it takes the reader to equally important issues, such as sample transfer and sample preparation for electron microscopy. In addition, the text provides an introduction to membrane protein structural biology and cryo-electron crystallography, as well as an in-depth discussion on two-dimensional crystallization and surface crystallization./a
Author: Jean-Paul Renaud
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Published: 2020-01-09
Total Pages: 1367
ISBN-13: 1118900502
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →With the most comprehensive and up-to-date overview of structure-based drug discovery covering both experimental and computational approaches, Structural Biology in Drug Discovery: Methods, Techniques, and Practices describes principles, methods, applications, and emerging paradigms of structural biology as a tool for more efficient drug development. Coverage includes successful examples, academic and industry insights, novel concepts, and advances in a rapidly evolving field. The combined chapters, by authors writing from the frontlines of structural biology and drug discovery, give readers a valuable reference and resource that: Presents the benefits, limitations, and potentiality of major techniques in the field such as X-ray crystallography, NMR, neutron crystallography, cryo-EM, mass spectrometry and other biophysical techniques, and computational structural biology Includes detailed chapters on druggability, allostery, complementary use of thermodynamic and kinetic information, and powerful approaches such as structural chemogenomics and fragment-based drug design Emphasizes the need for the in-depth biophysical characterization of protein targets as well as of therapeutic proteins, and for a thorough quality assessment of experimental structures Illustrates advances in the field of established therapeutic targets like kinases, serine proteinases, GPCRs, and epigenetic proteins, and of more challenging ones like protein-protein interactions and intrinsically disordered proteins