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Hello Jerry,

you may want to try crosslinking prior to purification of the complex.

Greetings
Oliver



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----- Original Message -----
From: Jerry McCully <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Wednesday, April 19, 2006 2:31 am
Subject: [ccp4bb]: the crystallization of low affinity protein-protein complex

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> Dear ccp4bb experts:
> 
> 
> I'm crystallizing a dynamic protein-protein complex. The two 
> components bind 
> to each other
> 
> with a micro-molar affinity(This affinity was shown by Biacore3000 
> analysis, 
> but I can not purify the complex by gel-filtration).
> 
> 
> 
> 
> I can get their crystals, respectively. But so far I have not
> 
> got any crystals of the complex even if I tried several molar 
> ratios between 
> them.
> 
> 
> 
> When I used the complex sample for crystallization, the smaller 
> component 
> was easily grown from the conditions containing PEG3350, and the 
> other from 
> MPD.
> 
> 
> 
> Does anyone have the experience to crystallize this kind of low-
> affinity 
> protein complexes?
> 
> 
> 
> Any suggestion will be highly appreciated.
> 
> 
> 
> Jerry McCully
> 
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