Hi Michal,

Hmmm... Was it kicked out upon crystallisation or was crystallisation
possible because most of your pentamers were not fully occupied by ligand so
allowing the possibility of good contacts? ;-)

What was the excess of ligand? Do you know its affinity?


Miguel

2007/6/24, Michal Harel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:

Hi all,  We have a structure of a pentamer which was crystallized from
a complex of the protein with a ligand.  The structure shows that 4 out
of 5 binding sites are occupied.  The symmetry-related molecules pack
much tighter around the unoccupied monomer.  I am looking for examples
of structures in which a ligand was "kicked out" of a binding site upon
crystallization.

Regards - Michal.
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