Hi Anna, Interesting assembly. What is the function of your protein? Is it known if your protein forms a fibril-like assembly in solution? Moreover, can your crystal packing be indexed higher symmetry space group?
Cheers, Shiva On Mon, Jun 18, 2012 at 9:03 AM, David Schuller <[email protected]> wrote: > If the original poster could engineer a few disulfides or other covalent > linkages in there, I would drop my objections, and be even more impressed. > > > On 06/18/12 11:48, Jacob Keller wrote: > >> Okay, I wiki'd it, and according to them seems you're right: it says >> they are "typically connected by covalent chemical bonds." So either >> we revert to the etymological use of "polymer," or move onward to >> "myriomer!" (assuming the cross-bred "multimer" is out of the >> question!) >> >> JPK >> >> On Mon, Jun 18, 2012 at 10:37 AM, David Schuller<[email protected]> >> wrote: >> >>> On 06/18/12 11:17, Jacob Keller wrote: >>> >>>> But anyway, what is >>>> wrong with calling her structures "polymers?" Is there a subtle >>>> covalent insinuation to "polymer?" >>>> >>>> subtle? No, it's not subtle. >>> >>> >>> -- >>> ==============================**==============================** >>> =========== >>> All Things Serve the Beam >>> ==============================**==============================** >>> =========== >>> David J. Schuller >>> modern man in a post-modern world >>> MacCHESS, Cornell University >>> [email protected] >>> >> >> >> > > -- > ==============================**==============================** > =========== > All Things Serve the Beam > ==============================**==============================** > =========== > David J. Schuller > modern man in a post-modern world > MacCHESS, Cornell University > [email protected] >
