Min, In some of my Xtal conditions, I only have 1.5 to 2M AmSO4 without KCl, the salt comes out of solution only after maybe several minutes which is enough to harvest the crystal. Maybe you could just direct freeze to try the diffraction since it is already at high salt concentration or maybe add some mother liquor to prevent it the salting out. I also suggest Mitegen LV cryo oil which works for many cases for me. Best,Hongnan Cao, Ph.D.Department of BiochemistryGreat Lakes Bioenergy Research CenterUniversity of Wisconsin, Madison Date: Tue, 10 Jul 2012 12:28:30 -0400 From: mzhang...@hotmail.com Subject: [ccp4bb] cryo for high salt crystal To: CCP4BB@JISCMAIL.AC.UK
regaentDear All, I am sure this question was discussed before. But I am wondering if anyone got the same experience as I do. I got a crystal out of condition with 1M KCl, 1.4M Ammonium sulfate at pH7. I tried to use glycerol, ethylene glycol, 25% sucrose, paraton-N oil, or ammonium sulfate itself: The problem is that all the cryo plus original reagents in the reservoir precipitate the salts out. And more serious problem is because of high salt in the condition, while I am trying to loop the crystal, both the drop and cryoprotectant drop form salt crystals (not sure it is KCl or ammonia sulfate) significantly and very quickly, that cause my crystal dissolved. My crystal doesn't seem to survive paraton-N oil. Does anyone here have similiar case? any suggestion will be appreciated. Thanks,Min