Re: [ccp4bb] Suggestions for Reducing Protein Precipitation

2010-08-13 Thread John Hinks
- From: CCP4 bulletin board [mailto:ccp...@jiscmail.ac.uk] On Behalf Of David Briggs Sent: 12 August 2010 20:22 To: CCP4BB@JISCMAIL.AC.UK Subject: Re: [ccp4bb] Suggestions for Reducing Protein Precipitation Hi Matt, Have you tried changing the pH? Is it possible that at pH 8 you are at the pI

Re: [ccp4bb] Suggestions for Reducing Protein Precipitation

2010-08-12 Thread Das, Debanu
Hi Matt, Check out the following paper and some screens available commercially based on these: Acta Crystallogr D Biol Crystallogr. 2004 Sep;60(Pt 9):1670-3. Epub 2004 Aug 26. Optimum solubility (OS) screening: an efficient method to optimize buffer conditions for homogeneity and

Re: [ccp4bb] Suggestions for Reducing Protein Precipitation

2010-08-12 Thread David Briggs
Hi Matt, Have you tried changing the pH? Is it possible that at pH 8 you are at the pI of your protein (i.e. where it has zero net charge and is at its least soluble) ? I have also read a paper (can't find the reference right now) where the authors precipitated their protein by dialysing into

Re: [ccp4bb] Suggestions for Reducing Protein Precipitation

2010-08-12 Thread David Briggs
Hi all. I found that reference. :0) Acta Crystallogr D Biol Crystallogr. 2006 Jul;62(Pt 7):833-42. Epub 2006 Jun 20. Assessment of a preliminary solubility screen to improve crystallization trials: uncoupling crystal condition searches. Izaac A, Schall CA, Mueser TC.