Re: [ccp4bb] Cryoprotectant for protein-DNA complex crystal

2008-11-03 Thread Phoebe Rice
PROTECTED]> >Subject: Re: [ccp4bb] Cryoprotectant for protein-DNA complex crystal >To: CCP4BB@JISCMAIL.AC.UK > >Why soak for a whole minute? A single pass through cryo is usually enough, >and that takes a couple of seconds with the right set-up... > >You could try oil - if you

Re: [ccp4bb] Cryoprotectant for protein-DNA complex crystal

2008-10-31 Thread Das, Debanu
PM To: CCP4BB@JISCMAIL.AC.UK Subject: Re: [ccp4bb] Cryoprotectant for protein-DNA complex crystal Why soak for a whole minute? A single pass through cryo is usually enough, and that takes a couple of seconds with the right set-up... You could try oil - if you're lucky it solves your issues.

Re: [ccp4bb] Cryoprotectant for protein-DNA complex crystal

2008-10-31 Thread William G. Scott
Try soaking for about 5 seconds. You should only need to coat the surface of the crystal to cryoprotect it. Bill On Oct 31, 2008, at 2:22 PM, E rajakumar wrote: When I soak the crystals more than a minute

Re: [ccp4bb] Cryoprotectant for protein-DNA complex crystal

2008-10-31 Thread Artem Evdokimov
bject: [ccp4bb] Cryoprotectant for protein-DNA complex crystal Dear All I am working on protein-DNA complex crystals for data collection. These crystals are grown in 15-20 % of PEG3350 or PEG4000 with pH of 6 to 7. When I soak the crystals more than a minute in the cryo solution (15-20% of Glycer

[ccp4bb] Cryoprotectant for protein-DNA complex crystal

2008-10-31 Thread E rajakumar
Dear All I am working on protein-DNA complex crystals for data collection. These crystals are grown in 15-20 % of PEG3350 or PEG4000 with pH of 6 to 7. When I soak the crystals more than a minute in the cryo solution (15-20% of Glycerol or ethylenglycol + reservoir) the resolution of diffraction is