Experimental phasing using zinc anomalous scattering
Cha, S.S., An, Y.J., Jeong, C.S., Kim, M.K., Lee, S.G., Lee, K.H., Oh, B.H.(2012) Acta Crystallogr D Biol Crystallogr 68: 1253-1258
- PubMed: 22948927 
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.1107/S0907444912024420
- Primary Citation of Related Structures:  
4DT3, 4DWZ, 4FC5 - PubMed Abstract: 
Zinc is a suitable metal for anomalous dispersion phasing methods in protein crystallography. Structure determination using zinc anomalous scattering has been almost exclusively limited to proteins with intrinsically bound zinc(s). Here, it is reported that multiple zinc ions can easily be charged onto the surface of proteins with no intrinsic zinc-binding site by using zinc-containing solutions. Zn derivatization of protein surfaces appears to be a largely unnoticed but promising method of protein structure determination.
Organizational Affiliation: 
Marine Biotechnology Research Center, Korea Institute of Ocean Science and Technology, Ansan 426-744, Republic of Korea. chajung@kordi.re.kr