1PLG

EVIDENCE FOR THE EXTENDED HELICAL NATURE OF POLYSACCHARIDE EPITOPES. THE 2.8 ANGSTROMS RESOLUTION STRUCTURE AND THERMODYNAMICS OF LIGAND BINDING OF AN ANTIGEN BINDING FRAGMENT SPECIFIC FOR ALPHA-(2->8)-POLYSIALIC ACID

X-RAY DIFFRACTION

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Crystallization

Crystal Properties
Matthews coefficient	Solvent content
2.73	54.9

Crystal Data

Unit Cell
Length ( Å )	Angle ( ˚ )
a = 79.14	α = 90
b = 91.21	β = 90
c = 141.4	γ = 90

Symmetry
Space Group	I 2 2 2

Diffraction

Diffraction Experiment
ID #	Crystal ID	Scattering Type	Data Collection Temperature	Detector	Detector Type	Details	Collection Date	Monochromator	Protocol
1	1	x-ray		AREA DETECTOR	SDMS		1991-04-24

Radiation Source
ID #	Source	Type	Wavelength List	Synchrotron Site	Beamline
1			1.5418

Data Collection

Refinement

Statistics
Diffraction ID	Structure Solution Method	Resolution (High)	Resolution (Low)	Cut-off Sigma (I)	Number Reflections (Observed)	Number Reflections (R-Free)	Percent Reflections (Observed)	R-Factor (Observed)	R-Work	R-Free	Mean Isotropic B
X-RAY DIFFRACTION		2.8	6	3	11503			0.164	0.164

Temperature Factor Modeling
Anisotropic B[1][1]	Anisotropic B[1][2]	Anisotropic B[1][3]	Anisotropic B[2][2]	Anisotropic B[2][3]	Anisotropic B[3][3]

RMS Deviations
Key	Refinement Restraint Deviation
x_bond_d	0.014
x_bond_d_na
x_bond_d_prot
x_angle_d
x_angle_d_na
x_angle_d_prot
x_angle_deg
x_angle_deg_na
x_angle_deg_prot
x_dihedral_angle_d
x_dihedral_angle_d_na
x_dihedral_angle_d_prot
x_improper_angle_d
x_improper_angle_d_na
x_improper_angle_d_prot
x_mcbond_it
x_mcangle_it
x_scbond_it
x_scangle_it

Non-Hydrogen Atoms Used in Refinement
Non-Hydrogen Atoms	Number
Protein Atoms	3291
Nucleic Acid Atoms
Solvent Atoms	34
Heterogen Atoms

Software

Software
Software Name	Purpose
X-PLOR	model building
X-PLOR	refinement
X-PLOR	phasing