Structural differences in D and L-monellin in the crystals of racemic mixture.
Hung, L.W., Kohmura, M., Ariyoshi, Y., Kim, S.H.(1999) J Mol Biol 285: 311-321
- PubMed: 9878408 
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.1006/jmbi.1998.2308
- Primary Citation of Related Structures:  
1KRL - PubMed Abstract: 
The racemic mixture of synthetic d and l-monellin has been crystallized, and its structure has been determined by X-ray crystallography at 1.9 A resolution. The crystal structure consists of two d and two l-monellin molecules in the P1 unit cell with a pseudo-centrosymmetrical arrangement. The final structure reveals small but significant structural differences between d and l-monellin in the same crystal. Possible reasons for these differences and their implications are discussed.
Organizational Affiliation: 
Department of Chemistry, University of California, Berkeley, CA, 94720, USA.