Did anyone see this prescient line in the PNAS paper? Seems that the MAD concept was suggested way back then...
JPK "While the enhancement of anomalous scattering has not yet been examined in detail, it is in principle possible to use data collected at three wavelengths (15) to completely solve the phase problem. The synchrotron source is uniquely suited for these applications." On Wed, Mar 13, 2013 at 11:04 AM, Harry Powell <ha...@mrc-lmb.cam.ac.uk>wrote: > Hi > > Not sure if this is strictly speaking the first protein *solved* on a > synchrotron, but I think this is the first report of shooting protein > crystals at a synchrotron in the widely available literature - > > http://www.pnas.org/content/73/1/128.full.pdf+html > > Phillips J C, Wlodawer A, Yevitz M M and Hodgson K 0 1976 Proc. > Nat. Acad. Sci. USA 73 128-32 > > Applications of synchrotron radiation to protein crystallography: > Preliminary results > > > On 13 Mar 2013, at 14:38, Alan Cheung wrote: > > > Hi all - i'm sure this many will know this : when and what was the first > protein structure solved on a synchrotron? > > > > Thanks in advance > > Alan > > > > > > -- > > Alan Cheung > > Gene Center > > Ludwig-Maximilians-University > > Feodor-Lynen-Str. 25 > > 81377 Munich > > Germany > > Phone: +49-89-2180-76845 > > Fax: +49-89-2180-76999 > > E-mail: che...@lmb.uni-muenchen.de > > Harry > -- > Dr Harry Powell, MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Francis Crick > Avenue, Cambridge Biomedical Campus, Cambridge CB2 0QH > Chairman of European Crystallographic Association SIG9 (Crystallographic > Computing) > -- ******************************************* Jacob Pearson Keller, PhD Looger Lab/HHMI Janelia Farms Research Campus 19700 Helix Dr, Ashburn, VA 20147 email: kell...@janelia.hhmi.org *******************************************
