Proteins are individual things. It should be easy to test whether your particular protein is stable and active with a given concentration of DMSO by adding DMSO without the drug molecule. Add the DMSO, then check with light scattering or SAXS for unfolding effects, or perhaps you have a spectroscopic or activity assay you could run.
If your protein can tolerate DMSO, you get an added bonus in that DMSO is a cryoprotectant. ======================================================================= All Things Serve the Beam ======================================================================= David J. Schuller modern man in a post-modern world MacCHESS, Cornell University schul...@cornell.edu ________________________________ From: CCP4 bulletin board <CCP4BB@JISCMAIL.AC.UK> on behalf of amit gaur <cdriamitg...@gmail.com> Sent: Wednesday, October 2, 2024 2:51 PM To: CCP4BB@JISCMAIL.AC.UK <CCP4BB@JISCMAIL.AC.UK> Subject: [ccp4bb] Co-Crystallization with drug molecule Hi everyone, I am trying to crystallize a protein with a drug molecule. The protein concentration is 15.5 mg/ml, the drug stock concentration is 10 mM, and the drug is dissolved in DMSO. I am adding the drug to a final concentration of 1 mM in 100 ul of protein, and the DMSO volume is 10 ul for Co-crystallization. I want to know how much DMSO is permissible during co-crystallization with the drug and if DMSO can poison crystal formation. I have not been successful in getting crystals with inhibitors till now, but I obtained crystals of protein without DMSO, and those diffracted to 2.5A. Thanks, Dr. Amit Gaur, Research Scientist Center for Biotechnology and Interdisciplinary Studies, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, 1623 15th Street, Troy, NY, 12180 ________________________________ To unsubscribe from the CCP4BB list, click the following link: https://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/cgi-bin/WA-JISC.exe?SUBED1=CCP4BB&A=1 ######################################################################## To unsubscribe from the CCP4BB list, click the following link: https://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/cgi-bin/WA-JISC.exe?SUBED1=CCP4BB&A=1 This message was issued to members of www.jiscmail.ac.uk/CCP4BB, a mailing list hosted by www.jiscmail.ac.uk, terms & conditions are available at https://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/policyandsecurity/