Journal: Journal of Applied Crystallography
Article Title: Successful sample preparation for serial crystallography experiments
doi: 10.1107/S1600576719013517
Figure Lengend Snippet: Manipulating vapour diffusion crystallization conditions into batch. ( a ), ( b ) Box-and-whisker plots of the submitted PDB precipitant concentrations from vapour diffusion crystallization experiments and their extrapolated equilibration times (time to 90% reservoir concentration), respectively. The diffusion times were calculated from data given by Forsythe et al. (2002 ) . ( c ) The archetypal phase diagram, showing the likely area where the majority of vapour diffusion crystallization experiments begin (dotted line). ( d ) A design of a crystallization experiment in a two-drop 96-well sitting-drop plate to determine the phase diagram of the protein–precipitant mixture. One drop contains only protein and reservoir solution and the other contains protein, reservoir and seed solution, allowing the plotting of the nucleation and metastable zones, respectively.
Article Snippet: To estimate the equilibration times (90% of initial reservoir concentration at 293 K) for the different precipitant concentrations, single-phase exponential decay curves ( Prism 8 ; GraphPad Software, San Diego, California, USA) were fitted to the data presented by Forsythe et al. (2002 ).
Techniques: Diffusion-based Assay, Crystallization Assay, Whisker Assay, Concentration Assay