Correction of X-ray intensities from an HslV-HslU co-crystal containing lattice-translocation defects.
Wang, J., Rho, S.H., Park, H.H., Eom, S.H.(2005) Acta Crystallogr D Biol Crystallogr 61: 932-941
- PubMed: 15983416 
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.1107/S0907444905009546
- Primary Citation of Related Structures:  
1YYF - PubMed Abstract: 
Because of lattice-translocation defects, two identical but translated lattices can coexist as a single coherent mosaic block in a crystal. The observed structure in such cases is a weighted sum of two identical but translated structures, one from each lattice; the observed structure factors are a weighted vector sum of the structure factors with identical unit amplitudes but shifted phases. The correction of X-ray intensities from a single crystal containing these defects of the hybrid HslV-HslU complex, which consists of Escherichia coli HslU and Bacillus subtilis HslV (also known as CodW), is reported. When intensities are not corrected, a biologically irrelevant complex (with CodW from one lattice and HslU from another) is implied to exist. Only upon correction does a biologically functional CodW-HslU complex structure emerge.
Organizational Affiliation: 
Department of Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry, Yale University, 266 Whitney Avenue, New Haven, CT 06520-8114, USA. wang@mail.csb.yale.edu