Promoting crystallisation of the Salmonella enteritidis fimbriae 14 pilin SefD using deuterium oxide.
Liu, B., Garnett, J.A., Lee, W.C., Lin, J., Salgado, P., Taylor, J., Xu, Y., Lambert, S., Cota, E., Matthews, S.(2012) Biochem Biophys Res Commun 421: 208-213
- PubMed: 22497887 
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bbrc.2012.03.136
- Primary Citation of Related Structures:  
3UIY, 3UIZ - PubMed Abstract: 
The use of heavy water (D(2)O) as a solvent is commonplace in many spectroscopic techniques for the study of biological macromolecules. A significant deuterium isotope effect exists where hydrogen-bonding is important, such as in protein stability, dynamics and assembly. Here we illustrate the use of D(2)O in additive screening for the production of reproducible diffraction-quality crystals for the Salmonella enteritidis fimbriae 14 (SEF14) putative tip adhesin, SefD.
Organizational Affiliation: 
Centre for Structural Biology & Division of Molecular Biosciences, Imperial College London, South Kensington, London SW7 2AZ, UK.