Scientists at the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory have performed neutron structural analysis of a vitamin B 6-dependent protein, potentially opening avenues for new antibiotics ...

. Published by Plenum Publishing Corporation, 233 Spring St., New York, New York 10013, USA; 1996, 462 pages. $110.00. These are trying and yet exciting times for the use of neutrons in structural ...

Comparison of three water sites captured under various conditions demonstrates the power of cryo-neutron crystallography. Associated water molecules W1 (left), W6 (center), and W75 (right), were ...

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Osaka - Understanding the behavior of proteins and enzymes is key to unlocking the secrets of biological processes. The atomic structures of proteins are generally investigated using X-ray ...

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A team has used neutron crystallography to image all of the atoms in a radical intermediate of a copper amine oxidase enzyme. They disclosed previously unknown details, such as precise conformational ...

Heme enzymes activate oxygen through formation of transient iron-oxo (ferryl) intermediates of the heme iron. A long-standing question has been the nature of the iron-oxygen bond and, in particular, ...

“The powder method has gained a new importance in neutron diffraction owing to the general lack of large specimens for single-crystal methods”. With this brief opening sentence of his landmark paper ...

Could you start by explaining your background in crystallography and how you began using the Rigaku Synergy-ED system? Fraser: I began my journey into crystallography at the University of Edinburgh in ...

Diffractometers have been around for a long time and are used to analyze various types of materials and provide information regarding their structure. While there are a few different types, we’re ...