| X-RAY DIFFRACTION |
7.5 |
293 |
drop: 1 uL 5 mg/mL RNA in 2.5 mM magnesium chloride, 10 mM HEPES-KOH pH 7.5 (heated to 65 C for 3 minutes, cooled at room temperature, 0.5 mM spermidine added, centrifuged for 10 minutes at 13000 x g) + 2 uL 10% MPD, 40 mM sodium cacodylate, pH 6.0, 12 mM spermine, 80 mM sodium chloride, 20 mM magnesium chloride (Nucleic Acid Mini-Screen kit, Hampton Research), well: 20-35% MPD, crystals appeared within 2-3 days and grew to full size over 1-2 weeks. To obtain derivatized crystals for phasing, 5 uL 4 mM iridium (III) hexammine in RNase-free water was added directly to crystallization drops and well solutions <35% MPD were replaced with 35% MPD. Wells were then re-sealed and allowed to re-equilibrate for at least 2 days, VAPOR DIFFUSION, SITTING DROP, temperature 293K |