HIGH RESOLUTION DATA COLLECTION FROM CRYSTALS OF A ASF1/HIRA COMPLEX

从 ASF1/HIRA 复合体晶体中采集高分辨率数据

• 批准号: 7357754
• 负责人: Ronen Marmorstein
• 金额: $ 2.45万
• 依托单位: CORNELL UNIVERSITY
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 财政年份: 2006
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2006-07-01 至 2007-06-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/7357754
• 关键词: RESOLUTION; DATA; COLLECTION; CRYSTALS; ASF1

This subproject is one of many research subprojects utilizing the resources provided by a Center grant funded by NIH/NCRR. The subproject and investigator (PI) may have received primary funding from another NIH source, and thus could be represented in other CRISP entries. The institution listed is for the Center, which is not necessarily the institution for the investigator. The Asf1/Hira complex are involved in chromatin assembly and also contribute to the formation of heterochromatin and telomeric silencing and thus contribute to cell cycle exit in senesent cells. This process is abbarantly regulated in cancer. We have prapred crystals of the Asf1/Hira complex that should be suitable for X-ray structure determination using the nascent Asf1 as a search model in molecular replacement. These native crystals show diffraction that can easily be processed and scaled but the diffraction extends to relatively low resolution using a home X-ray sources under cryogenic conditions. Attempts to work out a molecular replacement using a low resolution data set (4 A)has been unsuccessfully thus far. Therefore, collecting a higher resolution data set for each of these crystals is highly desirable. Given the competitive nature of this project, rapid access to CHESS is necessary.

该子项目是利用NIH/NCRR资助的中心赠款提供的资源的许多研究子项目之一。子项目和研究者（PI）可能从另一个NIH来源获得主要资金，因此可以在其他CRISP条目中表示。所列机构为中心，不一定是研究者所在机构。Asf 1/Hira复合物参与染色质组装，也有助于异染色质的形成和端粒沉默，从而有助于衰老细胞的细胞周期退出。这一过程在癌症中受到异常调节。我们已经prerapred晶体的Asf 1/Hira复杂的，应该是适合的X-射线结构测定使用新生Asf 1作为搜索模型在分子置换。 这些原生晶体显示出可以容易地处理和缩放的衍射，但是在低温条件下使用家用X射线源衍射延伸到相对低的分辨率。迄今为止，使用低分辨率数据集（4A）来计算分子置换的尝试尚未成功。因此，收集这些晶体中的每一个的更高分辨率的数据集是非常期望的。 鉴于该项目的竞争性质，快速访问国际象棋是必要的。