ISSN:
1399-0047
Source:
Crystallography Journals Online : IUCR Backfile Archive 1948-2001
Topics:
Chemistry and Pharmacology
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Geosciences
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Physics
Notes:
The monomeric enzyme 6-phospho-β-galactosidase crystallized in three forms, all of which can be considered as fiber associations when judged from the packing contacts. In one case the internal fiber symmetry is a row of parallel twofold axes that are displaced by a′ along the fiber axis. In the crystal, these twofold axes are non-crystallographic, but they define the x axis by a = 2a′. Antiparallel and asymmetric fiber association along y and z, respectively, results in space group P21. The two other crystal forms contain fibers with internal 21 axes (translation c′) defining the z axis by c = 2c′. Antiparallel fiber association results in sheets with internal twofold and 21 axes defining the yz plane. These sheets associate along x in two ways; in one case the internal sheet symmetry becomes crystallographic, while it remains non-crystallographic in the other. All non-crystallographic fiber symmetries run infinitely through the crystal. In one case they cause exact systematic absences that mimic space group P212121 instead of the actual P21212. The relationship between contact areas and local symmetries is discussed.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1107/S0907444996014977
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