MOLECULAR CLOSE-PACKING METHOD AND ITS APPLICATION TO CRYSTAL STRUCTURE DETERMINATION OF DESHEXAPEPTIDE (B25--B30) INSULIN

Based on the molecule-packing theory, we defined a molecule-packing function express-ing the compatibility of packing among the symmetry-related molecules in a unit cell. Acomputer program imitating the close-packing of molecules in the objective crystal latticeand giving the function value of each rotation and translation of the molecule in the unitcell was performed, and it therefore made the close-packing of molecules expressquantitatively. This method not only could judge a correct solution from several peaks ofthe rotation or translation function but it may also independently, quantitatively and quicklysolve some specific problems of rotation and translation. Using known structure of despenta-peptide (B26--B30) insulin as an example, the effectiveness of this method and its programwas inspected, and this method was successfully applied to solving the translation problem ofthe unknown structure of deshexapeptide (B25--B30) insulin. The molecular close-packingmethod proved by the results of R--search

MOLECULAR CLOSE-PACKING METHOD AND ITS APPLICATION TO CRYSTAL STRUCTURE DETERMINATION OF DESHEXAPEPTIDE (B25--B30) INSULIN

Based on the molecule-packing theory, we defined a molecule-packing function express-ing the compatibility of packing among the symmetry-related molecules in a unit cell. Acomputer program imitating the close-packing of molecules in the objective crystal latticeand giving the function value of each rotation and translation of the molecule in the unitcell was performed, and it therefore made the close-packing of molecules expressquantitatively. This method not only could judge a correct solution from several peaks ofthe rotation or translation function but it may also independently, quantitatively and quicklysolve some specific problems of rotation and translation. Using known structure of despenta-peptide (B26--B30) insulin as an example, the effectiveness of this method and its programwas inspected, and this method was successfully applied to solving the translation problem ofthe unknown structure of deshexapeptide (B25--B30) insulin. The molecular close-packingmethod proved by the results of R--search and electron density maps is relatively independ-ent of the molecular replacement method, though an effective complement of it.