DETERMINATION AND REFINEMENT OF THE CRYSTAL STRUCTURE OF CHAIDAMUITE

Chaidamuite (ZnFe(SO_4)_2(OH). 4H_2O), which is a new sulphate mineral, belongs to the triclinic system, space group P1, with the cell parameters corrected by the least-squares method: a=7.309(2), b=7.202(2), c=9.691(3), α=89.64(3), β=105.89(3), γ=91.11(2)°, Z=2. The crystal structure has been determined by the Patterson method and Fourier syntheses and refined by the full-matrix least-squares method to an R factor of 0.032, using 2833 independent reflections. In the structure, a zigzag chain consists of [Fe(1)O_5(OH)] and [Fe(2)O_5(OH)] octahedra sharing the OH corners, and an octahedral-tetrahedral chain running parallel to the b axis consists of the zigzag chain of Fe octahedra and (SO_4) tetrahedra sharing four pairs of octahedral corners on either side of the zigzag chains. These chains are cross-linked by the isolated [Zn(1)O_2(H_2O)_4] and [Zn(2)O_2(H_2O)_4] octahedra into corrugated sheets parallel to the (100) plane. Adjacent sheets are hydrogenbonded through water molecules.     

A DETERMINATION OF THE THREE-DIMENSIONAL STRUCTURE OF TRICHOSANTHIN AT LOW RESOLUTION

Trichosanthin, extracted from a Chinese herb medicine, is a plant protein having a molec-ular weight of ca. 24,000 and containing 219 amino acid residues. The crystal is mono-clinic, belonging to the space group C2, with the following cell dimensions: a=75.64A, b=75.52A, c=88.85A β= 99.51°. Each asymmetric unit contains two such protein molecules. The UO_2Ac_2 and K_2Pt(NO_2)_4 derivatives of trichosanthin have been prepared by soakingin the respective solutions of high dilution. The joint probability of isomorphous replacementand anomalous scattering has been used to calculate the native phases. In the electron densitymaps, the boundary between the two protein molecules can be recognized, leading to thefollowing approximate molecular dimensions: 45×40×35A~3. Each molecule contains fourrod-shaped segments easily known as α-helices.     

REFINEMENT OF THE CRYSTAL STRUCTURE OF INSULIN AT 1.2 RESOLUTION

The crystal structure of 2 Zn porcine insulin has been refined at 1.2 resolution. The reciprocal space refinement was restrained by the incorporation of extensive chemical observations into the least squares equations. In addition to the non-hydrogen atoms, hydrogen atoms of protein, water molecules and the bulk solvent have been determined and refined. After two cycles of anisotropic refinement of non-hydrogen atoms of insulin, the final agreement factor was 0.128 for 20,005 reflexions (F_o>1σ(F_o)) in a spacing 1.2 and the root mean squares deviation from ideal covalent bond lengths was 0.021. On the electron density maps, the appearances of weight and shape of non-hydrogen atoms were very clear and reasonable. The anisotropic appearances of sulphur atoms could be seen clearly. After anisotropic refinement, the situation fit to the electron density was improved distinctly.     

X-RAY STUDIES ON THE STRUCTURE OF DES-PENTAPEPTIDE INSULIN AT 2.4 RESOLUTION——THE REFINEMENT OF THE STRUCTURE

The determination of an initial model for the crystal structure of des-pentapeptide in-sulin, using only the phase information obtained from the scattering of cadmium ions inthe native crystal, has been described. This paper describes the refinement of this modelagainst both the experimental X-ray observations and the a priori stereochemical observationsusing the method of restrained parameter least squares. The corrected and extended modelincluded not only all the non-hydrogen atoms of the protein and one cadmium ion, but alsosome 49 water molecules. Fourier syntheses using amplitudes of 2F_o-F_c, phase angles prob-abilistically combined from the anomalous scattering and model phase information, witheach term weighted according to its reliability gave clear results without detectable bias to-wards the current model. The final model has acceptable stereochemistry (root mean squaredeviation from ideal bond lengths 0.027 A), and predicts the observed X-ray scattering sat-isfactorily (R = 0.182 for all dat     

CRYSTAL STRUCTURE DETERMINATION OF 4-ZINC BOVINE INSULIN AT 1.9 (?) RESOLUTION

With the isomorphous difference Fourier method and the restrained least-squares re-finement technique, the crystal structure of 4- zinc bovine insulin in space group R_3 wasdetermined. The final crystallographic residual is 0. 19 at 1. 9A resolution. Based on therefined model, the structural mechanism for prolonged action of 4- zinc insulin is discussed.     

REFINEMENT OF THE STRUCTURE OF DESPENTAPEPTIDE (B26—30) INSULIN AT 1.5 RESOLUTION

The refinement of the structure of despentapeptide (B26-20) insulin (DPI) at 1.5 Aresolution is described in the present paper. Against the X-ray diffraction data of newlygrown crystals, the restrained parameter least-squares refinement of the structure alter-nated with model-rebuilding. The original 2.4A resolution model has been thoroughlyrefined and parts of it have been eonsiderably revised. The cadmium coordination struc-ture has been well determined, and appears to be a nearly ideal octahedron. After refine-ment 84 water oxygen atoms have been included in the final model; this gives us detailedinformation for studies on the water structure in the DPI crystal. The final crystal-lographic reliability index R value was 0.144 for 5678 unique observable reflexions (F_o great-er than 1.5σ (F_o)) in the 10-1.5A range; the refined model has a root-mean-squaredeviation from standard bond lengths of 0.04A.     

THE CRYSTAL STRUCTURE OF SILVER CARP INSULIN AT MEDIUM RESOLUTION

It is an important way of surveying the structure-functionrelationship of insulin tostudy insulins from different species. Based on the structure model of an orthorhombic crys-tal obtained by the molecular replacement method, the crystallographic refinement of a hex-amer of silver carp insulin in an asymmetric unit has been carried out with 2.8A resolutiondata using the restrained least- squares method. The comparisons of insulin structures haveshown that the six silver carp insulin molecules have very similar but not identical three- di-mensional structures which are similar to the known 2Zn pig insulin structure but remarka-bly different in some local conformations.     

X-RAY STUDIES ON THE STRUCTURE OF DES-PENTAPEPTIDE INSULIN AT 2.4  RESOLUTION——SOLUTION OF THE PHASE PROBLEM USING THE ANOMALOUS SCATTERING OF CADMIUM AND THE DERIVATION OF A MODEL STRUCTURE

The three dimensional structure of des-pentaptide insulin has been solved at a resolu-tion of 2.4A. The structure determination was achieved without the use of heavy atom de-rivatives, by using only the phase information obtained from the seattering (both real andimaginary) of X-rays by cadmium ions present in the native crystal. Using this phase in-formation, a map, with figure of merit 0.56, was produced which enabled an initial modelof the protein to be constructed. Because of the novelty of this approach to the solutionof the phase problem the procedures used are explained in some detail.     

APPLICATION OF 2D-NMR TECHNIQUES IN THE STRUCTURE DETERMINATION OF HYPODEMATINE

An alkaloid with a novel structure,named Hypodematine,was isolatedfrom Hypodematium sinense Iwatsuki(belonging to Thelypterdaceae).Itsstructure was elucidated by means of the ~1H-~1H COSY' ~1H-~(13)C COSY and long-range~1H-~(13)C COSY spectroscopy to have the skeleton of benzo-aza-cyclooctatetraenewith a phenyl substituent.Such basic structure has not been found in the na-tural product before.     

REFINED CRYSTAL STRUCTURE OF INSULIN AT 1.8A RESOLUTION——HYDROGEN BONDS AND BOUND WATER

The hydrogen bonds in insulin fall into three cases: the helical hydrogen bonds in α- or 3_(10)helices, the non-helical one formed by polar groups of insulin itself, and the hydrogen bondsformed between insulin and water. By using the information obtained, the results of a seriesof biochemical investigations on insulin analogs related to B-chain C-terminal peptide can beinterpreted and it can also be inferred that the complex behaviours of the aggregation ofinsulin may play a protective role for the unique conformation of the molecule. Water structure also appears in the refined model. About one third of the water in anasymmetric unit is hydrogen-bonded to insulin molecules or each other, which are referred toas bound water. The polar and charged groups of insulin all show the tendencies to bind towater molecules as many as possible, which is a significant factor for the stabilization of theunique conformation of the molecule. The binding way of water molecules to insulin mole-cules is also analysed.     

SYNTHESIS AND CRYSTAL STRUCTURE OF THE FIRST THREE DIMENSIONAL NETWORK CU(Ⅱ) COMPLEX BRIDGED BY BOTH OXAMIDE AND AZIDE

A novel three dimensional network complex polymer [Cu_4(oxen)_2(N_3)_3]_n(ClO_4)_n·2nH_2O, where oxen is N,N' -bis(2-aminoethyl)oxamide dianion, has been synthesized. It crystallizes in triclinic system, space group P(?), with a=11.486(2), b=11.706(3), c=12.291(3) (?), α=77.42(2), β=67.59(2), γ=77.96(2)°, and z=2. The least-square refinements converged at R=0.047, with 3416 observed unique reflections. The complex has a pronounced three-dimensional character and can be viewed as the tetranuclear asymmetric repeating units through inversion and translation operations to extend a three-dimensional network. The structure of Cu_4 asymmetric unit consists of two square planar and two square pyramidal Cu central atoms linked by both azide ligands in end-on and end-to-end bonding modes, and oxamidate bridge in trans conformation.     

REFINED CRYSTAL STRUCTURE OF INSULIN AT 1.8A RESOLUTION——CRYST

The structure of insulin has been refined by difference Fourier method at 1.8A resolu-tion. A set of computer programs calculating the mF_o-nF_c Fourier synthesis and the cor-rections of parameters automatically has been set up. With the programs to refine theinsulin model obtained from MIR map at 1.8A resolution for 11 cycles, the R index(R=∑|KF_o- F_c|/∑KF_o) is reduced to 0.210 from the initial value of 0.388. Duringthe refinement the stereochemistry of the insulin molecules is constantly detected andadjusted to fit the reasonable geometry. The refinement has greatly improved the structuremodel of insulin and provided more detailed structure information. On the basis of this thesystems of hydrogen bond in an insulin dimer are determined and the interaction betweenwater and insulin molecules in the crystal is investigated.     

STRUCTURE DETERMINATION OF THE SILVER CARP INSULIN CRYSTAL

After rotation search of an orthorhombic crystal form of Silver Carp insulin, based on the known porcine 2-Zn insulin structure, the Silver Carp insulin molecules were positioned in the unit cell by applying the translation function and R-factor search methods. The packing of the molecules in the cell is reasonably good. A preliminary refinement of this model at 3.5 resolution has been carried out through the use of restrained least-squares method. The segments of polypeptide chain, which were not involved in the refinement, could be visible in the electron density map calculated using the refined atomic parameters.     

THE IMMOBILIZATION OF AMINOACYLASE AND THE RESOLUTION OF D,L-PHENYLALANINE

A polymer with suitable physical characters and matched functional groups was synthesized,and used as a supporter to immobilize aminoacylase. The results showed that this supporterhad high immobilizing capacity and high selectivity for aminoacylase. Immobilized amino-acylase had high specific activity. In this paper, we determine the physical and chemicalcharacters of aminoacylase for resolution of D,L--phenylalanine, including its optimum tem-perature, pH, ion concentration, activated ion, substrate concentration, thermal stability anddenaturation. The immobilized aminoacylase was used to resolve the D,L-phenylalaninecontinuously. Thc resolved products was separated and purified with ion-exchange resins. L-phenylalanine solution was concentrated by vacuum evaporation and its hydrochloride wasformed. Checking of final product with polarimeter showed high yield and purity.     

N.M.R.DETERMINATION OF THE STRUCTURE AND CONFORMATION OF BIOLOGICAL MOLECULES

IntroductionN.M.R.is known to be useful forstructure determination of natural products,but it's main advantage compared with otherphysical techniques like crystallography is     

THE CRYSTALLOGRAPHIC STRUCTURE OF THE PHOTOOXIDIZED PRODUCT OF HYPOCRELLIN A AND THE STUDY OF THE PHOTODYNAMIC ACTION MECHANISM

In attempting to study the phototherapeutic action and the photosensitized oxygenation mechanism, we have determined the crystal structure of the main oxidized product of hypocrellin A (HA). It was crystallized in monoclinic system with space group P2_1. The cell data are: a=10.030(3), b=8.877(3), c=15.764(5), β=104.50(2)°, Z=2. The crystal structure has been determined by direct method and refined to a final R of 0.055 based on the 1408 observed reflections with l>2.5σ(Ⅰ). The photooxidized product is composed of a heptacyclic aliphatic hydrocarbon connecting with two α-naphthoquinone derivatives as its skeletal molecule. No peroxidic linkage has been found. On the basis of the crystal structure determined, we have deduced part of the process of formation of the oxide, ⅰ. e. firstly, the peroxide was formed by photocycloaddition of oxygen molecule to Hypocrellin A, then thermodissociation took place to form a stable oxide.     

ISOLATION AND STRUCTURE DETERMINATION OF XF-1,A NEW ANTHRACYCLINE ANTIBIOTIC

A new Mutactimycin group antibiotic(XF-1)was isolated fromthe mycelium of Streptomyces sp.80-115 and its structure has beendetermined on the basis of its spectroscopical and chemical properties.XF-1 showed active against some Gram positive bacteria.     

X-RAY STUDIES ON THE STRUCTURE OF DES-PENTAPEPTIDE INSULIN AT 2.4 RESOLUTION——THE DPI MOLECULE AND ITS STRUCTURAL RELATIONSHIP WITH INSULIN

The structure of the monomeric insulin analogue des(B26—B30) insulin is presented.; A detailed comparison with the 2Zn insulin structures shows that while there are some large changes in the structure, the basic secondary structural units maintain their integrity. The DPI structure is broadly similar to molecule Ⅰ in the 2Zn structure, and in this respect is like other crystal forms of insulin. In addition to changes on the surface of the structure there are some subtle but extensive changes in the heart of the molecule. The molecules are closely packed in the crystal with many and varied contacts, including a complex network of protein-cadmium interactions and a considerable number of water mediated contacts. The molecular surface has an unusually large number of hydrophobic groups which tend to cluster in a thick band running around the protein. The crystal structure is well ordered, indeed the clarity of some side chains and the definition of the water molecules is superior to that found in the mor     

STUDIES ON THE CRYSTAL STRUCTURE OF Al-(L-TRYPTOPHAN) INSULIN AT 2.1RESOLUTION

In order to study the biological effect of alterations to the N-terminus of the insulin A-chain, we have determined the crystal structure of Al-(L-Trp) insulin and discovered that it belongs to the trigohal system with space group R3. The parameters oof the unit cell are a=b=80.3A, c=37.5A. The model was adjusted and refined by using a stereochemically-restrained least squares program, assisted by manual revision of the model based on the difference Fourier map, to a final R-factor of 0.195. The main and side chains of both Al-(L-Trp) residues in the asymmetric unit are well ordered. It was found that the Al-Trp residue of molecule I occupied two distinct positions. We have proposed from the results of the three-dimensional structure that the 4-zinc insulin hexameric form is a stored state of insulin molecules in a conformation of low activity. The structural details of the insulin molecule and its structure and function relationship have also been discussed.     

THE CRYSTAL STRUCTURE AND SPECTROSCOPIC PROPERTIES OF THE COMPLEXES FORMED BY TiCl_4 AND MgCl_2 WITH ESTERS——A RESEARCH ON THE STRUCTURE OF HIGHLY EFFICIENT CATALYSTS FOR POLYPROPYLENE

The complexes of TiCl_4, MgCl_2 and esters which are significant in industry have beenstudied by X-ray diffraction, IR and uv spectra. Their single crystal structures have also beendetermined. TiCl_4 and PhCOOEt can form two complexes, TiCl_4·L and TiCl_4·2L·MgGl_2, CH_3COOEtand H_2O form complex MgCl_2·2CH_3COOEt·2H_2O. All of them are molecular crystals. Theirspacial groups are C_(2h)~5-P2_1/c, C_(2h)~5-P2_1/n and C_(2h)~6-C_2/c respectively. From the XRD powderpattern, it has been ascertained that TiCl_4·L is formed in the process of the catalyst prepara-tion with milling-soaking method. Comparison between the IR spectra of the catalyst and Mgcomplex indicates that the coordinative bonds of the surface complex of the catalyst are verysimilar to that of the complex.