Dear Simon,
A long time ago, we have transferred crystals from a concentrated ammonium sulfate liquor to a PEG solution by first determining the equivalent PEG concentration and then essentially dunking the crystal in. It has been described in the following publication:
J. Appl. Cryst. (1988). 21, 426-429
Best regards and good luck!
Herman Schreuder
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Hi all,
I have crystals of the apo enzyme growing from 1.7M ammonium sulfate condition. After soaking with 10mM ligand (substrate analog) which has a phosphate group, the ligand did not enter the active site of the enzyme because of the competition of sulfate ion and phosphate group. So I am wondering if anyone knows how to get rid of ammonium sulfate from crystal before soaking it with the ligand solution? Thanks a lot.
Simon
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