PROTEIN CRYSTAL STRUCTURES FROM POWDER DIFFRACTION DATA
R.B. Von Dreele
Lujan Center, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos,
NM, 87545 USA
Keywords: Protein, powder diffraction,
Rietveld refinement
Recent advances in the measurement and analysis of powder
diffraction data have progressed to the point where it may be
fruitful to consider the possibility of examining the crystal
structures of proteins using this technique. Through the use of
simulation techniques and real data, this talk will explore the
feasibility of Rietveld refinement of protein crystal structures
with synchrotron X-ray powder diffraction data. The possibility
of solving these structures will also be explored.