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Stopped-flow solution scattering using synchrotron radiation: apparatus, data collection and data analysis.

A G Fowler·A M Foote·M F Moody·P Vachette·S W Provencher·A Gabriel·J Bordas·M H Koch
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We have constructed an experimental system, under remote control, for stopped-flow X-ray scattering using synchrotron radiation. It has been used, in conjunction with an annular detector and its associated electronics, to obtain good scattering curves, with time-slices as short as 200 ms, in a new study of the dissociation of the enzyme complex aspartate transcarbamylase. The data have been analysed by new statistical methods, and they agree well with the results from parallel chemical quench experiments. For studying dissociation reactions, stopped-flow X-ray scattering is a quite practical method, which need not use very much more material than conventional stopped-flow experiments.

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Aspartate CarbamoyltransferaseKineticsMacromolecular SubstancesParticle AcceleratorsProtein BindingScattering, RadiationX-RaysJournal ArticleResearch Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

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A G Fowler, A M Foote, M F Moody, P Vachette, S W Provencher, A Gabriel, J Bordas, M H Koch. 1983. Stopped-flow solution scattering using synchrotron radiation: apparatus, data collection and data analysis.. https://doi.org/10.1016/0165-022x(83)90057-x

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