Michael Witty wrote:
>> On Sun, 25 Mar 2001, ChenHA wrote:
> > Frank Fuerst wrote:
> > > But the hist tag might well interfere with crystallization (it might
> > > even improve it...).
> > There are anecdotal evidence that suggest that the his tag may help
> > improve crystallization (and you won't see the his-tag in the
> > crystal). Therefore nothing should be removed unless there are
> > reasons to do so.
>> Dear Chen,
> I agree. But could you tell me if there are any pdb files you
> know of that DO have the coordinates of a his tag (maybe with Ni in
> place). It would be interesting to be able to display one. Mike.
I'm afraid I don't have one. It is interesting that the His tag is in
fact not seen in the crystal structures of His-tagged proteins I had a
look at. I would assume that the his tag is too unstructured to be
observable.
