Research Article

Sulfatide Preserves Insulin Crystals Not by Being Integrated in the Lattice but by Stabilizing Their Surface

Table 1

X-ray diffraction data for insulin crystalized in the presence of sulfatide.

PDB 4XC4

Resolution range (Å)30–1.5 (1.553–1.499)
Space group R3:H
Unit cell ,  , and  ; ,  , and  
Total reflections (unique) 11,654 (1,124)
Completeness (%) 86.62 (82.71)
Mean /sigma() 18.52 (2.60)
Wilson -factor 20.27
R-work 0.2180 (0.3020)
R-free 0.2540 (0.3595)
Number of nonhydrogen atoms 870
Macromolecules865
Residues 101
RMS (bonds) 0.008
RMS (angles)1.06
Ramachandran favored (%)95
Ramachandran allowed (%) 4.01
Ramachandran outliers (%)0.99
-factor 29.00
Macromolecules29.00
Ligands 33.50