title: Ethylammonium nitrate: a protein crystallization reagent.
abstract: Ethylammonium nitrate (EAN) is a liquid organic salt that has many potential applications in protein chemistry. Because this solvent has hydrophobic and ionic character as well as the ability to hydrogen bond, it is especially well suited for broad use in protein crystallography. For example, EAN may be used as an additive, a detergent, a precipitating agent or to deliver ligands into protein crystals. A discussion of the crystallization of lysozyme using EAN as a precipitating agent is given here.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, The University of Toledo, 2801 West Bancroft Street, Toledo, OH 43606-3390, USA.
authors.forename: J A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Garlitz
authors.forename: C A
authors.initials: CA
authors.lastname: Summers
authors.forename: R A
authors.initials: RA
authors.lastname: Flowers
authors.forename: G E
authors.initials: GE
authors.lastname: Borgstahl
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D011232:Chemical Precipitation; D003460:Crystallization; D007202:Indicators and Reagents; D009113:Muramidase / Q000302:isolation & purification; D009566:Nitrates; D011506:Proteins / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D000644:Quaternary Ammonium Compounds
chemical_list: D007202:Indicators and Reagents; D009566:Nitrates; D011506:Proteins; D000644:Quaternary Ammonium Compounds; D009113:Muramidase