title: Anomalous diffraction in crystallographic phase evaluation.
abstract: X-ray diffraction patterns from crystals of biological macromolecules contain sufficient information to define atomic structures, but atomic positions are inextricable without having electron-density images. Diffraction measurements provide amplitudes, but the computation of electron density also requires phases for the diffracted waves. The resonance phenomenon known as anomalous scattering offers a powerful solution to this phase problem. Exploiting scattering resonances from diverse elements, the methods of MAD (multiwavelength anomalous diffraction) and SAD (single-wavelength anomalous diffraction) now predominate for de novo determinations of atomic-level biological structures. This review describes the physical underpinnings of anomalous diffraction methods, the evolution of these methods to their current maturity, the elements, procedures and instrumentation used for effective implementation, and the realm of applications.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics, and Department of Physiology and Cellular Biophysics, Columbia University, New York, NY 10032, USA.
authors.forename: Wayne A
authors.initials: WA
authors.lastname: Hendrickson
mesh_terms: D018360:Crystallography, X-Ray / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D046911:Macromolecular Substances / Q000737:chemistry; D017356:Synchrotrons
chemical_list: D046911:Macromolecular Substances
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