An Integrated X-ray Measurement and Computation System in Protein Crystallography

Abstract

A crystallographic workbench or workstation installed with software packages and database systems is described, which enables a through processing from X-ray measurement to protein structure analysis. As workstations have been installed in many crystallography laboratories, a through X-ray analysis system can be now constructed via a local area network. We describe the construction of an integrated system for measuring the X-ray intensities from any crystal specimen, transferring structure factor data via the network, carrying out the structure analysis, and displaying the molecular structure.