Examples of electron density

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Figures from Bernhard Rupp's book "Biomolecular Crystallography" (with permission by the author)

There is more material (all figures, citations, tutorials) at the book's overview page.

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Cis-peptide bond and its electron density

 


Covalently modified residues

 


Covalent binding of ligands

 


Additives mediating intermolecular contacts

 

Heavy-atom derivatization of a protein

 


The trimeric bacterial outer membrane protein OprP

 

Chemically modified lysine residue (Dimethyllysine)

 


Glycosylated residues stabilizing homodimer

 


Uranium-atom solution and Fourier truncation ripples

 


Solvent molecules (water, MPD, Mg2+)

 


Split side-chain conformations

 


Se-Met residues and chloride ion