Examples of electron density
Figures from Bernhard Rupp's book "Biomolecular Crystallography" (with permission by the author)
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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+)
Pete Duncan noticed that PDB 2nls should most likely be 1nls .
Split side-chain conformations
Se-Met residues and chloride ion
