X-ray structure of native scorpion toxin BmBKTx1 by racemic protein crystallography using direct methods.

Abstract

Racemic protein crystallography, enabled by total chemical synthesis, has allowed us to determine the X-ray structure of native scorpion toxin BmBKTx1; direct methods were used for phase determination. This is the first example of a protein racemate that crystallized in space group I41/a.