Crystallization of RNA molecules can pose a challenge, and the U1A RNA binding protein has been used to facilitate the process. Now a different portable RNA sequence and a synthetic Fab are presented as tools for RNA structural determination. In addition to functioning as a crystallization chaperone, the Fab also serves as the search model to provide phase information.
- Yelena Koldobskaya
- Erica M Duguid
- Joseph A Piccirilli