Constant current diffusion protein crystallization method and open constant current diffusion protein crystallization array chip and its fabrication method and application

Abstract

The invention relates to a protein crystallization method based on constant current diffusion, an open constant current diffusion protein crystallization array chip and a manufacturing method and application thereof. The open constant current diffusion protein crystallization array chip includes a substrate and a substrate fixed on the substrate; several hole-shaped protein crystallization units communicating with the external environment are distributed on the substrate to form an array of crystallization units; Several microfluidic main channels are distributed; each crystallization single-pass radial microfluidic diffusion channel communicates with the corresponding microfluidic main channel. The protein solution was injected into the microfluidic main channel in a constant flow, while the precipitant solution in the open crystallization unit was static. The advantages of the present invention are: 1. A high protein concentration gradient is maintained between the microfluidic main channel and the crystallization unit, so that protein molecules are continuously diffused into the crystallization unit, so that the protein crystallization speed is fast and the crystal cluster density is high; 2. The protein crystals formed in the crystallization unit are not subject to shear force, and can be extracted and analyzed conveniently; 3. The protein consumption is small, the operation is flexible, and it is suitable for high-pass screening of crystallization conditions; 4. The chip is simple to manufacture and the structure Compact, low cost, and mass-producible.

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technical field [0001] The invention relates to a method for efficiently obtaining protein crystallization and screening of crystallization conditions. Protein crystallization is the most direct and effective method for comprehensively understanding the advanced structure and function of proteins. It is of great significance for the study of biological processes and new drug design, and belongs to the field of biotechnology . Background technique [0002] The study of protein structure and function is of great significance to the understanding of life processes at the molecular level and the design of new drugs. The crystal analysis of protein is the most direct and effective method to fully understand the three-dimensional structure of protein, so it has attracted widespread attention. [0003] In order to efficiently obtain protein crystals that can be used for crystal analysis, it is necessary to use a small amount of protein solution for reasonable condition screening (...

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[0013] A common problem in the above experiments is that when the volume of the liquid is constant, the total amount of protein molecules contained is very limited, and it is difficult to promote the crystallization of protein molecules

If the concentration of protein is increased, the crystallization efficiency can be increased, but the obtained protein crystals are small in size and low in cluster density, so it is difficult to be directly used for diffraction analysis

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