Bence Jones KWR protein structures determined by X-ray crystallography

Bence Jones KWR protein structures determined by X-ray crystallography.

A Bence Jones protein isolated in the early 1960s from a patient (initials KWR) suffering from plasma-cell dyscrasia was crystallized and its structure was analyzed in four different unit cells by X-ray diffraction. The final models of the molecule in all crystal forms were virtually the same, although the elbow angles relating the constant and variable domains of the Bence Jones dimers varied ...

Relative stability of protein structures determined by X-ray crystallography or NMR spectroscopy: a molecular dynamics simulation study.

The relative stability of protein structures determined by either X-ray crystallography or nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectroscopy has been investigated by using molecular dynamics simulation techniques. Published structures of 34 proteins containing between 50 and 100 residues have been evaluated. The proteins selected represent a mixture of secondary structure types including all alpha,...

Solving large RNA structures by X-ray crystallography.

What's in a name? Bence Jones protein

Plasma cell disorders are important in the differential diagnosis of acute kidney injury and of renal impairment with proteinuria. One or more of several mechanisms can be involved, such as cast nephropathy, deposition of monoclonal immunoglobulins, formation of amyloid fibrils, hypercalcaemia, hyperuricaemia and a variety of tubular syndromes. Various tests, such as serum electrophoresis and i...

The Fate of Injected Bence Jones Protein

Bence Jones protein injected into rabbits was excreted rapidly into the urine. The excreted protein retained the physicochemical and immunochemical properties of the injected Bence Jones protein. In spite of the rapid excretion, a significant portion of the injected Bence Jones protein was found to be metabolized. After reinjection of radioactive Bence Jones protein into the donor patient, only...