Friday, July 18, 2008

Syrrx's microvolume crystallization

WO/2006/101851A2

MICROFLUIDIC SYSTEM
The present invention provides microfluidic technology enabling rapid and economical manipulation of reactions on the femtoliter to microliter scale.

US20060094119

Microfluidic system
The present invention provides microfluidic technology enabling rapid and economical manipulation of reactions on the femtoliter to microliter scale.

6994749

Microfluidic device for parallel delivery and mixing of fluids
A microfluidic device is provided that comprises: a substrate; and a plurality of microvolumes at least partially defined by the substrate, each microvolume comprising a first submicrovolume and a...

US20060003439

Microfluidic system
The present invention provides microfluidic technology enabling rapid and economical manipulation of reactions on the femtoliter to microliter scale.

6964867

Method and apparatus for performing multiple processing steps on a sample in a single vessel
A method is provided for determining crystallization conditions for a protein, the method comprising: performing in a same fermentation apparatus 2 or more separate fermentations where each...

6916372

Microvolume device employing fluid movement by centrifugal force
A microfluidic device comprising: a substrate shaped so as to provide the device with an axis of rotation about which the device may be rotated; and a plurality of microvolumes at least partially...

6872250

Microvolume crystallization method employing multiple lumens
A method for determining crystallization conditions for a material, the method comprising: taking a microfluidic device comprising one or more lumens having microvolume dimensions and a plurality...

6869792

Method and apparatus for performing multiple processing steps on a sample in a single vessel
A method is provided which comprises: performing a plurality of fermentations, each fermentation in a different sample vessel; and performing a further processing step on the plurality of fermented...

6837927

Microvolume device employing fluid movement by centrifugal force
A microfluidic device is provided that comprises: a substrate; and a plurality of microvolumes at least partially defined by the substrate, each microvolume comprising a first submicrovolume and a...

6837926

Device for detecting precipitate formation in microvolumes
A microfluidic device is provided that comprises: a card shaped substrate having first and second opposing faces; one or more microvolumes at least partially defined by a first face of the card...

6811609

Microvolume device employing fluid movement by centrifugal force in different directions
A microfluidic device is provided that comprises: a substrate; one or more microvolumes at least partially defined by the substrate, each microvolume comprising a first submicrovolume, a second...

6797056

Microfluidic method employing delivery of plural different fluids to same lumen
A microfluidic method is provided that comprises: delivering first and second fluids to a lumen of a microfluidic device such that the first and second fluids flow adjacent to each other within the...

6780240

Method for causing fluid movement by centrifugal force
A microfluidic method is provided that comprises: taking a microfluidic device comprising a plurality of microvolumes; and causing movement of material in a same manner within the plurality of...

6761766

Method for parallel delivery and mixing of fluids by rotating a microfluidic device
A microfluidic method comprising: taking a microfluidic device comprising a substrate, and a plurality of microvolumes at least partially defined by the substrate, each microvolume comprising a...

6719840

In situ crystal growth and crystallization
A method is provided for determining crystallization conditions for a material, the method comprising: taking a plurality of different crystallization samples in an enclosed microvolume, the...

WO/2002/101127A1

IN SITU CRYSTAL GROWTH AND ANALYSIS
Methods and devices are provided for performing crystallization experiments and analyzing the results of the crystallization experiments in microfluidic devices including a method that comprises:...

US20020164653

Method and apparatus for performing multiple processing steps on a sample in a single vessel
A method is provided for determining crystallization conditions for a protein, the method comprising: performing in a same fermentation apparatus 2 or more separate fermentations where each...

WO/2002/075277A2

METHOD FOR PERFORMING MULTIPLE PROCESSING STEEPS IN A SINGLE VESSEL
A method is provided for determining crystallization conditions for a protein, the method comprising: performing in a same fermentation apparatus 2 or more separate fermentations where each...

US20020132286

Method and apparatus for performing multiple processing steps on a sample in a single vessel
A method is provided which comprises: performing a plurality of fermentations, each fermentation in a different sample vessel; and performing a further processing step on the plurality of fermented...

BACE - summary

7384773

Crystal of HIV protease-cleaved human beta secretase and method for crystallization thereof
The x-ray crystal structure of human BACE or BACE-like proteins is useful for solving the structure of other molecules or molecular complexes, and identifying and/or designing potential modifiers...

7244708

Inhibitors of memapsin 2 and use thereof
Methods for the production of purified, catalytically active, recombinant memapsin 2 have been developed. The substrate and subsite specificity of the catalytically active enzyme have been...

US20070149763

Beta secretase exosite binding peptides and methods for identifying beta secretase modulators
The present invention provides the crystal structure of BACE-1 complexed with both an active site inhibitor and an exosite peptide containing the core sequence YPYFI. The crystal structure shows...

7217556

Crystallization and structure determination of glycosylated human beta secretase, an enzyme implicated in Alzheimer's disease
The x-ray crystal structure of BACE or BACE-like proteins is useful for solving the structure of other molecules or molecular complexes, and identifying and/or designing potential modifiers of BACE...

US20070099273

Refolded recombinant beta-secretase crystals and methods for preparing and using the same
The present application relates to methods for growing crystals of both the uncomplexed and complexed forms of β-secretase (BACE) polypeptide. The present application also relates to crystalline...

EP1327143B1

CRYSTAL STRUCTURE OF BACE AND USES THEREOF
Abstract not available for EP1327143 Abstract of corresponding document: WO0225276 This invention is directed to the three dimensional crystal structure of Beta-site APP Cleaving Enzyme (BACE),...

7166454

Codon-optimized β-secretase and methods of refolding and processing
The present application relates to methods for growing crystals of both the uncomplexed and complexed forms of β-secretase (BACE) polypeptide. Polypeptides used herein are derived from human BACE...

US20060136141

Crystallization and structure determination of glycosylated human beta secretase, an enzyme implicated in alzheimer's disease
An inhibitor bound form of human beta secretase, also known as memapsin 2 and BACE, particularly in a glycosylated form as expressed in Chinese hamster ovary (CHO), HEK293 cells, or in insect cells...

WO/2006/018287A1

THREE-DIMENSIONAL STRCTURE OF THE HUMAN ASPARTYL PROTEASE BETA-SITE AMYLOID PRECURSOR-PROTEIN-CLEAVING ENZYME 2 (BACE2), METHODS AND USE THEREOF
The present invention concerns the aspartyl protease beta-site amyloid precursor protein­cleaving enzyme 2 (BACE2), in particular, the three-dimensional structure of BACE2. Methods of expression,...

US20040096950

Crystal structure of beta site APP cleaving enzyme (BACE) and methods of use thereof
The present application discloses and claims mutant BACE proteins, recombinant BACE proteins, processes for crystallizing BACE and in particular to its crystal structure and to the uses of this...

WO/2004/011641A2

CRYSTAL STRUCTURE OF BETA-SITE APP-CLEAVING ENZYME (BACE) MUTANTS AND USES THEREOF
The present application discloses and claims mutant BACE proteins, recombinant BACE proteins, processes for crystallizing BACE and in particular to its crystal structure and to the uses of this...

US20040014194

Beta-secretase crystals and methods for preparing and using the same
The present invention relates to the expression, purification and crystallization of glycosylated β-secretase protein and a complex thereof. The crystals of the invention are useful, inter alia,...

6545127

Catalytically active recombinant memapsin and methods of use thereof
Methods for the production of purified, catalytically active, recombinant memapsin 2 have been developed. The substrate and subsite specificity of the catalytically active enzyme have been...

WO/2003/012089A2

CRYSTAL STRUCTURE OF BETA−SITE APP CLEAVING ENZYME (BACE) AND USE THEREOF
Disclosed and claimed are novel BACE proteins, crystal structures thereof, nucleic acid molecules therefor, and methods for making and using and uses of the same, especially for ascertaining...

US20020055459

Crystal structure of bace and uses thereof
This invention is directed to the three dimensional crystal structure of Beta-site APP Cleaving Enzyme (BACE), and to the use of this structure in rational drug design methods to identify agents...

WO/2002/025276A1

CRYSTAL STRUCTURE OF BACE AND USES THEREOF
This invention is directed to the three dimensional crystal structure of Beta-site APP Cleaving Enzyme (BACE), and to the use of this structure in rational drug design methods to identify agents...