METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CRYSTALLIZATION OF PROTEIN, AND APPARATUS FOR PROTEIN CRYSTALLIZATION TREATMENT

摘要

Disclosed is a method for crystallization of a protein by a microbatch process comprising directly adding a droplet of a reagent required for the crystallization of the protein to a trace amount of a droplet of a solution of the protein to yield a sample droplet and placing the sample droplet under a predetermined environment to cause the crystallization of the protein in the sample droplet. The method is characterized in that, in the microbatch process, a pair of electrodes are arranged side by side over or below the sample droplet and an electric field is applied to the sample droplet from the upper or lower side thereof by means of the electrodes to cause the crystallization of the protein.