The crystal structure of a small calcium-binding protein, the parvalbumin I& from Opsanus tau in which Tb was substituted for Ca, has been analysed by multiwavelength anomalous diffraction. Data at a resolution of 2.3 A were collected at three wavelengths near the L, absorption edge of Tb (1.645-1.650 A), using the synchrotron radiation emitted by a storage ring and a multiwire proportional counter. The phases of the reflections were determined from this single derivative, without native data. Prior to any refinement, the resulting electron density map shows a good agreement with the model of the homologous carp parvalbumin in regions of identical amino-acid sequence.

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