“…Crystals of rabbit muscle phosphoglucomutase were grown in the manner described previously (Lin et al, 1986) by vapor diffusion from a solution of the enzyme in aqueous 45-48% saturated (NH4)2S04, 4.2-4.5% (w/v) PEG-400, and 15 mM Mg2+, buffered at an apparent pH3 *of 6.5 with 50 mM MES. After being harvested, the crystals were transferred in 30 steps of equal increments (see below) from mother liquor to "storage solution": 2.3 M (NH4)2SG4, 50 mM MES, apparent pH 6.5, 16 mM Mg2+, and 1 mM EDTA.3 Unless otherwise stated, 1 Abbreviations: Glc-l-P, -D-glucose 1-phosphate; Glc-P2, a-Dglucose 1,6-bisphosphate; PEG, polyoxyethylene, or polyethylene glycol); HEPES, Af-(2-hydroxyethyl)piperazine-A-2-ethanesulfonic acid; MES, 2-(/V-morpholino)ethanesulfonic acid; a, activity, FWHM, full width at half-maximum height.…”