Apparatus for screening proptein crystallization conditions

摘要

The present invention is intended to provide an apparatus for screening protein crystallization conditions that can screen protein crystallization conditions efficiently by the vapor diffusion method using the sitting drop technique. In order to achieve the above-mentioned object, in an apparatus for screening protein crystallization conditions that screens protein crystallization conditions using the sitting drop technique that is one of the techniques of protein crystallization to be carried out by the vapor diffusion method, an apparatus 2 for preparing a crystallization plate that includes a dispensing means for dispensing a protein solution and a crystallization solution in wells of the crystallization plate and a seal attachment unit that seals the wells that have been subjected to dispensation is connected to a protein crystal detection apparatus 5 that detects protein crystals produced in the crystallization plate in a thermostatic chamber that stores the crystallization plate that has been subjected to the dispensing in a predetermined environment. Accordingly, the crystallization plate is transferred automatically and thus screening is carried out efficiently and automatically.