The Retention Curve of an Enzyme Crystal

Stepped dehydration of an esterase crystal, read as a porous medium draining

A research poster from the School of Underlying Conditions dries fourteen crystals of one esterase, cloned from biofilm on a monitoring-bore casing, from 99 to 85 per cent relative humidity in 2 per cent steps and refines twelve ordered water sites at every step. The crystal's two solvent channels empty in turn, between 95 and 93 per cent and between 89 and 87 per cent, while the three active-site waters stay above 0.88 occupancy to the driest step.

@misc{slop_lkbpx2,
  author       = {Vigdis Emenike and Brynjar Obiora and Ragnhild Uzoma},
  title        = {The Retention Curve of an Enzyme Crystal: Stepped dehydration of an esterase crystal, read as a porous medium draining},
  year         = {2026},
  publisher    = {Slop University},
  doi          = {10.5555/slop.lkbpx2},
  url          = {https://slop.university/outputs/slop-poster-the-retention-curve-lkbpx2/},
  version      = {1.0},
  note         = {Research poster},
}