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Title: High-speed fixed-target serial virus crystallography

Journal Article · · Nature Methods
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1038/nmeth.4335· OSTI ID:1421803
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  1. Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron (DESY), Hamburg (Germany). Photon Science
  2. Univ. of Oxford (United Kingdom). Division of Structural Biology, Wellcome Trust Centre for Human Genetics; Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC), Harwell Campus, Oxford (United Kingdom). Diamond Light Source, Ltd.
  3. Univ. of Oxford (United Kingdom). Division of Structural Biology, Wellcome Trust Centre for Human Genetics
  4. Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC), Harwell Campus, Oxford (United Kingdom). Diamond Light Source, Ltd.
  5. Univ. of Eastern Finland, Joensuu (Finland). Inst. of Photonics
  6. Lawrence Berkeley National Lab. (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States). Molecular Biophysics and Integrated Bioimaging Division
  7. Univ. of Leeds (United Kingdom). School of Molecular and Cellular Biology; Pirbright Inst., Pirbright (United Kingdom)
  8. Univ. of Leeds (United Kingdom). School of Molecular and Cellular Biology
  9. SLAC National Accelerator Lab., Menlo Park, CA (United States). Linac Coherent Light Source (LCLS)
  10. Paul Scherrer Inst. (PSI), Villigen (Switzerland)
  11. Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron (DESY), Hamburg (Germany). Photon Science; Center for Free Electron Laser Science (CFEL), Hamburg (Germany)

Here, we report a method for serial X-ray crystallography at X-ray free-electron lasers (XFELs), which allows for full use of the current 120-Hz repetition rate of the Linear Coherent Light Source (LCLS). Using a micropatterned silicon chip in combination with the high-speed Roadrunner goniometer for sample delivery, we were able to determine the crystal structures of the picornavirus bovine enterovirus 2 (BEV2) and the cytoplasmic polyhedrosis virus type 18 polyhedrin, with total data collection times of less than 14 and 10 min, respectively. Our method requires only micrograms of sample and should therefore broaden the applicability of serial femtosecond crystallography to challenging projects for which only limited sample amounts are available. By synchronizing the sample exchange to the XFEL repetition rate, our method allows for most efficient use of the limited beam time available at XFELs and should enable a substantial increase in sample throughput at these facilities.

Research Organization:
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES); National Institutes of Health (NIH); Wellcome Trust
Grant/Contract Number:
AC02-05CH11231; AC02-76SF00515; MR/N00065X/1; GM102520; GM117126
OSTI ID:
1421803
Journal Information:
Nature Methods, Vol. 14, Issue 8; ISSN 1548-7091
Publisher:
Nature Publishing GroupCopyright Statement
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Citation Metrics:
Cited by: 81 works
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