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Title: Raster-scanning serial protein crystallography using micro- and nano-focused synchrotron beams

Abstract

A raster scanning serial protein crystallography approach is presented, that consumes as low ∼200–700 nl of sedimented crystals. New serial data pre-analysis software, NanoPeakCell, is introduced. High-resolution structural information was obtained from lysozyme microcrystals (20 µm in the largest dimension) using raster-scanning serial protein crystallography on micro- and nano-focused beamlines at the ESRF. Data were collected at room temperature (RT) from crystals sandwiched between two silicon nitride wafers, thereby preventing their drying, while limiting background scattering and sample consumption. In order to identify crystal hits, new multi-processing and GUI-driven Python-based pre-analysis software was developed, named NanoPeakCell, that was able to read data from a variety of crystallographic image formats. Further data processing was carried out using CrystFEL, and the resultant structures were refined to 1.7 Å resolution. The data demonstrate the feasibility of RT raster-scanning serial micro- and nano-protein crystallography at synchrotrons and validate it as an alternative approach for the collection of high-resolution structural data from micro-sized crystals. Advantages of the proposed approach are its thriftiness, its handling-free nature, the reduced amount of sample required, the adjustable hit rate, the high indexing rate and the minimization of background scattering.

Authors:
 [1];  [2]; ; ;  [3];  [3];  [1]
  1. Université Grenoble Alpes, IBS, 38044 Grenoble (France)
  2. Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA 94720 (United States)
  3. European Synchrotron Radiation Facility, BP 220, 38043 Grenoble (France)
Publication Date:
OSTI Identifier:
22351153
Resource Type:
Journal Article
Journal Name:
Acta Crystallographica. Section D: Biological Crystallography
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Volume: 71; Journal Issue: Pt 5; Other Information: PMCID: PMC4427202; PMID: 25945583; PUBLISHER-ID: kw5115; OAI: oai:pubmedcentral.nih.gov:4427202; Copyright (c) Coquelle et al. 2015; This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Licence, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original authors and source are cited.; Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); Journal ID: ISSN 0907-4449
Country of Publication:
Denmark
Language:
English
Subject:
75 CONDENSED MATTER PHYSICS, SUPERCONDUCTIVITY AND SUPERFLUIDITY; BEAMS; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; CRYSTALS; EUROPEAN SYNCHROTRON RADIATION FACILITY; IMAGES; LYSOZYME; MINIMIZATION; RADIATION EFFECTS; RESOLUTION; SCATTERING; SILICON; SILICON NITRIDES; SYNCHROTRONS

Citation Formats

Coquelle, Nicolas, CNRS, IBS, 38044 Grenoble, CEA, IBS, 38044 Grenoble, Brewster, Aaron S., Kapp, Ulrike, Shilova, Anastasya, Weinhausen, Britta, Burghammer, Manfred, Ghent University, Ghent B-9000, Colletier, Jacques-Philippe, CNRS, IBS, 38044 Grenoble, and CEA, IBS, 38044 Grenoble. Raster-scanning serial protein crystallography using micro- and nano-focused synchrotron beams. Denmark: N. p., 2015. Web. doi:10.1107/S1399004715004514.
Coquelle, Nicolas, CNRS, IBS, 38044 Grenoble, CEA, IBS, 38044 Grenoble, Brewster, Aaron S., Kapp, Ulrike, Shilova, Anastasya, Weinhausen, Britta, Burghammer, Manfred, Ghent University, Ghent B-9000, Colletier, Jacques-Philippe, CNRS, IBS, 38044 Grenoble, & CEA, IBS, 38044 Grenoble. Raster-scanning serial protein crystallography using micro- and nano-focused synchrotron beams. Denmark. https://doi.org/10.1107/S1399004715004514
Coquelle, Nicolas, CNRS, IBS, 38044 Grenoble, CEA, IBS, 38044 Grenoble, Brewster, Aaron S., Kapp, Ulrike, Shilova, Anastasya, Weinhausen, Britta, Burghammer, Manfred, Ghent University, Ghent B-9000, Colletier, Jacques-Philippe, CNRS, IBS, 38044 Grenoble, and CEA, IBS, 38044 Grenoble. 2015. "Raster-scanning serial protein crystallography using micro- and nano-focused synchrotron beams". Denmark. https://doi.org/10.1107/S1399004715004514.
@article{osti_22351153,
title = {Raster-scanning serial protein crystallography using micro- and nano-focused synchrotron beams},
author = {Coquelle, Nicolas and CNRS, IBS, 38044 Grenoble and CEA, IBS, 38044 Grenoble and Brewster, Aaron S. and Kapp, Ulrike and Shilova, Anastasya and Weinhausen, Britta and Burghammer, Manfred and Ghent University, Ghent B-9000 and Colletier, Jacques-Philippe and CNRS, IBS, 38044 Grenoble and CEA, IBS, 38044 Grenoble},
abstractNote = {A raster scanning serial protein crystallography approach is presented, that consumes as low ∼200–700 nl of sedimented crystals. New serial data pre-analysis software, NanoPeakCell, is introduced. High-resolution structural information was obtained from lysozyme microcrystals (20 µm in the largest dimension) using raster-scanning serial protein crystallography on micro- and nano-focused beamlines at the ESRF. Data were collected at room temperature (RT) from crystals sandwiched between two silicon nitride wafers, thereby preventing their drying, while limiting background scattering and sample consumption. In order to identify crystal hits, new multi-processing and GUI-driven Python-based pre-analysis software was developed, named NanoPeakCell, that was able to read data from a variety of crystallographic image formats. Further data processing was carried out using CrystFEL, and the resultant structures were refined to 1.7 Å resolution. The data demonstrate the feasibility of RT raster-scanning serial micro- and nano-protein crystallography at synchrotrons and validate it as an alternative approach for the collection of high-resolution structural data from micro-sized crystals. Advantages of the proposed approach are its thriftiness, its handling-free nature, the reduced amount of sample required, the adjustable hit rate, the high indexing rate and the minimization of background scattering.},
doi = {10.1107/S1399004715004514},
url = {https://www.osti.gov/biblio/22351153}, journal = {Acta Crystallographica. Section D: Biological Crystallography},
issn = {0907-4449},
number = Pt 5,
volume = 71,
place = {Denmark},
year = {Fri May 01 00:00:00 EDT 2015},
month = {Fri May 01 00:00:00 EDT 2015}
}

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