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Liu YJ. Understanding the complete bioluminescence cycle from a multiscale computational perspective: A review. JOURNAL OF PHOTOCHEMISTRY AND PHOTOBIOLOGY C: PHOTOCHEMISTRY REVIEWS 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jphotochemrev.2022.100537] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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Nakatsu T. What Kind of Measurements Can Be Made with an X-ray Free Electron Laser at SACLA? YAKUGAKU ZASSHI 2022; 142:479-485. [DOI: 10.1248/yakushi.21-00203-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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- Toru Nakatsu
- Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Kyoto University
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Matsui D, Muraki N, Chen K, Mori T, Ingram AA, Oike K, Gröger H, Aono S, Asano Y. Crystal structural analysis of aldoxime dehydratase from Bacillus sp. OxB-1: Importance of surface residues in optimization for crystallization. J Inorg Biochem 2022; 230:111770. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jinorgbio.2022.111770] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/22/2021] [Revised: 02/11/2022] [Accepted: 02/17/2022] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Pan D, Oyama R, Sato T, Nakane T, Mizunuma R, Matsuoka K, Joti Y, Tono K, Nango E, Iwata S, Nakatsu T, Kato H. Crystal structure of CmABCB1 multi-drug exporter in lipidic mesophase revealed by LCP-SFX. IUCRJ 2022; 9:134-145. [PMID: 35059217 PMCID: PMC8733880 DOI: 10.1107/s2052252521011611] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/20/2021] [Accepted: 11/03/2021] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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CmABCB1 is a Cyanidioschyzon merolae homolog of human ABCB1, a well known ATP-binding cassette (ABC) transporter responsible for multi-drug resistance in various cancers. Three-dimensional structures of ABCB1 homologs have revealed the snapshots of inward- and outward-facing states of the transporters in action. However, sufficient information to establish the sequential movements of the open-close cycles of the alternating-access model is still lacking. Serial femtosecond crystallography (SFX) using X-ray free-electron lasers has proven its worth in determining novel structures and recording sequential conformational changes of proteins at room temperature, especially for medically important membrane proteins, but it has never been applied to ABC transporters. In this study, 7.7 mono-acyl-glycerol with cholesterol as the host lipid was used and obtained well diffracting microcrystals of the 130 kDa CmABCB1 dimer. Successful SFX experiments were performed by adjusting the viscosity of the crystal suspension of the sponge phase with hy-droxy-propyl methyl-cellulose and using the high-viscosity sample injector for data collection at the SACLA beamline. An outward-facing structure of CmABCB1 at a maximum resolution of 2.22 Å is reported, determined by SFX experiments with crystals formed in the lipidic cubic phase (LCP-SFX), which has never been applied to ABC transporters. In the type I crystal, CmABCB1 dimers interact with adjacent molecules via not only the nucleotide-binding domains but also the transmembrane domains (TMDs); such an interaction was not observed in the previous type II crystal. Although most parts of the structure are similar to those in the previous type II structure, the substrate-exit region of the TMD adopts a different configuration in the type I structure. This difference between the two types of structures reflects the flexibility of the substrate-exit region of CmABCB1, which might be essential for the smooth release of various substrates from the transporter.
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- Dongqing Pan
- Department of Structural Biology, Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Kyoto University, 46-29 Yoshida Shimoadachi-cho, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto 606-8501, Japan
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- Department of Structural Biology, Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Kyoto University, 46-29 Yoshida Shimoadachi-cho, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto 606-8501, Japan
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- Department of Structural Biology, Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Kyoto University, 46-29 Yoshida Shimoadachi-cho, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto 606-8501, Japan
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- Department of Biological Science, Graduate School of Science, The University of Tokyo, 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-0033, Japan
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- Department of Structural Biology, Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Kyoto University, 46-29 Yoshida Shimoadachi-cho, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto 606-8501, Japan
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- Department of Structural Biology, Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Kyoto University, 46-29 Yoshida Shimoadachi-cho, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto 606-8501, Japan
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- Japan Synchrotron Radiation Research Institute, 1-1-1 Kouto, Sayo-cho, Sayo-gun, Hyogo 679-5198, Japan
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- Japan Synchrotron Radiation Research Institute, 1-1-1 Kouto, Sayo-cho, Sayo-gun, Hyogo 679-5198, Japan
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- RIKEN SPring-8 Center, 1-1-1 Kouto, Sayo-cho, Sayo-gun, Hyogo 679-5148, Japan
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- RIKEN SPring-8 Center, 1-1-1 Kouto, Sayo-cho, Sayo-gun, Hyogo 679-5148, Japan
- Department of Cell Biology, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University, Yoshidakonoe-cho, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto 606-8501, Japan
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- Department of Structural Biology, Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Kyoto University, 46-29 Yoshida Shimoadachi-cho, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto 606-8501, Japan
- RIKEN SPring-8 Center, 1-1-1 Kouto, Sayo-cho, Sayo-gun, Hyogo 679-5148, Japan
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- Department of Structural Biology, Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Kyoto University, 46-29 Yoshida Shimoadachi-cho, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto 606-8501, Japan
- RIKEN SPring-8 Center, 1-1-1 Kouto, Sayo-cho, Sayo-gun, Hyogo 679-5148, Japan
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Nass K, Bacellar C, Cirelli C, Dworkowski F, Gevorkov Y, James D, Johnson PJM, Kekilli D, Knopp G, Martiel I, Ozerov D, Tolstikova A, Vera L, Weinert T, Yefanov O, Standfuss J, Reiche S, Milne CJ. Pink-beam serial femtosecond crystallography for accurate structure-factor determination at an X-ray free-electron laser. IUCRJ 2021; 8:905-920. [PMID: 34804544 PMCID: PMC8562661 DOI: 10.1107/s2052252521008046] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/01/2021] [Accepted: 08/05/2021] [Indexed: 05/25/2023]
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Serial femtosecond crystallography (SFX) at X-ray free-electron lasers (XFELs) enables essentially radiation-damage-free macromolecular structure determination using microcrystals that are too small for synchrotron studies. However, SFX experiments often require large amounts of sample in order to collect highly redundant data where some of the many stochastic errors can be averaged out to determine accurate structure-factor amplitudes. In this work, the capability of the Swiss X-ray free-electron laser (SwissFEL) was used to generate large-bandwidth X-ray pulses [Δλ/λ = 2.2% full width at half-maximum (FWHM)], which were applied in SFX with the aim of improving the partiality of Bragg spots and thus decreasing sample consumption while maintaining the data quality. Sensitive data-quality indicators such as anomalous signal from native thaumatin micro-crystals and de novo phasing results were used to quantify the benefits of using pink X-ray pulses to obtain accurate structure-factor amplitudes. Compared with data measured using the same setup but using X-ray pulses with typical quasi-monochromatic XFEL bandwidth (Δλ/λ = 0.17% FWHM), up to fourfold reduction in the number of indexed diffraction patterns required to obtain similar data quality was achieved. This novel approach, pink-beam SFX, facilitates the yet underutilized de novo structure determination of challenging proteins at XFELs, thereby opening the door to more scientific breakthroughs.
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- Karol Nass
- Paul Scherrer Institut, Forschungstrasse 111, Villigen 5232, Switzerland
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- Paul Scherrer Institut, Forschungstrasse 111, Villigen 5232, Switzerland
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- Paul Scherrer Institut, Forschungstrasse 111, Villigen 5232, Switzerland
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- Paul Scherrer Institut, Forschungstrasse 111, Villigen 5232, Switzerland
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- Center for Free-Electron Laser Science, Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron DESY, Notkestrasse 85, Hamburg 22607, Germany
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- Paul Scherrer Institut, Forschungstrasse 111, Villigen 5232, Switzerland
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- Paul Scherrer Institut, Forschungstrasse 111, Villigen 5232, Switzerland
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- Paul Scherrer Institut, Forschungstrasse 111, Villigen 5232, Switzerland
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- Paul Scherrer Institut, Forschungstrasse 111, Villigen 5232, Switzerland
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- Paul Scherrer Institut, Forschungstrasse 111, Villigen 5232, Switzerland
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- Center for Free-Electron Laser Science, Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron DESY, Notkestrasse 85, Hamburg 22607, Germany
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- Paul Scherrer Institut, Forschungstrasse 111, Villigen 5232, Switzerland
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- Paul Scherrer Institut, Forschungstrasse 111, Villigen 5232, Switzerland
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- Center for Free-Electron Laser Science, Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron DESY, Notkestrasse 85, Hamburg 22607, Germany
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- Paul Scherrer Institut, Forschungstrasse 111, Villigen 5232, Switzerland
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- Paul Scherrer Institut, Forschungstrasse 111, Villigen 5232, Switzerland
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Nass K, Cheng R, Vera L, Mozzanica A, Redford S, Ozerov D, Basu S, James D, Knopp G, Cirelli C, Martiel I, Casadei C, Weinert T, Nogly P, Skopintsev P, Usov I, Leonarski F, Geng T, Rappas M, Doré AS, Cooke R, Nasrollahi Shirazi S, Dworkowski F, Sharpe M, Olieric N, Bacellar C, Bohinc R, Steinmetz MO, Schertler G, Abela R, Patthey L, Schmitt B, Hennig M, Standfuss J, Wang M, Milne CJ. Advances in long-wavelength native phasing at X-ray free-electron lasers. IUCRJ 2020; 7:965-975. [PMID: 33209311 PMCID: PMC7642782 DOI: 10.1107/s2052252520011379] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/03/2020] [Accepted: 08/19/2020] [Indexed: 05/31/2023]
Abstract
Long-wavelength pulses from the Swiss X-ray free-electron laser (XFEL) have been used for de novo protein structure determination by native single-wavelength anomalous diffraction (native-SAD) phasing of serial femtosecond crystallography (SFX) data. In this work, sensitive anomalous data-quality indicators and model proteins were used to quantify improvements in native-SAD at XFELs such as utilization of longer wavelengths, careful experimental geometry optimization, and better post-refinement and partiality correction. Compared with studies using shorter wavelengths at other XFELs and older software versions, up to one order of magnitude reduction in the required number of indexed images for native-SAD was achieved, hence lowering sample consumption and beam-time requirements significantly. Improved data quality and higher anomalous signal facilitate so-far underutilized de novo structure determination of challenging proteins at XFELs. Improvements presented in this work can be used in other types of SFX experiments that require accurate measurements of weak signals, for example time-resolved studies.
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- Karol Nass
- Photon Science Division, Paul Scherrer Institut, Forschungsstrasse 111, Villigen PSI, 5232, Switzerland
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- LeadXpro AG, Park InnovAARE, Villigen, 5234, Switzerland
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- Photon Science Division, Paul Scherrer Institut, Forschungsstrasse 111, Villigen PSI, 5232, Switzerland
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- Photon Science Division, Paul Scherrer Institut, Forschungsstrasse 111, Villigen PSI, 5232, Switzerland
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- Photon Science Division, Paul Scherrer Institut, Forschungsstrasse 111, Villigen PSI, 5232, Switzerland
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- Science IT, Paul Scherrer Institut, Forschungsstrasse 111, Villigen PSI, 5232, Switzerland
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- Photon Science Division, Paul Scherrer Institut, Forschungsstrasse 111, Villigen PSI, 5232, Switzerland
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- Laboratory of Biomolecular Research, Division of Biology and Chemistry, Paul Scherrer Institut, Forschungsstrasse 111, Villigen PSI, 5232, Switzerland
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- Photon Science Division, Paul Scherrer Institut, Forschungsstrasse 111, Villigen PSI, 5232, Switzerland
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- Photon Science Division, Paul Scherrer Institut, Forschungsstrasse 111, Villigen PSI, 5232, Switzerland
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- Photon Science Division, Paul Scherrer Institut, Forschungsstrasse 111, Villigen PSI, 5232, Switzerland
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- Photon Science Division, Paul Scherrer Institut, Forschungsstrasse 111, Villigen PSI, 5232, Switzerland
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- Laboratory of Biomolecular Research, Division of Biology and Chemistry, Paul Scherrer Institut, Forschungsstrasse 111, Villigen PSI, 5232, Switzerland
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- Institute of Molecular Biology and Biophysics, Department of Biology, ETH Zürich, Wolfgang-Pauli-Strasse 27, Zürich, 8093, Switzerland
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- Laboratory of Biomolecular Research, Division of Biology and Chemistry, Paul Scherrer Institut, Forschungsstrasse 111, Villigen PSI, 5232, Switzerland
- Department of Biology, ETH Zürich, Wolfgang-Pauli-Strasse 27, Zürich, 8093, Switzerland
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- Science IT, Paul Scherrer Institut, Forschungsstrasse 111, Villigen PSI, 5232, Switzerland
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- Photon Science Division, Paul Scherrer Institut, Forschungsstrasse 111, Villigen PSI, 5232, Switzerland
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- Sosei Heptares, Steinmetz Building, Granta Park, Great Abington, Cambridge CB21 6DG, United Kingdom
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- Sosei Heptares, Steinmetz Building, Granta Park, Great Abington, Cambridge CB21 6DG, United Kingdom
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- Sosei Heptares, Steinmetz Building, Granta Park, Great Abington, Cambridge CB21 6DG, United Kingdom
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- Sosei Heptares, Steinmetz Building, Granta Park, Great Abington, Cambridge CB21 6DG, United Kingdom
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- Photon Science Division, Paul Scherrer Institut, Forschungsstrasse 111, Villigen PSI, 5232, Switzerland
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- Photon Science Division, Paul Scherrer Institut, Forschungsstrasse 111, Villigen PSI, 5232, Switzerland
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- Laboratory of Biomolecular Research, Division of Biology and Chemistry, Paul Scherrer Institut, Forschungsstrasse 111, Villigen PSI, 5232, Switzerland
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- Photon Science Division, Paul Scherrer Institut, Forschungsstrasse 111, Villigen PSI, 5232, Switzerland
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- Photon Science Division, Paul Scherrer Institut, Forschungsstrasse 111, Villigen PSI, 5232, Switzerland
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- Laboratory of Biomolecular Research, Division of Biology and Chemistry, Paul Scherrer Institut, Forschungsstrasse 111, Villigen PSI, 5232, Switzerland
- Biozentrum, University of Basel, Basel, 4056, Switzerland
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- Laboratory of Biomolecular Research, Division of Biology and Chemistry, Paul Scherrer Institut, Forschungsstrasse 111, Villigen PSI, 5232, Switzerland
- Department of Biology, ETH Zürich, Wolfgang-Pauli-Strasse 27, Zürich, 8093, Switzerland
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- LeadXpro AG, Park InnovAARE, Villigen, 5234, Switzerland
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- Photon Science Division, Paul Scherrer Institut, Forschungsstrasse 111, Villigen PSI, 5232, Switzerland
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- Photon Science Division, Paul Scherrer Institut, Forschungsstrasse 111, Villigen PSI, 5232, Switzerland
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- LeadXpro AG, Park InnovAARE, Villigen, 5234, Switzerland
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- Laboratory of Biomolecular Research, Division of Biology and Chemistry, Paul Scherrer Institut, Forschungsstrasse 111, Villigen PSI, 5232, Switzerland
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- Photon Science Division, Paul Scherrer Institut, Forschungsstrasse 111, Villigen PSI, 5232, Switzerland
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- Photon Science Division, Paul Scherrer Institut, Forschungsstrasse 111, Villigen PSI, 5232, Switzerland
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Lawrence JM, Orlans J, Evans G, Orville AM, Foadi J, Aller P. High-throughput in situ experimental phasing. Acta Crystallogr D Struct Biol 2020; 76:790-801. [PMID: 32744261 PMCID: PMC7397491 DOI: 10.1107/s2059798320009109] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/11/2020] [Accepted: 07/03/2020] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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In this article, a new approach to experimental phasing for macromolecular crystallography (MX) at synchrotrons is introduced and described for the first time. It makes use of automated robotics applied to a multi-crystal framework in which human intervention is reduced to a minimum. Hundreds of samples are automatically soaked in heavy-atom solutions, using a Labcyte Inc. Echo 550 Liquid Handler, in a highly controlled and optimized fashion in order to generate derivatized and isomorphous crystals. Partial data sets obtained on MX beamlines using an in situ setup for data collection are processed with the aim of producing good-quality anomalous signal leading to successful experimental phasing.
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- Joshua M. Lawrence
- Diamond Light Source, Harwell Science and Innovation Campus, Didcot OX11 0DE, United Kingdom
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- Diamond Light Source, Harwell Science and Innovation Campus, Didcot OX11 0DE, United Kingdom
- UMR0203, Biologie Fonctionnelle, Insectes et Interactions (BF2i); Institut National des Sciences Appliquées de Lyon (INSA Lyon); Institut National de Recherche pour l’Agriculture, l’Alimentation et l’Environnement (INRAE), University of Lyon (Univ Lyon), F-69621 Villeurbanne, France
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- Diamond Light Source, Harwell Science and Innovation Campus, Didcot OX11 0DE, United Kingdom
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- Diamond Light Source, Harwell Science and Innovation Campus, Didcot OX11 0DE, United Kingdom
- Research Complex at Harwell, Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Didcot OX11 0FA, United Kingdom
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- Diamond Light Source, Harwell Science and Innovation Campus, Didcot OX11 0DE, United Kingdom
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- Diamond Light Source, Harwell Science and Innovation Campus, Didcot OX11 0DE, United Kingdom
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Viscosity-adjustable grease matrices for serial nanocrystallography. Sci Rep 2020; 10:1371. [PMID: 31992735 PMCID: PMC6987181 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-020-57675-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/22/2019] [Accepted: 12/30/2019] [Indexed: 11/26/2022] Open
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Serial femtosecond crystallography (SFX) has enabled determination of room temperature structures of proteins with minimum radiation damage. A highly viscous grease matrix acting as a crystal carrier for serial sample loading at a low flow rate of ~0.5 μl min−1 was introduced into the beam path of X-ray free-electron laser. This matrix makes it possible to determine the protein structure with a sample consumption of less than 1 mg of the protein. The viscosity of the matrix is an important factor in maintaining a continuous and stable sample column from a nozzle of a high viscosity micro-extrusion injector for serial sample loading. Using conventional commercial grease (an oil-based, viscous agent) with insufficient control of viscosity in a matrix often gives an unexpectedly low viscosity, providing an unstable sample stream, with effects such as curling of the stream. Adjustment of the grease viscosity is extremely difficult since the commercial grease contains unknown compounds, which may act as unexpected inhibitors of proteins. This study introduces two novel grease matrix carriers comprising known compounds with a viscosity higher than that of conventional greases, to determine the proteinase K structure from nano-/microcrystals.
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Zatsepin NA, Li C, Colasurd P, Nannenga BL. The complementarity of serial femtosecond crystallography and MicroED for structure determination from microcrystals. Curr Opin Struct Biol 2019; 58:286-293. [PMID: 31345629 DOI: 10.1016/j.sbi.2019.06.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/27/2018] [Revised: 06/11/2019] [Accepted: 06/11/2019] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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In recent years, nano and microcrystals have emerged as a valuable source of high-resolution structural information owing to the invention of serial femtosecond crystallography (SFX) with X-ray free electron lasers and microcrystal electron diffraction (MicroED) using electron cryomicroscopes. Once considered useless for structure determination, nano/microcrystals now confer significant advantages for static and time-resolved structure determination from a wide variety of difficult-to-study targets. MicroED has been used to obtain sub-Ångstrom resolution maps in which hydrogen atoms can be clearly resolved from only a few nano/microcrystals, while SFX has been used to probe protein dynamics following reaction initiation on time scales from femtoseconds to minutes. We review these two complementary techniques and their abilities for high-resolution structure determination.
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- Nadia A Zatsepin
- Department of Physics, Arizona State University, P.O. Box 871504, Tempe, AZ 85287, USA
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- Department of Physics, Arizona State University, P.O. Box 871504, Tempe, AZ 85287, USA
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- Chemical Engineering, School for Engineering of Matter, Transport, and Energy, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ 85287, USA
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- Chemical Engineering, School for Engineering of Matter, Transport, and Energy, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ 85287, USA.
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Guo G, Zhu P, Fuchs MR, Shi W, Andi B, Gao Y, Hendrickson WA, McSweeney S, Liu Q. Synchrotron microcrystal native-SAD phasing at a low energy. IUCRJ 2019; 6:532-542. [PMID: 31316798 PMCID: PMC6608635 DOI: 10.1107/s2052252519004536] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/25/2019] [Accepted: 04/03/2019] [Indexed: 05/31/2023]
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De novo structural evaluation of native biomolecules from single-wavelength anomalous diffraction (SAD) is a challenge because of the weakness of the anomalous scattering. The anomalous scattering from relevant native elements - primarily sulfur in proteins and phospho-rus in nucleic acids - increases as the X-ray energy decreases toward their K-edge transitions. Thus, measurements at a lowered X-ray energy are promising for making native SAD routine and robust. For microcrystals with sizes less than 10 µm, native-SAD phasing at synchrotron microdiffraction beamlines is even more challenging because of difficulties in sample manipulation, diffraction data collection and data analysis. Native-SAD analysis from microcrystals by using X-ray free-electron lasers has been demonstrated but has required use of thousands of thousands of microcrystals to achieve the necessary accuracy. Here it is shown that by exploitation of anomalous microdiffraction signals obtained at 5 keV, by the use of polyimide wellmounts, and by an iterative crystal and frame-rejection method, microcrystal native-SAD phasing is possible from as few as about 1 200 crystals. Our results show the utility of low-energy native-SAD phasing with microcrystals at synchrotron microdiffraction beamlines.
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- Gongrui Guo
- Biology Department, Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, NY 11973, USA
- Photon Science, NSLS-II, Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, NY 11973, USA
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- Biology Department, Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, NY 11973, USA
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- Photon Science, NSLS-II, Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, NY 11973, USA
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- Photon Science, NSLS-II, Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, NY 11973, USA
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- Photon Science, NSLS-II, Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, NY 11973, USA
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- Photon Science, NSLS-II, Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, NY 11973, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics, Columbia University, New York, NY 10032, USA
- Department of Physiology and Cellular Biophysics, Columbia University, New York, NY 10032, USA
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- Photon Science, NSLS-II, Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, NY 11973, USA
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- Biology Department, Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, NY 11973, USA
- Photon Science, NSLS-II, Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, NY 11973, USA
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Cheng YY, Liu YJ. Luciferin Regeneration in Firefly Bioluminescence via Proton-Transfer-Facilitated Hydrolysis, Condensation and Chiral Inversion. Chemphyschem 2019; 20:1719-1727. [PMID: 31090243 DOI: 10.1002/cphc.201900306] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/27/2019] [Revised: 05/07/2019] [Indexed: 01/06/2023]
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Firefly bioluminescence is produced via luciferin enzymatic reactions in luciferase. Luciferin has to be unceasingly replenished to maintain bioluminescence. How is the luciferin reproduced after it has been exhausted? In the early 1970s, Okada proposed the hypothesis that the oxyluciferin produced by the previous bioluminescent reaction could be converted into new luciferin for the next bioluminescent reaction. To some extent, this hypothesis was evidenced by several detected intermediates. However, the detailed process and mechanism of luciferin regeneration remained largely unknown. For the first time, we investigated the entire process of luciferin regeneration in firefly bioluminescence by density functional theory calculations. This theoretical study suggests that luciferin regeneration consists of three sequential steps: the oxyluciferin produced from the last bioluminescent reaction generates 2-cyano-6-hydroxybenzothiazole (CHBT) in the luciferin regenerating enzyme (LRE) via a hydrolysis reaction; CHBT combines with L-cysteine in vivo to form L-luciferin via a condensation reaction; and L-luciferin inverts into D-luciferin in luciferase and thioesterase. The presently proposed mechanism not only supports the sporadic evidence from previous experiments but also clearly describes the complete process of luciferin regeneration. This work is of great significance for understanding the long-term flashing of fireflies without an in vitro energy supply.
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- Yuan-Yuan Cheng
- Key Laboratory of Theoretical and Computational Photochemistry Ministry of Education, College of Chemistry, Beijing Normal University, Beijing, 100875, P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Theoretical and Computational Photochemistry Ministry of Education, College of Chemistry, Beijing Normal University, Beijing, 100875, P. R. China
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Botha S, Baitan D, Jungnickel KEJ, Oberthür D, Schmidt C, Stern S, Wiedorn MO, Perbandt M, Chapman HN, Betzel C. De novo protein structure determination by heavy-atom soaking in lipidic cubic phase and SIRAS phasing using serial synchrotron crystallography. IUCRJ 2018; 5:524-530. [PMID: 30224955 PMCID: PMC6126645 DOI: 10.1107/s2052252518009223] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/23/2018] [Accepted: 06/26/2018] [Indexed: 05/30/2023]
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During the past few years, serial crystallography methods have undergone continuous development and serial data collection has become well established at high-intensity synchrotron-radiation beamlines and XFEL radiation sources. However, the application of experimental phasing to serial crystallography data has remained a challenging task owing to the inherent inaccuracy of the diffraction data. Here, a particularly gentle method for incorporating heavy atoms into micrometre-sized crystals utilizing lipidic cubic phase (LCP) as a carrier medium is reported. Soaking in LCP prior to data collection offers a new, efficient and gentle approach for preparing heavy-atom-derivative crystals directly before diffraction data collection using serial crystallography methods. This approach supports effective phasing by utilizing a reasonably low number of diffraction patterns. Using synchrotron radiation and exploiting the anomalous scattering signal of mercury for single isomorphous replacement with anomalous scattering (SIRAS) phasing resulted in high-quality electron-density maps that were sufficient for building a complete structural model of proteinase K at 1.9 Å resolution using automatic model-building tools.
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- S. Botha
- Institute of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Chemistry Department, University of Hamburg, Martin-Luther-King Platz 6, 20146 Hamburg, Germany
- Laboratory for Structural Biology of Infection and Inflammation, c/o DESY, Building 22a, Notkestrasse 85, 22607 Hamburg, Germany
- The Hamburg Centre for Ultrafast Imaging, Luruper Chaussee 149, 22761 Hamburg, Germany
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- Institute of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Chemistry Department, University of Hamburg, Martin-Luther-King Platz 6, 20146 Hamburg, Germany
- Laboratory for Structural Biology of Infection and Inflammation, c/o DESY, Building 22a, Notkestrasse 85, 22607 Hamburg, Germany
- Xtal Concepts GmbH, Marlowring 19, 22525 Hamburg, Germany
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- Institute of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Chemistry Department, University of Hamburg, Martin-Luther-King Platz 6, 20146 Hamburg, Germany
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- Center for Free-Electron Laser Science, Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron (DESY), Notkestrasse 85, 22607 Hamburg, Germany
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- Institute of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Chemistry Department, University of Hamburg, Martin-Luther-King Platz 6, 20146 Hamburg, Germany
- Laboratory for Structural Biology of Infection and Inflammation, c/o DESY, Building 22a, Notkestrasse 85, 22607 Hamburg, Germany
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- Center for Free-Electron Laser Science, Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron (DESY), Notkestrasse 85, 22607 Hamburg, Germany
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- The Hamburg Centre for Ultrafast Imaging, Luruper Chaussee 149, 22761 Hamburg, Germany
- Center for Free-Electron Laser Science, Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron (DESY), Notkestrasse 85, 22607 Hamburg, Germany
- Department of Physics, University of Hamburg, Luruper Chaussee 149, 22761 Hamburg, Germany
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- Institute of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Chemistry Department, University of Hamburg, Martin-Luther-King Platz 6, 20146 Hamburg, Germany
- Laboratory for Structural Biology of Infection and Inflammation, c/o DESY, Building 22a, Notkestrasse 85, 22607 Hamburg, Germany
- The Hamburg Centre for Ultrafast Imaging, Luruper Chaussee 149, 22761 Hamburg, Germany
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- The Hamburg Centre for Ultrafast Imaging, Luruper Chaussee 149, 22761 Hamburg, Germany
- Center for Free-Electron Laser Science, Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron (DESY), Notkestrasse 85, 22607 Hamburg, Germany
- Department of Physics, University of Hamburg, Luruper Chaussee 149, 22761 Hamburg, Germany
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- Institute of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Chemistry Department, University of Hamburg, Martin-Luther-King Platz 6, 20146 Hamburg, Germany
- Laboratory for Structural Biology of Infection and Inflammation, c/o DESY, Building 22a, Notkestrasse 85, 22607 Hamburg, Germany
- The Hamburg Centre for Ultrafast Imaging, Luruper Chaussee 149, 22761 Hamburg, Germany
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Two-colour serial femtosecond crystallography dataset from gadoteridol-derivatized lysozyme for MAD phasing. Sci Data 2017; 4:170188. [PMID: 29231920 PMCID: PMC5726314 DOI: 10.1038/sdata.2017.188] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/01/2017] [Accepted: 11/10/2017] [Indexed: 11/15/2022] Open
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We provide a detailed description of a gadoteridol-derivatized lysozyme (gadolinium lysozyme) two-colour serial femtosecond crystallography (SFX) dataset for multiple wavelength anomalous dispersion (MAD) structure determination. The data was collected at the Spring-8 Angstrom Compact free-electron LAser (SACLA) facility using a two-colour double-pulse beam to record two diffraction patterns simultaneously in one diffraction image. Gadolinium lysozyme was chosen as a well-established model system that has a very strong anomalous signal. Diffraction patterns from gadolinium lysozyme microcrystals were recorded to a resolution of 1.9 Å in both colours. This dataset is publicly available through the Coherent X-ray Imaging Data Bank (CXIDB) as a resource for algorithm development.
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Mizohata E, Nakane T, Fukuda Y, Nango E, Iwata S. Serial femtosecond crystallography at the SACLA: breakthrough to dynamic structural biology. Biophys Rev 2017; 10:209-218. [PMID: 29196935 DOI: 10.1007/s12551-017-0344-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/29/2017] [Accepted: 11/13/2017] [Indexed: 12/16/2022] Open
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X-ray crystallography visualizes the world at the atomic level. It has been used as the most powerful technique for observing the three-dimensional structures of biological macromolecules and has pioneered structural biology. To determine a crystal structure with high resolution, it was traditionally required to prepare large crystals (> 200 μm). Later, synchrotron radiation facilities, such as SPring-8, that produce powerful X-rays were built. They enabled users to obtain good quality X-ray diffraction images even with smaller crystals (ca. 200-50 μm). In recent years, one of the most important technological innovations in structural biology has been the development of X-ray free electron lasers (XFELs). The SPring-8 Angstrom Compact free electron LAser (SACLA) in Japan generates the XFEL beam by accelerating electrons to relativistic speeds and directing them through in-vacuum, short-period undulators. Since user operation started in 2012, we have been involved in the development of serial femtosecond crystallography (SFX) measurement systems using XFEL at the SACLA. The SACLA generates X-rays a billion times brighter than SPring-8. The extremely bright XFEL pulses enable data collection with microcrystals (ca. 50-1 μm). Although many molecular analysis techniques exist, SFX is the only technique that can visualize radiation-damage-free structures of biological macromolecules at room temperature in atomic resolution and fast time resolution. Here, we review the achievements of the SACLA-SFX Project in the past 5 years. In particular, we focus on: (1) the measurement system for SFX; (2) experimental phasing by SFX; (3) enzyme chemistry based on damage-free room-temperature structures; and (4) molecular movie taken by time-resolved SFX.
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- Eiichi Mizohata
- Department of Applied Chemistry, Graduate School of Engineering, Osaka University, 2-1 Yamadaoka, Suita, Osaka, 565-0871, Japan. .,Japan Science and Technology Agency, PRESTO, 4-1-8 Honcho, Kawaguchi, Saitama, 332-0012, Japan.
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Graduate School of Science, The University of Tokyo, 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, 113-0033, Japan.,MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Cambridge Biomedical Campus, Francis Crick Avenue, Cambridge, CB2 OQH, UK
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- Department of Applied Chemistry, Graduate School of Engineering, Osaka University, 2-1 Yamadaoka, Suita, Osaka, 565-0871, Japan
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- RIKEN SPring-8 Center, 1-1-1 Kouto, Sayo-cho, Sayo-gun, Hyogo, 679-5148, Japan.,Department of Cell Biology, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University, Yoshidakonoe-cho, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto, 606-8501, Japan
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- RIKEN SPring-8 Center, 1-1-1 Kouto, Sayo-cho, Sayo-gun, Hyogo, 679-5148, Japan.,Department of Cell Biology, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University, Yoshidakonoe-cho, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto, 606-8501, Japan
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A synopsis of and prospects for de novo phasing using diffraction data collected at X-ray free-electron lasers are given.
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