Synchrotron radiation: Micrometer-sized x-ray beams as fine tools for macromolecular crystallography

HFSP Journal

Volumn 2, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 302-306

  Schneider, Thomas R ^a  

^a EUROPEAN MOLECULAR BIOLOGY LABORATORY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EID: 77956507728     PISSN: 19552068     EISSN: 1955205X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2976/1.2982661     Document Type: Article

References (28)

1. Berry, IM, Dym, O, Esnouf, RM, Harlos, K, Meged, R, Perrakis, A, Sussman, JL, Walter, TS, Wilson, J, and Messerschmidt, A (2006). "SPINE high-throughput crystallization, crystal imaging and recognition techniques: current state, performance analysis, new technologies and future aspects." Acta Crystallogr., Sect. D: Biol. Crystallogr. 62 (Pt. 10), 1137-1149.
2. Bourenkov, GP, and Popov, AN (2006). "A quantitative approach to datacollection strategies." Acta Crystallogr., Sect. D: Biol. Crystallogr. 62 (Pt. 1), 58-64.
3. Brodersen, DE, Clemons, WM, Jr., Carter, AP, Wimberly, BT, and Ramakrishnan, V (2003). "Phasing the 30S ribosomal subunit structure." Acta Crystallogr., Sect. D: Biol. Crystallogr. 59 (Pt. 11), 2044-2050.
4. Chapman, HN (2008). "Applied physics. Focus on x-ray diffraction." Science 321(5887), 352-353.
5. Cipriani, F, Felisaz, F, Launer, L, Aksoy, JS, Caserotto, H, Cusack, S, Dallery, M, di-Chiaro, F, Guijarro, M, Huet, J, et al. (2006). "Automation of sample mounting for macromolecular crystallography." Acta Crystallogr., Sect. D: Biol. Crystallogr. 62 (Pt. 10), 1251-1259.
6. Cohen, AE, Ellis, PJ, Miller, MD, Deacon, AM, and Phizackerley, RP (2002). "An automated system to mount cryo-cooled protein crystals on a synchrotron beamline, using compact sample cassettes and a small-scale robot," J. Appl. Crystallogr. 35, 720-726.
7. Coulibaly, F, Chiu, E, Ikeda, K, Gutmann, S, Haebel, PW, Schulze-Briese, C, Mori, H, and Metcalf, P (2007). "The molecular organization of cypovirus polyhedra." Nature (London) 446(7131), 97-101.
8. Cowan, J, and Nave, C (2008). "The optimum conditions to collect X-ray data from very small samples." J. Synchrotron Radiat. 15(5), 5.
9. Cusack, S, Belrhali, H, Bram, A, Burghammer, M, Perrakis, A, and Riekel, C (1998). "Small is beautiful: protein micro-crystallography." Nat. Struct. Biol. 5 (Suppl), 634-637.
10. Kang, H, Maser, J, Stephenson, G, Liu, C, Conley, R, Macrander, A, and Vogt, S (2006). "Nanometer linear focusing of hard x rays by a multilayer laue lens." Phys. Rev. Lett. 96(12), 127401.
11. Kay, LE (2005). "NMR studies of protein structure and dynamics." J. Magn. Reson. 173(2), 193-207.
12. Kendrew, JC, Bodo, G, Dintzis, HM, Parrish, RG, Wyckoff, H, and Phillips, DC (1958). "A three-dimensional model of the myoglobin molecule obtained by x-ray analysis." Nature (London) 181(4610), 662-666.
13. Kornberg, RD (2007). "The molecular basis of eukaryotic transcription." Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 104(32), 12955-12961.
14. Moukhametzianov, R, Burghammer, M, Edwards, PC, Petitdemange, S, Popov, D, Fransen, M, McMullan, G, Schertler, GFX, and Riekel, C (2008). "Protein crystallography with a micrometre-sized synchrotron-radiation beam." Acta Crystallogr., Sect. D: Biol. Crystallogr. 64, 158-166.
15. Mueller, M, Jenni, S, and Ban, N (2007). "Strategies for crystallization and structure determination of very large macromolecular assemblies." Curr. Opin. Struct. Biol. 17(5), 572-579.
16. Nave, C, and Hill, M (2005). "Will reduced radiation damage occur with very small crystals?" J. Synchrotron Radiat. 12(3), 299-303.
17. Orlova, EV, and Saibil, HR (2004). "Structure determination of macromolecular assemblies by single-particle analysis of cryo-electron micrographs." Curr. Opin. Struct. Biol. 14(5), 584-590.
18. Owen, RL, Rudino-Pinera, E, and Garman, EF (2006). "Experimental determination of the radiation dose limit for cryocooled protein crystals." Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 103(13), 4912-4917.
19. Petoukhov, MV, and Svergun, DI (2007). "Analysis of X-ray and neutron scattering from biomacromolecular solutions." Curr. Opin. Struct. Biol. 17(5), 562-571.
20. Riekel, C, Burghammer, M, and Schertler, G (2005). "Protein crystallography microdiffraction." Curr. Opin. Struct. Biol. 15(5), 556-562.
21. Rosenbaum, G, Holmes, KC, Witz, J (1971). "Synchrotron radiation as a source for X-ray diffraction." Nature (London) 230, 434-437.
22. Sanishvili, R, Nagarajan, V, Yoder, D, Becker, M, Xu, S, Corcoran, S, Akey, DL, Smith, JL, and Fischetti, RF (2008). "A 7 microm mini-beam improves diffraction data from small or imperfect crystals of macromolecules." Acta Crystallogr., Sect. D: Biol. Crystallogr. 64(Pt. 4), 425-435.
23. Sawaya, MR, Sambashivan, S, Nelson, R, Ivanova, MI, Sievers, SA, Apostol, MI, Thompson, MJ, Balbirnie, M, Wiltzius, JJ, McFarlane, HT, et al. (2007). "Atomic structures of amyloid cross-beta spines reveal varied steric zippers." Nature (London) 447(7143), 453-457.
24. Sayre, D (2008). "Report on a project on three-dimensional imaging of the biological cell by single-particle X-ray diffraction." Acta Crystallogr., Sect. A: Found. Crystallogr. 64(Pt. 1); 33-35.
25. Scherrer, P (1918). "Bestimmung der Grösse und der inneren Struktur von Kolloidteilchen mittels Röntgenstrahlen." Goettinger Nachrichten 98-100.
26. Selmer, M, Dunham, CM, Murphy, FV, Weixlbaumer, A, Petry, S, Kelley, AC, Weir, JR, and Ramakrishnan, V (2006). "Structure of the 70S ribosome complexed with mRNA and tRNA." Science 313(5795), 1935-1942.
27. Standfuss, J, Xie, G, Edwards, PC, Burghammer, M, Oprian, DD, and Schertler, GF (2007). "Crystal structure of a thermally stable rhodopsin mutant." J. Mol. Biol. 372(5), 1179-1188.
28. Thibault, P, Dierolf, M, Menzel, A, Bunk, O, David, C, and Pfeiffer, F (2008). "High-resolution scanning x-ray diffraction microscopy." Science 321(5887), 379-382.