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Perrett S, Chatrchyan V, Buckup T, van Thor JJ. Application of density matrix Wigner transforms for ultrafast macromolecular and chemical x-ray crystallography. J Chem Phys 2024; 160:100901. [PMID: 38456527 DOI: 10.1063/5.0188888] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/24/2023] [Accepted: 02/12/2024] [Indexed: 03/09/2024] Open
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Time-Resolved Serial Femtosecond Crystallography (TR-SFX) conducted at X-ray Free Electron Lasers (XFELs) has become a powerful tool for capturing macromolecular structural movies of light-initiated processes. As the capabilities of XFELs advance, we anticipate that a new range of coherent control and structural Raman measurements will become achievable. Shorter optical and x-ray pulse durations and increasingly more exotic pulse regimes are becoming available at free electron lasers. Moreover, with high repetition enabled by the superconducting technology of European XFEL (EuXFEL) and Linac Coherent Light Source (LCLS-II) , it will be possible to improve the signal-to-noise ratio of the light-induced differences, allowing for the observation of vibronic motion on the sub-Angstrom level. To predict and assign this coherent motion, which is measurable with a structural technique, new theoretical approaches must be developed. In this paper, we present a theoretical density matrix approach to model the various population and coherent dynamics of a system, which considers molecular system parameters and excitation conditions. We emphasize the use of the Wigner transform of the time-dependent density matrix, which provides a phase space representation that can be directly compared to the experimental positional displacements measured in a TR-SFX experiment. Here, we extend the results from simple models to include more realistic schemes that include large relaxation terms. We explore a variety of pulse schemes using multiple model systems using realistic parameters. An open-source software package is provided to perform the density matrix simulation and Wigner transformations. The open-source software allows us to define any arbitrary level schemes as well as any arbitrary electric field in the interaction Hamiltonian.
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- Samuel Perrett
- Department of Life Sciences, Faculty of Natural Sciences, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom
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- Physikalisch Chemisches Institut, Ruprecht-Karls Universität, D-69120 Heidelberg, Germany
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- Physikalisch Chemisches Institut, Ruprecht-Karls Universität, D-69120 Heidelberg, Germany
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- Department of Life Sciences, Faculty of Natural Sciences, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom
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Perrett S, Fadini A, Hutchison CDM, Bhattacharya S, Morrison C, Turkot O, Jakobsen MB, Größler M, Licón-Saláiz J, Griese F, Flewett S, Valerio J, Schulz J, Biednov M, Jiang Y, Han H, Yousef H, Khakhulin D, Milne C, Barty A, van Thor JJ. Kilohertz droplet-on-demand serial femtosecond crystallography at the European XFEL station FXE. STRUCTURAL DYNAMICS (MELVILLE, N.Y.) 2024; 11:024310. [PMID: 38638699 PMCID: PMC11026113 DOI: 10.1063/4.0000248] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/31/2024] [Accepted: 04/03/2024] [Indexed: 04/20/2024]
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X-ray Free Electron Lasers (XFELs) allow the collection of high-quality serial femtosecond crystallography data. The next generation of megahertz superconducting FELs promises to drastically reduce data collection times, enabling the capture of more structures with higher signal-to-noise ratios and facilitating more complex experiments. Currently, gas dynamic virtual nozzles (GDVNs) stand as the sole delivery method capable of best utilizing the repetition rate of megahertz sources for crystallography. However, their substantial sample consumption renders their use impractical for many protein targets in serial crystallography experiments. Here, we present a novel application of a droplet-on-demand injection method, which allowed operation at 47 kHz at the European XFEL (EuXFEL) by tailoring a multi-droplet injection scheme for each macro-pulse. We demonstrate a collection rate of 150 000 indexed patterns per hour. We show that the performance and effective data collection rate are comparable to GDVN, with a sample consumption reduction of two orders of magnitude. We present lysozyme crystallographic data using the Large Pixel Detector at the femtosecond x-ray experiment endstation. Significant improvement of the crystallographic statistics was made by correcting for a systematic drift of the photon energy in the EuXFEL macro-pulse train, which was characterized from indexing the individual frames in the pulse train. This is the highest resolution protein structure collected and reported at the EuXFEL at 1.38 Å resolution.
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- Samuel Perrett
- Department of Life Sciences, Faculty of Natural Sciences, Imperial College London, London SW7 2AZ, United Kingdom
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- Department of Life Sciences, Faculty of Natural Sciences, Imperial College London, London SW7 2AZ, United Kingdom
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- Department of Life Sciences, Faculty of Natural Sciences, Imperial College London, London SW7 2AZ, United Kingdom
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- Department of Life Sciences, Faculty of Natural Sciences, Imperial College London, London SW7 2AZ, United Kingdom
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- Center for Data and Computing in Natural Sciences (CDCS), Notkestrasse 10, D-22607 Hamburg, Germany
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- Center for Data and Computing in Natural Sciences (CDCS), Notkestrasse 10, D-22607 Hamburg, Germany
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- Center for Data and Computing in Natural Sciences (CDCS), Notkestrasse 10, D-22607 Hamburg, Germany
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- Center for Data and Computing in Natural Sciences (CDCS), Notkestrasse 10, D-22607 Hamburg, Germany
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- European XFEL, Holzkoppel 4, 22869 Schenefeld, Germany
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- European XFEL, Holzkoppel 4, 22869 Schenefeld, Germany
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- European XFEL, Holzkoppel 4, 22869 Schenefeld, Germany
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- European XFEL, Holzkoppel 4, 22869 Schenefeld, Germany
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- Center for Data and Computing in Natural Sciences (CDCS), Notkestrasse 10, D-22607 Hamburg, Germany
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- Department of Life Sciences, Faculty of Natural Sciences, Imperial College London, London SW7 2AZ, United Kingdom
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Williamson LJ, Galchenkova M, Best HL, Bean RJ, Munke A, Awel S, Pena G, Knoska J, Schubert R, Dörner K, Park HW, Bideshi DK, Henkel A, Kremling V, Klopprogge B, Lloyd-Evans E, Young MT, Valerio J, Kloos M, Sikorski M, Mills G, Bielecki J, Kirkwood H, Kim C, de Wijn R, Lorenzen K, Xavier PL, Rahmani Mashhour A, Gelisio L, Yefanov O, Mancuso AP, Federici BA, Chapman HN, Crickmore N, Rizkallah PJ, Berry C, Oberthür D. Structure of the Lysinibacillus sphaericus Tpp49Aa1 pesticidal protein elucidated from natural crystals using MHz-SFX. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2023; 120:e2203241120. [PMID: 38015839 PMCID: PMC10710082 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.2203241120] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/24/2022] [Accepted: 10/18/2023] [Indexed: 11/30/2023] Open
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The Lysinibacillus sphaericus proteins Tpp49Aa1 and Cry48Aa1 can together act as a toxin toward the mosquito Culex quinquefasciatus and have potential use in biocontrol. Given that proteins with sequence homology to the individual proteins can have activity alone against other insect species, the structure of Tpp49Aa1 was solved in order to understand this protein more fully and inform the design of improved biopesticides. Tpp49Aa1 is naturally expressed as a crystalline inclusion within the host bacterium, and MHz serial femtosecond crystallography using the novel nanofocus option at an X-ray free electron laser allowed rapid and high-quality data collection to determine the structure of Tpp49Aa1 at 1.62 Å resolution. This revealed the packing of Tpp49Aa1 within these natural nanocrystals as a homodimer with a large intermolecular interface. Complementary experiments conducted at varied pH also enabled investigation of the early structural events leading up to the dissolution of natural Tpp49Aa1 crystals-a crucial step in its mechanism of action. To better understand the cooperation between the two proteins, assays were performed on a range of different mosquito cell lines using both individual proteins and mixtures of the two. Finally, bioassays demonstrated Tpp49Aa1/Cry48Aa1 susceptibility of Anopheles stephensi, Aedes albopictus, and Culex tarsalis larvae-substantially increasing the potential use of this binary toxin in mosquito control.
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- Center for Free Electron Laser Science, Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron, 22607Hamburg, Germany
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- School of Biosciences, Cardiff University, CardiffCF10 3AX, United Kingdom
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- Center for Free Electron Laser Science, Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron, 22607Hamburg, Germany
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- Center for Free Electron Laser Science, Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron, 22607Hamburg, Germany
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- Center for Free Electron Laser Science, Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron, 22607Hamburg, Germany
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- Center for Free Electron Laser Science, Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron, 22607Hamburg, Germany
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- Department of Biological Sciences, California Baptist University, Riverside, CA92504
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- Department of Biological Sciences, California Baptist University, Riverside, CA92504
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- Center for Free Electron Laser Science, Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron, 22607Hamburg, Germany
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- Center for Free Electron Laser Science, Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron, 22607Hamburg, Germany
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- Center for Free Electron Laser Science, Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron, 22607Hamburg, Germany
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- School of Biosciences, Cardiff University, CardiffCF10 3AX, United Kingdom
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- School of Biosciences, Cardiff University, CardiffCF10 3AX, United Kingdom
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- European XFEL GmbH, 22869Schenefeld, Germany
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- European XFEL GmbH, 22869Schenefeld, Germany
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- European XFEL GmbH, 22869Schenefeld, Germany
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- Center for Free Electron Laser Science, Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron, 22607Hamburg, Germany
- Max-Planck Institute for the Structure and Dynamics of Matter, 22761Hamburg, Germany
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- Center for Free Electron Laser Science, Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron, 22607Hamburg, Germany
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- Center for Free Electron Laser Science, Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron, 22607Hamburg, Germany
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- Center for Free Electron Laser Science, Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron, 22607Hamburg, Germany
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- European XFEL GmbH, 22869Schenefeld, Germany
- Department of Chemistry and Physics, La Trobe Institute for Molecular Science, La Trobe University, Melbourne, VIC3086, Australia
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- Department of Entomology and Institute for Integrative Genome Biology, University of California, Riverside, CA92521
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- Center for Free Electron Laser Science, Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron, 22607Hamburg, Germany
- Centre for Ultrafast Imaging, Universität Hamburg, 22761Hamburg, Germany
- Department of Physics, Universität Hamburg, 22761Hamburg, Germany
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- School of Life Sciences, University of Sussex, Falmer, BrightonBN1 9QG, United Kingdom
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- School of Biosciences, Cardiff University, CardiffCF10 3AX, United Kingdom
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- Center for Free Electron Laser Science, Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron, 22607Hamburg, Germany
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Trebbin M. Thinner than a knife's edge: 3D-printed liquid sheet jet technology for solution phase XFEL experiments. IUCRJ 2023; 10:638-641. [PMID: 37910141 PMCID: PMC10619446 DOI: 10.1107/s2052252523009429] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/03/2023]
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In this commentary, we explore the pioneering implementation of 3D-printed thin liquid sheet devices for advanced X-ray scattering and spectroscopy experiments at high-repetition rate XFELs.
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- Martin Trebbin
- University at Buffalo, Department of Chemistry & Research and Education in eNergy, Environment and Water (RENEW), 760 Natural Sciences Complex, Buffalo, NY 14260, USA
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Konold PE, You T, Bielecki J, Valerio J, Kloos M, Westphal D, Bellisario A, Varma Yenupuri T, Wollter A, Koliyadu JCP, Koua FH, Letrun R, Round A, Sato T, Mészáros P, Monrroy L, Mutisya J, Bódizs S, Larkiala T, Nimmrich A, Alvarez R, Adams P, Bean R, Ekeberg T, Kirian RA, Martin AV, Westenhoff S, Maia FRNC. 3D-printed sheet jet for stable megahertz liquid sample delivery at X-ray free-electron lasers. IUCRJ 2023; 10:662-670. [PMID: 37721770 PMCID: PMC10619454 DOI: 10.1107/s2052252523007972] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/26/2023] [Accepted: 09/12/2023] [Indexed: 09/19/2023]
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X-ray free-electron lasers (XFELs) can probe chemical and biological reactions as they unfold with unprecedented spatial and temporal resolution. A principal challenge in this pursuit involves the delivery of samples to the X-ray interaction point in such a way that produces data of the highest possible quality and with maximal efficiency. This is hampered by intrinsic constraints posed by the light source and operation within a beamline environment. For liquid samples, the solution typically involves some form of high-speed liquid jet, capable of keeping up with the rate of X-ray pulses. However, conventional jets are not ideal because of radiation-induced explosions of the jet, as well as their cylindrical geometry combined with the X-ray pointing instability of many beamlines which causes the interaction volume to differ for every pulse. This complicates data analysis and contributes to measurement errors. An alternative geometry is a liquid sheet jet which, with its constant thickness over large areas, eliminates the problems related to X-ray pointing. Since liquid sheets can be made very thin, the radiation-induced explosion is reduced, boosting their stability. These are especially attractive for experiments which benefit from small interaction volumes such as fluctuation X-ray scattering and several types of spectroscopy. Although their use has increased for soft X-ray applications in recent years, there has not yet been wide-scale adoption at XFELs. Here, gas-accelerated liquid sheet jet sample injection is demonstrated at the European XFEL SPB/SFX nano focus beamline. Its performance relative to a conventional liquid jet is evaluated and superior performance across several key factors has been found. This includes a thickness profile ranging from hundreds of nanometres to 60 nm, a fourfold increase in background stability and favorable radiation-induced explosion dynamics at high repetition rates up to 1.13 MHz. Its minute thickness also suggests that ultrafast single-particle solution scattering is a possibility.
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- Patrick E. Konold
- Laboratory of Molecular Biophysics, Institute for Cell and Molecular Biology, Uppsala University, Box 596, 75124 Uppsala, Sweden
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- Laboratory of Molecular Biophysics, Institute for Cell and Molecular Biology, Uppsala University, Box 596, 75124 Uppsala, Sweden
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- European XFEL, Holzkoppel 4, 22869 Schenefeld, Germany
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- European XFEL, Holzkoppel 4, 22869 Schenefeld, Germany
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- Laboratory of Molecular Biophysics, Institute for Cell and Molecular Biology, Uppsala University, Box 596, 75124 Uppsala, Sweden
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- Laboratory of Molecular Biophysics, Institute for Cell and Molecular Biology, Uppsala University, Box 596, 75124 Uppsala, Sweden
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- Laboratory of Molecular Biophysics, Institute for Cell and Molecular Biology, Uppsala University, Box 596, 75124 Uppsala, Sweden
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- Laboratory of Molecular Biophysics, Institute for Cell and Molecular Biology, Uppsala University, Box 596, 75124 Uppsala, Sweden
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- European XFEL, Holzkoppel 4, 22869 Schenefeld, Germany
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- European XFEL, Holzkoppel 4, 22869 Schenefeld, Germany
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- European XFEL, Holzkoppel 4, 22869 Schenefeld, Germany
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- Department of Chemistry – BMC, Uppsala University, Box 576, 75123 Uppsala, Sweden
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- Department of Chemistry – BMC, Uppsala University, Box 576, 75123 Uppsala, Sweden
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- Department of Chemistry – BMC, Uppsala University, Box 576, 75123 Uppsala, Sweden
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- Department of Chemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden
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- Department of Chemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden
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- Department of Chemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden
- Department of Chemistry, University of Washington, Bagley Hall, Seattle, WA 98195, USA
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- Department of Physics, Arizona State University, 550 E. Tyler Drive, Tempe, AZ 85287, USA
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- School of Science, STEM College, RMIT University, Melbourne, Victoria 3000, Australia
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- European XFEL, Holzkoppel 4, 22869 Schenefeld, Germany
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- Laboratory of Molecular Biophysics, Institute for Cell and Molecular Biology, Uppsala University, Box 596, 75124 Uppsala, Sweden
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- Department of Physics, Arizona State University, 550 E. Tyler Drive, Tempe, AZ 85287, USA
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- School of Science, STEM College, RMIT University, Melbourne, Victoria 3000, Australia
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- Department of Chemistry – BMC, Uppsala University, Box 576, 75123 Uppsala, Sweden
- Department of Chemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden
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- Laboratory of Molecular Biophysics, Institute for Cell and Molecular Biology, Uppsala University, Box 596, 75124 Uppsala, Sweden
- Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA
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Shoeman RL, Hartmann E, Schlichting I. Growing and making nano- and microcrystals. Nat Protoc 2023; 18:854-882. [PMID: 36451055 DOI: 10.1038/s41596-022-00777-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/25/2016] [Accepted: 08/22/2022] [Indexed: 12/02/2022]
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Thanks to recent technological advances in X-ray and micro-electron diffraction and solid-state NMR, structural information can be obtained by using much smaller crystals. Thus, microcrystals have become a valuable commodity rather than a mere stepping stone toward obtaining macroscopic crystals. Microcrystals are particularly useful for structure determination using serial data collection approaches at synchrotrons and X-ray free-electron lasers. The latter's enormous peak brilliance and short X-ray pulse duration mean that structural information can be obtained before the effects of radiation damage are seen; these properties also facilitate time-resolved crystallography. To establish defined reaction initiation conditions, microcrystals with a desired and narrow size distribution are critical. Here, we describe milling and seeding techniques as well as filtration approaches for the reproducible and size-adjustable preparation of homogeneous nano- and microcrystals. Nanocrystals and crystal seeds can be obtained by milling using zirconium beads and the BeadBug homogenizer; fragmentation of large crystals yields micro- or nanocrystals by flowing crystals through stainless steel filters by using an HPLC pump. The approaches can be scaled to generate micro- to milliliter quantities of microcrystals, starting from macroscopic crystals. The procedure typically takes 3-5 d, including the time required to grow the microcrystals.
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Sonker M, Doppler D, Egatz-Gomez A, Zaare S, Rabbani MT, Manna A, Cruz Villarreal J, Nelson G, Ketawala GK, Karpos K, Alvarez RC, Nazari R, Thifault D, Jernigan R, Oberthür D, Han H, Sierra R, Hunter MS, Batyuk A, Kupitz CJ, Sublett RE, Poitevin F, Lisova S, Mariani V, Tolstikova A, Boutet S, Messerschmidt M, Meza-Aguilar JD, Fromme R, Martin-Garcia JM, Botha S, Fromme P, Grant TD, Kirian RA, Ros A. Electrically stimulated droplet injector for reduced sample consumption in serial crystallography. BIOPHYSICAL REPORTS 2022; 2:100081. [PMID: 36425668 PMCID: PMC9680787 DOI: 10.1016/j.bpr.2022.100081] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/02/2022] [Accepted: 09/27/2022] [Indexed: 06/16/2023]
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With advances in X-ray free-electron lasers (XFELs), serial femtosecond crystallography (SFX) has enabled the static and dynamic structure determination for challenging proteins such as membrane protein complexes. In SFX with XFELs, the crystals are typically destroyed after interacting with a single XFEL pulse. Therefore, thousands of new crystals must be sequentially introduced into the X-ray beam to collect full data sets. Because of the serial nature of any SFX experiment, up to 99% of the sample delivered to the X-ray beam during its "off-time" between X-ray pulses is wasted due to the intrinsic pulsed nature of all current XFELs. To solve this major problem of large and often limiting sample consumption, we report on improvements of a revolutionary sample-saving method that is compatible with all current XFELs. We previously reported 3D-printed injection devices coupled with gas dynamic virtual nozzles (GDVNs) capable of generating samples containing droplets segmented by an immiscible oil phase for jetting crystal-laden droplets into the path of an XFEL. Here, we have further improved the device design by including metal electrodes inducing electrowetting effects for improved control over droplet generation frequency to stimulate the droplet release to matching the XFEL repetition rate by employing an electrical feedback mechanism. We report the improvements in this electrically triggered segmented flow approach for sample conservation in comparison with a continuous GDVN injection using the microcrystals of lysozyme and 3-deoxy-D-manno-octulosonate 8-phosphate synthase and report the segmented flow approach for sample injection applied at the Macromolecular Femtosecond Crystallography instrument at the Linear Coherent Light Source for the first time.
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- Mukul Sonker
- School of Molecular Sciences, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona
- Center for Applied Structural Discovery, The Biodesign Institute, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona
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- School of Molecular Sciences, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona
- Center for Applied Structural Discovery, The Biodesign Institute, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona
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- School of Molecular Sciences, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona
- Center for Applied Structural Discovery, The Biodesign Institute, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona
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- Center for Applied Structural Discovery, The Biodesign Institute, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona
- Department of Physics, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona
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- School of Molecular Sciences, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona
- Center for Applied Structural Discovery, The Biodesign Institute, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona
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- School of Molecular Sciences, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona
- Center for Applied Structural Discovery, The Biodesign Institute, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona
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- School of Molecular Sciences, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona
- Center for Applied Structural Discovery, The Biodesign Institute, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona
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- Department of Physics, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona
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- School of Molecular Sciences, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona
- Center for Applied Structural Discovery, The Biodesign Institute, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona
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- Center for Applied Structural Discovery, The Biodesign Institute, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona
- Department of Physics, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona
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- Center for Applied Structural Discovery, The Biodesign Institute, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona
- Department of Physics, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona
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- Center for Applied Structural Discovery, The Biodesign Institute, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona
- Department of Physics, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona
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- School of Molecular Sciences, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona
- Center for Applied Structural Discovery, The Biodesign Institute, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona
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- School of Molecular Sciences, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona
- Center for Applied Structural Discovery, The Biodesign Institute, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona
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- Center for Free-Electron Laser Science, Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron, Hamburg, Germany
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- Linac Coherent Light Source (LCLS), SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Menlo Park, California
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- Linac Coherent Light Source (LCLS), SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Menlo Park, California
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- Linac Coherent Light Source (LCLS), SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Menlo Park, California
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- Linac Coherent Light Source (LCLS), SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Menlo Park, California
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- Linac Coherent Light Source (LCLS), SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Menlo Park, California
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- Linac Coherent Light Source (LCLS), SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Menlo Park, California
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- Linac Coherent Light Source (LCLS), SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Menlo Park, California
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- Linac Coherent Light Source (LCLS), SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Menlo Park, California
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- Center for Free-Electron Laser Science, Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron, Hamburg, Germany
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- Linac Coherent Light Source (LCLS), SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Menlo Park, California
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- School of Molecular Sciences, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona
- Center for Applied Structural Discovery, The Biodesign Institute, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona
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- School of Molecular Sciences, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona
- Center for Applied Structural Discovery, The Biodesign Institute, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona
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- School of Molecular Sciences, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona
- Center for Applied Structural Discovery, The Biodesign Institute, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona
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- Institute Physical-Chemistry Rocasolano, Spanish National Research Council, Madrid, Spain
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- Center for Applied Structural Discovery, The Biodesign Institute, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona
- Department of Physics, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona
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- School of Molecular Sciences, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona
- Center for Applied Structural Discovery, The Biodesign Institute, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona
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- Department of Structural Biology, Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, SUNY University at Buffalo, Buffalo, New York
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- Center for Applied Structural Discovery, The Biodesign Institute, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona
- Department of Physics, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona
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- School of Molecular Sciences, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona
- Center for Applied Structural Discovery, The Biodesign Institute, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona
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Markmann V, Walther M, Dartsch M, Valerio J, Frenzel L, Lokteva I, Westermeier F, Grübel G, Lehmkühler F. A versatile chamber for x-ray scattering on liquid jets with sample recycling. THE REVIEW OF SCIENTIFIC INSTRUMENTS 2022; 93:125106. [PMID: 36586895 DOI: 10.1063/5.0105529] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/24/2022] [Accepted: 11/11/2022] [Indexed: 06/17/2023]
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We introduce the setup of a versatile sample chamber for x-ray scattering experiments on liquids delivered by μ-jets. The simple implementation at x-ray light sources, adaptability to different nozzle types, and the availability of a microscope for observation of the jet flow allow for its broad application. In combination with an inbuilt recycling circle, a continuous flow operation is provided. Functionality of the system was demonstrated in a rheology study at PETRA III.
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- V Markmann
- Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron DESY, Notkestrasse 85, 22607 Hamburg, Germany
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- Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron DESY, Notkestrasse 85, 22607 Hamburg, Germany
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- Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron DESY, Notkestrasse 85, 22607 Hamburg, Germany
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- Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron DESY, Notkestrasse 85, 22607 Hamburg, Germany
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- Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron DESY, Notkestrasse 85, 22607 Hamburg, Germany
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- Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron DESY, Notkestrasse 85, 22607 Hamburg, Germany
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- Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron DESY, Notkestrasse 85, 22607 Hamburg, Germany
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- Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron DESY, Notkestrasse 85, 22607 Hamburg, Germany
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- Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron DESY, Notkestrasse 85, 22607 Hamburg, Germany
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Barends TR, Stauch B, Cherezov V, Schlichting I. Serial femtosecond crystallography. NATURE REVIEWS. METHODS PRIMERS 2022; 2:59. [PMID: 36643971 PMCID: PMC9833121 DOI: 10.1038/s43586-022-00141-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 20.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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With the advent of X-ray Free Electron Lasers (XFELs), new, high-throughput serial crystallography techniques for macromolecular structure determination have emerged. Serial femtosecond crystallography (SFX) and related methods provide possibilities beyond canonical, single-crystal rotation crystallography by mitigating radiation damage and allowing time-resolved studies with unprecedented temporal resolution. This primer aims to assist structural biology groups with little or no experience in serial crystallography planning and carrying out a successful SFX experiment. It discusses the background of serial crystallography and its possibilities. Microcrystal growth and characterization methods are discussed, alongside techniques for sample delivery and data processing. Moreover, it gives practical tips for preparing an experiment, what to consider and do during a beamtime and how to conduct the final data analysis. Finally, the Primer looks at various applications of SFX, including structure determination of membrane proteins, investigation of radiation damage-prone systems and time-resolved studies.
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- Thomas R.M. Barends
- Department for Biological Mechanisms, Max Planck Institute for Medical Research, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Department of Chemistry, The Bridge Institute, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, The Bridge Institute, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA
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- Department for Biological Mechanisms, Max Planck Institute for Medical Research, Heidelberg, Germany,
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Vakili M, Bielecki J, Knoška J, Otte F, Han H, Kloos M, Schubert R, Delmas E, Mills G, de Wijn R, Letrun R, Dold S, Bean R, Round A, Kim Y, Lima FA, Dörner K, Valerio J, Heymann M, Mancuso AP, Schulz J. 3D printed devices and infrastructure for liquid sample delivery at the European XFEL. JOURNAL OF SYNCHROTRON RADIATION 2022; 29:331-346. [PMID: 35254295 PMCID: PMC8900844 DOI: 10.1107/s1600577521013370] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/15/2021] [Accepted: 12/16/2021] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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The Sample Environment and Characterization (SEC) group of the European X-ray Free-Electron Laser (EuXFEL) develops sample delivery systems for the various scientific instruments, including systems for the injection of liquid samples that enable serial femtosecond X-ray crystallography (SFX) and single-particle imaging (SPI) experiments, among others. For rapid prototyping of various device types and materials, sub-micrometre precision 3D printers are used to address the specific experimental conditions of SFX and SPI by providing a large number of devices with reliable performance. This work presents the current pool of 3D printed liquid sample delivery devices, based on the two-photon polymerization (2PP) technique. These devices encompass gas dynamic virtual nozzles (GDVNs), mixing-GDVNs, high-viscosity extruders (HVEs) and electrospray conical capillary tips (CCTs) with highly reproducible geometric features that are suitable for time-resolved SFX and SPI experiments at XFEL facilities. Liquid sample injection setups and infrastructure on the Single Particles, Clusters, and Biomolecules and Serial Femtosecond Crystallography (SPB/SFX) instrument are described, this being the instrument which is designated for biological structure determination at the EuXFEL.
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- Center for Free-Electron Laser Science (CFEL), Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron (DESY), Notkestrasse 85, 22607 Hamburg, Germany
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- European XFEL, Holzkoppel 4, 22869 Schenefeld, Germany
- Department of Physics, TU Dortmund, Otto-Hahn-Straße 4, 44221 Dortmund, Germany
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- European XFEL, Holzkoppel 4, 22869 Schenefeld, Germany
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- European XFEL, Holzkoppel 4, 22869 Schenefeld, Germany
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- European XFEL, Holzkoppel 4, 22869 Schenefeld, Germany
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- European XFEL, Holzkoppel 4, 22869 Schenefeld, Germany
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- European XFEL, Holzkoppel 4, 22869 Schenefeld, Germany
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- European XFEL, Holzkoppel 4, 22869 Schenefeld, Germany
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- European XFEL, Holzkoppel 4, 22869 Schenefeld, Germany
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- European XFEL, Holzkoppel 4, 22869 Schenefeld, Germany
- School of Chemical and Physical Sciences, Keele University, Staffordshire ST5 5AZ, United Kingdom
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- European XFEL, Holzkoppel 4, 22869 Schenefeld, Germany
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- European XFEL, Holzkoppel 4, 22869 Schenefeld, Germany
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- Institute for Biomaterials and Biomolecular Systems (IBBS), University of Stuttgart, Pfaffenwaldring 57, 70569 Stuttgart, Germany
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- European XFEL, Holzkoppel 4, 22869 Schenefeld, Germany
- Department of Chemistry and Physics, La Trobe Institute for Molecular Science (LIMS), La Trobe University, Melbourne 3086, Australia
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Pandey S, Calvey G, Katz AM, Malla TN, Koua FHM, Martin-Garcia JM, Poudyal I, Yang JH, Vakili M, Yefanov O, Zielinski KA, Bajt S, Awel S, Doerner K, Frank M, Gelisio L, Jernigan R, Kirkwood H, Kloos M, Koliyadu J, Mariani V, Miller MD, Mills G, Nelson G, Olmos JL, Sadri A, Sato T, Tolstikova A, Xu W, Ourmazd A, Spence JCH, Schwander P, Barty A, Chapman HN, Fromme P, Mancuso AP, Phillips GN, Bean R, Pollack L, Schmidt M. Observation of substrate diffusion and ligand binding in enzyme crystals using high-repetition-rate mix-and-inject serial crystallography. IUCRJ 2021; 8:878-895. [PMID: 34804542 PMCID: PMC8562667 DOI: 10.1107/s2052252521008125] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/21/2021] [Accepted: 08/06/2021] [Indexed: 05/22/2023]
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Here, we illustrate what happens inside the catalytic cleft of an enzyme when substrate or ligand binds on single-millisecond timescales. The initial phase of the enzymatic cycle is observed with near-atomic resolution using the most advanced X-ray source currently available: the European XFEL (EuXFEL). The high repetition rate of the EuXFEL combined with our mix-and-inject technology enables the initial phase of ceftriaxone binding to the Mycobacterium tuberculosis β-lactamase to be followed using time-resolved crystallography in real time. It is shown how a diffusion coefficient in enzyme crystals can be derived directly from the X-ray data, enabling the determination of ligand and enzyme-ligand concentrations at any position in the crystal volume as a function of time. In addition, the structure of the irreversible inhibitor sulbactam bound to the enzyme at a 66 ms time delay after mixing is described. This demonstrates that the EuXFEL can be used as an important tool for biomedically relevant research.
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- Suraj Pandey
- Physics Department, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, 3135 North Maryland Avenue, Milwaukee, WI 53211, USA
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- School of Applied and Engineering Physics, Cornell University, 254 Clark Hall, Ithaca, NY 14853, USA
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- School of Applied and Engineering Physics, Cornell University, 254 Clark Hall, Ithaca, NY 14853, USA
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- Physics Department, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, 3135 North Maryland Avenue, Milwaukee, WI 53211, USA
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- Center for Free-Electron Laser Science, Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron DESY, Notkestrasse 85, 22607 Hamburg, Germany
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- School of Molecular Sciences and Biodesign Center for Applied Structural Discovery, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ 85287-1604, USA
- Institute of Physical Chemistry Rocasolano, Spanish National Research Council, Calle de Serrano 119, 28006 Madrid, Spain
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- Physics Department, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, 3135 North Maryland Avenue, Milwaukee, WI 53211, USA
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- School of Molecular Sciences and Biodesign Center for Applied Structural Discovery, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ 85287-1604, USA
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- Center for Free-Electron Laser Science, Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron DESY, Notkestrasse 85, 22607 Hamburg, Germany
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- School of Applied and Engineering Physics, Cornell University, 254 Clark Hall, Ithaca, NY 14853, USA
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- Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron DESY, Notkestrasse 85, 22607 Hamburg, Germany
- The Hamburg Centre for Ultrafast Imaging, Luruper Chaussee 149, 22761 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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- Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, 7000 East Avenue, Livermore, CA 94550, USA
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- Center for Free-Electron Laser Science, Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron DESY, Notkestrasse 85, 22607 Hamburg, Germany
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- School of Molecular Sciences and Biodesign Center for Applied Structural Discovery, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ 85287-1604, USA
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- European XFEL, Holzkoppel 4, 22869 Schenefeld, Germany
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- Center for Free-Electron Laser Science, Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron DESY, Notkestrasse 85, 22607 Hamburg, Germany
- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, 2575 Sand Hill Rd, Menlo Park, California 94025, USA
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- Department of BioSciences, Rice University, 6100 Main Street, Houston, TX 77005, USA
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- European XFEL, Holzkoppel 4, 22869 Schenefeld, Germany
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- Department of Physics, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ 85287, USA
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- Department of BioSciences, Rice University, 6100 Main Street, Houston, TX 77005, USA
- Department of Bioengineering and Therapeutic Sciences, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA 94158, USA
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- Center for Free-Electron Laser Science, Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron DESY, Notkestrasse 85, 22607 Hamburg, Germany
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- European XFEL, Holzkoppel 4, 22869 Schenefeld, Germany
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- Center for Free-Electron Laser Science, Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron DESY, Notkestrasse 85, 22607 Hamburg, Germany
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- Department of BioSciences, Rice University, 6100 Main Street, Houston, TX 77005, USA
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- Physics Department, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, 3135 North Maryland Avenue, Milwaukee, WI 53211, USA
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- Department of Physics, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ 85287, USA
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- Physics Department, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, 3135 North Maryland Avenue, Milwaukee, WI 53211, USA
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- Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron DESY, Notkestrasse 85, 22607 Hamburg, Germany
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- Center for Free-Electron Laser Science, Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron DESY, Notkestrasse 85, 22607 Hamburg, Germany
- The Hamburg Centre for Ultrafast Imaging, Luruper Chaussee 149, 22761 Hamburg, Germany
- Department of Physics, Universität Hamburg, Luruper Chaussee 149, 22761 Hamburg, Germany
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- School of Molecular Sciences and Biodesign Center for Applied Structural Discovery, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ 85287-1604, USA
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- European XFEL, Holzkoppel 4, 22869 Schenefeld, Germany
- Department of Chemistry and Physics, La Trobe Institute for Molecular Science, La Trobe University, Melbourne, Victoria 3086, Australia
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- Department of BioSciences, Rice University, 6100 Main Street, Houston, TX 77005, USA
- Department of Chemistry, Rice University, 6100 Main Street, Houston, TX 77005, USA
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- European XFEL, Holzkoppel 4, 22869 Schenefeld, Germany
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- School of Applied and Engineering Physics, Cornell University, 254 Clark Hall, Ithaca, NY 14853, USA
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- Physics Department, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, 3135 North Maryland Avenue, Milwaukee, WI 53211, USA
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The Natural Breakup Length of a Steady Capillary Jet: Application to Serial Femtosecond Crystallography. CRYSTALS 2021. [DOI: 10.3390/cryst11080990] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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One of the most successful ways to introduce samples in Serial Femtosecond Crystallography has been the use of microscopic capillary liquid jets produced by gas flow focusing, whose length-to-diameter ratio and velocity are essential to fulfill the requirements of the high pulse rates of current XFELs. In this work, we demonstrate the validity of a classical scaling law with two universal constants to calculate that length as a function of the liquid properties and operating conditions. These constants are determined by fitting the scaling law to a large set of experimental and numerical measurements, including previously published data. Both the experimental and numerical jet lengths conform remarkably well to the proposed scaling law. We show that, while a capillary jet is a globally unstable system to linear perturbations above a critical length, its actual and shorter long-term average intact length is determined by the nonlinear perturbations coming from the jet breakup itself. Therefore, this length is determined solely by the properties of the liquid, the average velocity of the liquid and the flow rate expelled. This confirms the very early observations from Smith and Moss 1917, Proc R Soc Lond A Math Phys Eng, 93, 373, to McCarthy and Molloy 1974, Chem Eng J, 7, 1, among others, while it contrasts with the classical conception of temporal stability that attributes the natural breakup length to the jet birth conditions in the ejector or small interactions with the environment.
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Lahey-Rudolph JM, Schönherr R, Barthelmess M, Fischer P, Seuring C, Wagner A, Meents A, Redecke L. Fixed-target serial femtosecond crystallography using in cellulo grown microcrystals. IUCRJ 2021; 8:665-677. [PMID: 34258014 PMCID: PMC8256716 DOI: 10.1107/s2052252521005297] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/21/2020] [Accepted: 05/18/2021] [Indexed: 05/05/2023]
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The crystallization of recombinant proteins in living cells is an exciting new approach in structural biology. Recent success has highlighted the need for fast and efficient diffraction data collection, optimally directly exposing intact crystal-containing cells to the X-ray beam, thus protecting the in cellulo crystals from environmental challenges. Serial femtosecond crystallography (SFX) at free-electron lasers (XFELs) allows the collection of detectable diffraction even from tiny protein crystals, but requires very fast sample exchange to utilize each XFEL pulse. Here, an efficient approach is presented for high-resolution structure elucidation using serial femtosecond in cellulo diffraction of micometre-sized crystals of the protein HEX-1 from the fungus Neurospora crassa on a fixed target. Employing the fast and highly accurate Roadrunner II translation-stage system allowed efficient raster scanning of the pores of micro-patterned, single-crystalline silicon chips loaded with living, crystal-containing insect cells. Compared with liquid-jet and LCP injection systems, the increased hit rates of up to 30% and reduced background scattering enabled elucidation of the HEX-1 structure. Using diffraction data from only a single chip collected within 12 min at the Linac Coherent Light Source, a 1.8 Å resolution structure was obtained with significantly reduced sample consumption compared with previous SFX experiments using liquid-jet injection. This HEX-1 structure is almost superimposable with that previously determined using synchrotron radiation from single HEX-1 crystals grown by sitting-drop vapour diffusion, validating the approach. This study demonstrates that fixed-target SFX using micro-patterned silicon chips is ideally suited for efficient in cellulo diffraction data collection using living, crystal-containing cells, and offers huge potential for the straightforward structure elucidation of proteins that form intracellular crystals at both XFELs and synchrotron sources.
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- J. Mia Lahey-Rudolph
- Institute of Biochemistry, University of Lübeck, Ratzeburger Allee 160, 23562 Lübeck, Germany
- Center for Free-Electron Laser Science (CFEL), Deutsches Elektronen Synchrotron (DESY), Notkestrasse 85, 22607 Hamburg, Germany
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- Institute of Biochemistry, University of Lübeck, Ratzeburger Allee 160, 23562 Lübeck, Germany
- Photon Science, Deutsches Elektronen Synchrotron (DESY), Notkestrasse 85, 22607 Hamburg, Germany
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- Center for Free-Electron Laser Science (CFEL), Deutsches Elektronen Synchrotron (DESY), Notkestrasse 85, 22607 Hamburg, Germany
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- Center for Free-Electron Laser Science (CFEL), Deutsches Elektronen Synchrotron (DESY), Notkestrasse 85, 22607 Hamburg, Germany
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- Center for Free-Electron Laser Science (CFEL), Deutsches Elektronen Synchrotron (DESY), Notkestrasse 85, 22607 Hamburg, Germany
- The Hamburg Center for Ultrafast Imaging, 22671 Hamburg, Germany
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- Diamond Light Source, Diamond House DH2-52, Chilton, Didcot OX11 0DE, United Kingdom
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- Center for Free-Electron Laser Science (CFEL), Deutsches Elektronen Synchrotron (DESY), Notkestrasse 85, 22607 Hamburg, Germany
- Photon Science, Deutsches Elektronen Synchrotron (DESY), Notkestrasse 85, 22607 Hamburg, Germany
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- Institute of Biochemistry, University of Lübeck, Ratzeburger Allee 160, 23562 Lübeck, Germany
- Photon Science, Deutsches Elektronen Synchrotron (DESY), Notkestrasse 85, 22607 Hamburg, Germany
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Hejazian M, Balaur E, Abbey B. Recent Advances and Future Perspectives on Microfluidic Mix-and-Jet Sample Delivery Devices. MICROMACHINES 2021; 12:531. [PMID: 34067131 PMCID: PMC8151207 DOI: 10.3390/mi12050531] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/19/2021] [Revised: 05/04/2021] [Accepted: 05/04/2021] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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The integration of the Gas Dynamic Virtual Nozzle (GDVN) and microfluidic technologies has proven to be a promising sample delivery solution for biomolecular imaging studies and has the potential to be transformative for a range of applications in physics, biology, and chemistry. Here, we review the recent advances in the emerging field of microfluidic mix-and-jet sample delivery devices for the study of biomolecular reaction dynamics. First, we introduce the key parameters and dimensionless numbers involved in their design and characterisation. Then we critically review the techniques used to fabricate these integrated devices and discuss their advantages and disadvantages. We then summarise the most common experimental methods used for the characterisation of both the mixing and jetting components. Finally, we discuss future perspectives on the emerging field of microfluidic mix-and-jet sample delivery devices. In summary, this review aims to introduce this exciting new topic to the wider microfluidics community and to help guide future research in the field.
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- ARC Centre of Excellence in Advanced Molecular Imaging, Department of Chemistry and Physics, La Trobe Institute for Molecular Sciences, La Trobe University, Melbourne, VIC 3086, Australia; (M.H.); (E.B.)
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Illava G, Jayne R, Finke AD, Closs D, Zeng W, Milano SK, Huang Q, Kriksunov I, Sidorenko P, Wise FW, Zipfel WR, Apker BA, Thorne RE. Integrated sample-handling and mounting system for fixed-target serial synchrotron crystallography. Acta Crystallogr D Struct Biol 2021; 77:628-644. [PMID: 33950019 PMCID: PMC8098472 DOI: 10.1107/s2059798321001868] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [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: 08/28/2020] [Accepted: 02/15/2021] [Indexed: 11/15/2022] Open
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Serial synchrotron crystallography (SSX) is enabling the efficient use of small crystals for structure-function studies of biomolecules and for drug discovery. An integrated SSX system has been developed comprising ultralow background-scatter sample holders suitable for room and cryogenic temperature crystallographic data collection, a sample-loading station and a humid `gloveless' glovebox. The sample holders incorporate thin-film supports with a variety of designs optimized for different crystal-loading challenges. These holders facilitate the dispersion of crystals and the removal of excess liquid, can be cooled at extremely high rates, generate little background scatter, allow data collection over >90° of oscillation without obstruction or the risk of generating saturating Bragg peaks, are compatible with existing infrastructure for high-throughput cryocrystallography and are reusable. The sample-loading station allows sample preparation and loading onto the support film, the application of time-varying suction for optimal removal of excess liquid, crystal repositioning and cryoprotection, and the application of sealing films for room-temperature data collection, all in a controlled-humidity environment. The humid glovebox allows microscope observation of the sample-loading station and crystallization trays while maintaining near-saturating humidities that further minimize the risks of sample dehydration and damage, and maximize working times. This integrated system addresses common problems in obtaining properly dispersed, properly hydrated and isomorphous microcrystals for fixed-orientation and oscillation data collection. Its ease of use, flexibility and optimized performance make it attractive not just for SSX but also for single-crystal and few-crystal data collection. Fundamental concepts that are important in achieving desired crystal distributions on a sample holder via time-varying suction-induced liquid flows are also discussed.
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- Gabrielle Illava
- Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853, USA
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- MiTeGen LLC, PO Box 3867, Ithaca, NY 14850, USA
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- Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics, Weill Institute for Cell and Molecular Biology, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853, USA
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- Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853, USA
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- School of Applied and Engineering Physics, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853, USA
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- School of Applied and Engineering Physics, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853, USA
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- Meinig School of Biomedical Engineering, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853, USA
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Alternative Geometric Arrangements of the Nozzle Outlet Orifice for Liquid Micro-Jet Focusing in Gas Dynamic Virtual Nozzles. MATERIALS 2021; 14:ma14061572. [PMID: 33807027 PMCID: PMC8005030 DOI: 10.3390/ma14061572] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/03/2021] [Revised: 03/19/2021] [Accepted: 03/22/2021] [Indexed: 01/10/2023]
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Liquid micro-jets are crucial for sample delivery of protein crystals and other macromolecular samples in serial femtosecond crystallography. When combined with MHz repetition rate sources, such as the European X-ray free-electron laser (EuXFEL) facility, it is important that the diffraction patterns are collected before the samples are damaged. This requires extremely thin and very fast jets. In this paper we first explore numerically the influence of different nozzle orifice designs on jet parameters and finally compare our simulations with the experimental data obtained for one particular design. A gas dynamic virtual nozzle (GDVN) model, based on a mixture formulation of Newtonian, compressible, two-phase flow, is numerically solved with the finite volume method and volume of fluid approach to deal with the moving boundary between the gas and liquid phases. The goal is to maximize the jet velocity and its length while minimizing the jet thickness. The design studies incorporate differently shaped nozzle orifices, including an elongated orifice with a constant diameter and an orifice with a diverging angle. These are extensions of the nozzle geometry we investigated in our previous studies. Based on these simulations it is concluded that the extension of the constant diameter channel makes a negligible contribution to the jet’s length and its velocity. A change in the angle of the nozzle outlet orifice, however, has a significant effect on jet parameters. We find these kinds of simulation extremely useful for testing and optimizing novel nozzle designs.
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Grünbein ML, Gorel A, Foucar L, Carbajo S, Colocho W, Gilevich S, Hartmann E, Hilpert M, Hunter M, Kloos M, Koglin JE, Lane TJ, Lewandowski J, Lutman A, Nass K, Nass Kovacs G, Roome CM, Sheppard J, Shoeman RL, Stricker M, van Driel T, Vetter S, Doak RB, Boutet S, Aquila A, Decker FJ, Barends TRM, Stan CA, Schlichting I. Effect of X-ray free-electron laser-induced shockwaves on haemoglobin microcrystals delivered in a liquid jet. Nat Commun 2021; 12:1672. [PMID: 33723266 PMCID: PMC7960726 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-021-21819-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/13/2020] [Accepted: 02/15/2021] [Indexed: 01/31/2023] Open
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X-ray free-electron lasers (XFELs) enable obtaining novel insights in structural biology. The recently available MHz repetition rate XFELs allow full data sets to be collected in shorter time and can also decrease sample consumption. However, the microsecond spacing of MHz XFEL pulses raises new challenges, including possible sample damage induced by shock waves that are launched by preceding pulses in the sample-carrying jet. We explored this matter with an X-ray-pump/X-ray-probe experiment employing haemoglobin microcrystals transported via a liquid jet into the XFEL beam. Diffraction data were collected using a shock-wave-free single-pulse scheme as well as the dual-pulse pump-probe scheme. The latter, relative to the former, reveals significant degradation of crystal hit rate, diffraction resolution and data quality. Crystal structures extracted from the two data sets also differ. Since our pump-probe attributes were chosen to emulate EuXFEL operation at its 4.5 MHz maximum pulse rate, this prompts concern about such data collection.
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- Marie Luise Grünbein
- grid.414703.50000 0001 2202 0959Max Planck Institute for Medical Research, Jahnstrasse 29, Heidelberg, Germany
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- grid.414703.50000 0001 2202 0959Max Planck Institute for Medical Research, Jahnstrasse 29, Heidelberg, Germany
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- grid.414703.50000 0001 2202 0959Max Planck Institute for Medical Research, Jahnstrasse 29, Heidelberg, Germany
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- grid.445003.60000 0001 0725 7771SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Menlo Park, CA USA
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- grid.445003.60000 0001 0725 7771SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Menlo Park, CA USA
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- grid.445003.60000 0001 0725 7771SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Menlo Park, CA USA
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- grid.414703.50000 0001 2202 0959Max Planck Institute for Medical Research, Jahnstrasse 29, Heidelberg, Germany
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- grid.414703.50000 0001 2202 0959Max Planck Institute for Medical Research, Jahnstrasse 29, Heidelberg, Germany
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- grid.445003.60000 0001 0725 7771SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Menlo Park, CA USA
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- grid.414703.50000 0001 2202 0959Max Planck Institute for Medical Research, Jahnstrasse 29, Heidelberg, Germany ,grid.434729.f0000 0004 0590 2900Present Address: European XFEL GmbH, Schenefeld, Germany
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- grid.445003.60000 0001 0725 7771SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Menlo Park, CA USA ,grid.148313.c0000 0004 0428 3079Present Address: Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, NM USA
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- grid.445003.60000 0001 0725 7771SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Menlo Park, CA USA ,grid.466493.a0000 0004 0390 1787Present Address: Center for Free-Electron Laser Science, DESY, Hamburg, Germany
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- grid.445003.60000 0001 0725 7771SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Menlo Park, CA USA
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- grid.445003.60000 0001 0725 7771SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Menlo Park, CA USA
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- grid.414703.50000 0001 2202 0959Max Planck Institute for Medical Research, Jahnstrasse 29, Heidelberg, Germany ,grid.5991.40000 0001 1090 7501Present Address: Paul Scherrer Institut, Villigen, Switzerland
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- grid.414703.50000 0001 2202 0959Max Planck Institute for Medical Research, Jahnstrasse 29, Heidelberg, Germany
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- grid.414703.50000 0001 2202 0959Max Planck Institute for Medical Research, Jahnstrasse 29, Heidelberg, Germany
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- grid.445003.60000 0001 0725 7771SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Menlo Park, CA USA
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- grid.414703.50000 0001 2202 0959Max Planck Institute for Medical Research, Jahnstrasse 29, Heidelberg, Germany
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- grid.414703.50000 0001 2202 0959Max Planck Institute for Medical Research, Jahnstrasse 29, Heidelberg, Germany ,grid.4991.50000 0004 1936 8948Present Address: Department of Statistics, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
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- grid.445003.60000 0001 0725 7771SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Menlo Park, CA USA
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- grid.445003.60000 0001 0725 7771SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Menlo Park, CA USA
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- grid.414703.50000 0001 2202 0959Max Planck Institute for Medical Research, Jahnstrasse 29, Heidelberg, Germany
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- grid.445003.60000 0001 0725 7771SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Menlo Park, CA USA
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- grid.445003.60000 0001 0725 7771SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Menlo Park, CA USA
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- grid.445003.60000 0001 0725 7771SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Menlo Park, CA USA
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- grid.414703.50000 0001 2202 0959Max Planck Institute for Medical Research, Jahnstrasse 29, Heidelberg, Germany
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- grid.430387.b0000 0004 1936 8796Department of Physics, Rutgers University Newark, Newark, NJ USA
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- grid.414703.50000 0001 2202 0959Max Planck Institute for Medical Research, Jahnstrasse 29, Heidelberg, Germany
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Dynamic Structural Biology Experiments at XFEL or Synchrotron Sources. Methods Mol Biol 2021; 2305:203-228. [PMID: 33950392 DOI: 10.1007/978-1-0716-1406-8_11] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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Macromolecular crystallography (MX) leverages the methods of physics and the language of chemistry to reveal fundamental insights into biology. Often beautifully artistic images present MX results to support profound functional hypotheses that are vital to entire life science research community. Over the past several decades, synchrotrons around the world have been the workhorses for X-ray diffraction data collection at many highly automated beamlines. The newest tools include X-ray-free electron lasers (XFELs) located at facilities in the USA, Japan, Korea, Switzerland, and Germany that deliver about nine orders of magnitude higher brightness in discrete femtosecond long pulses. At each of these facilities, new serial femtosecond crystallography (SFX) strategies exploit slurries of micron-size crystals by rapidly delivering individual crystals into the XFEL X-ray interaction region, from which one diffraction pattern is collected per crystal before it is destroyed by the intense X-ray pulse. Relatively simple adaptions to SFX methods produce time-resolved data collection strategies wherein reactions are triggered by visible light illumination or by chemical diffusion/mixing. Thus, XFELs provide new opportunities for high temporal and spatial resolution studies of systems engaged in function at physiological temperature. In this chapter, we summarize various issues related to microcrystal slurry preparation, sample delivery into the X-ray interaction region, and some emerging strategies for time-resolved SFX data collection.
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Capabilities and Limitations of Fire-Shaping to Produce Glass Nozzles. MATERIALS 2020; 13:ma13235477. [PMID: 33271928 PMCID: PMC7730331 DOI: 10.3390/ma13235477] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/14/2020] [Revised: 11/18/2020] [Accepted: 11/25/2020] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Microfluidic devices for drop and emulsion production are often built using fire-shaped (or fire-polished) glass nozzles. These are usually fabricated manually with inexpensive equipment. The shape limitations and poor reproducibility are pointed as the main drawbacks. Here, we evaluate the capabilities of a new fire-shaping approach which fabricates the nozzle by heating a vertical rotating capillary at the Bottom of a Lateral Flame (BLF). We analyze the effect of the heating conditions, and the capillary size and tolerances. The shape reproducibility is excellent for nozzles of the same size produced with the same conditions. However, the size reproducibility is limited and does not seem to be significantly affected by the heating conditions. Specifically, the minimum neck diameter standard deviation is 3%. Different shapes can be obtained by changing the heating position or the capillary dimensions, though, for a given diameter reduction, there is a minimum nozzle length due to the overturning of the surface. The use of thinner (wall or inner diameter) capillaries allows producing much shorter nozzles but hinders the size reproducibility. Finally, we showed an example of how the performance of a microfluidic device is affected by the nozzle shape: a Gas Dynamic Virtual Nozzle (GDVN) built with a higher convergent rate nozzle works over a wider parametric range without whipping.
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Orville AM. Recent results in time resolved serial femtosecond crystallography at XFELs. Curr Opin Struct Biol 2020; 65:193-208. [PMID: 33049498 DOI: 10.1016/j.sbi.2020.08.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 60] [Impact Index Per Article: 15.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/13/2020] [Revised: 08/24/2020] [Accepted: 08/30/2020] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Time-resolved serial femtosecond crystallography (tr-SFX) methods exploit slurries of crystalline samples that range in size from hundreds of nanometers to a few tens of micrometers, at near-physiological temperature and pressure, to generate atomic resolution models and probe authentic function with the same experiment. 'Dynamic structural biology' is often used to encompass the research philosophy and techniques. Reaction cycles for tr-SFX studies are initiated by photons or ligand addition/mixing strategies, wherein the latter are potentially generalizable across enzymology. Thus, dynamic structural biology often creates stop-motion molecular movies of macromolecular function. In metal-dependent systems, complementary spectroscopic information can also be collected from the same samples and X-ray pulses, which provides even more detailed mechanistic insights. These types of experimental data also complement quantum mechanical and classical dynamics numerical calculations. Correlated structural-functional results will yield more detailed mechanistic insights and will likely translate into better drugs and treatments impacting human health, and better catalysis for clean energy and agriculture.
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- Allen M Orville
- Diamond Light Source Ltd, 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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Echelmeier A, Cruz Villarreal J, Messerschmidt M, Kim D, Coe JD, Thifault D, Botha S, Egatz-Gomez A, Gandhi S, Brehm G, Conrad CE, Hansen DT, Madsen C, Bajt S, Meza-Aguilar JD, Oberthür D, Wiedorn MO, Fleckenstein H, Mendez D, Knoška J, Martin-Garcia JM, Hu H, Lisova S, Allahgholi A, Gevorkov Y, Ayyer K, Aplin S, Ginn HM, Graafsma H, Morgan AJ, Greiffenberg D, Klujev A, Laurus T, Poehlsen J, Trunk U, Mezza D, Schmidt B, Kuhn M, Fromme R, Sztuk-Dambietz J, Raab N, Hauf S, Silenzi A, Michelat T, Xu C, Danilevski C, Parenti A, Mekinda L, Weinhausen B, Mills G, Vagovic P, Kim Y, Kirkwood H, Bean R, Bielecki J, Stern S, Giewekemeyer K, Round AR, Schulz J, Dörner K, Grant TD, Mariani V, Barty A, Mancuso AP, Weierstall U, Spence JCH, Chapman HN, Zatsepin N, Fromme P, Kirian RA, Ros A. Segmented flow generator for serial crystallography at the European X-ray free electron laser. Nat Commun 2020; 11:4511. [PMID: 32908128 PMCID: PMC7481229 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-020-18156-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/23/2019] [Accepted: 07/23/2020] [Indexed: 12/14/2022] Open
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Serial femtosecond crystallography (SFX) with X-ray free electron lasers (XFELs) allows structure determination of membrane proteins and time-resolved crystallography. Common liquid sample delivery continuously jets the protein crystal suspension into the path of the XFEL, wasting a vast amount of sample due to the pulsed nature of all current XFEL sources. The European XFEL (EuXFEL) delivers femtosecond (fs) X-ray pulses in trains spaced 100 ms apart whereas pulses within trains are currently separated by 889 ns. Therefore, continuous sample delivery via fast jets wastes >99% of sample. Here, we introduce a microfluidic device delivering crystal laden droplets segmented with an immiscible oil reducing sample waste and demonstrate droplet injection at the EuXFEL compatible with high pressure liquid delivery of an SFX experiment. While achieving ~60% reduction in sample waste, we determine the structure of the enzyme 3-deoxy-D-manno-octulosonate-8-phosphate synthase from microcrystals delivered in droplets revealing distinct structural features not previously reported.
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- Austin Echelmeier
- School of Molecular Sciences, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ, 85287-1604, USA.,Center for Applied Structural Discovery, The Biodesign Institute, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ, 85287-7401, USA
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- School of Molecular Sciences, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ, 85287-1604, USA.,Center for Applied Structural Discovery, The Biodesign Institute, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ, 85287-7401, USA
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- School of Molecular Sciences, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ, 85287-1604, USA.,Center for Applied Structural Discovery, The Biodesign Institute, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ, 85287-7401, USA.,European XFEL, Holzkoppel 4, 22869, Schenefeld, Germany
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- School of Molecular Sciences, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ, 85287-1604, USA.,Center for Applied Structural Discovery, The Biodesign Institute, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ, 85287-7401, USA
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- School of Molecular Sciences, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ, 85287-1604, USA.,Center for Applied Structural Discovery, The Biodesign Institute, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ, 85287-7401, USA
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- School of Molecular Sciences, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ, 85287-1604, USA.,Center for Applied Structural Discovery, The Biodesign Institute, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ, 85287-7401, USA
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- Center for Applied Structural Discovery, The Biodesign Institute, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ, 85287-7401, USA.,Department of Physics, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ, 85287-1504, USA
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- School of Molecular Sciences, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ, 85287-1604, USA.,Center for Applied Structural Discovery, The Biodesign Institute, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ, 85287-7401, USA
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- School of Molecular Sciences, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ, 85287-1604, USA.,Center for Applied Structural Discovery, The Biodesign Institute, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ, 85287-7401, USA
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- Institute for X-Ray Physics, University of Göttingen, Friedrich-Hund-Platz 1, 37077, Göttingen, Germany
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- School of Molecular Sciences, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ, 85287-1604, USA.,Center for Applied Structural Discovery, The Biodesign Institute, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ, 85287-7401, USA
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- Center for Applied Structural Discovery, The Biodesign Institute, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ, 85287-7401, USA
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- Center for Applied Structural Discovery, The Biodesign Institute, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ, 85287-7401, USA.,Department of Physics, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ, 85287-1504, USA
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- Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron, Notkestrasse 85, 22607, Hamburg, Germany.,Centre for Ultrafast Imaging, Universität Hamburg, Luruper Chaussee 149, 22761, Hamburg, Germany
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- Center for Free-Electron Laser Science, Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron, Notkestrasse 85, 22607, Hamburg, Germany
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- Centre for Ultrafast Imaging, Universität Hamburg, Luruper Chaussee 149, 22761, Hamburg, Germany.,Center for Free-Electron Laser Science, Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron, Notkestrasse 85, 22607, Hamburg, Germany
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- Center for Free-Electron Laser Science, Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron, Notkestrasse 85, 22607, Hamburg, Germany
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- Center for Applied Structural Discovery, The Biodesign Institute, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ, 85287-7401, USA.,Department of Physics, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ, 85287-1504, USA
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- Center for Free-Electron Laser Science, Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron, Notkestrasse 85, 22607, Hamburg, Germany.,Department of Physics, Universität Hamburg, Luruper Chaussee 149, 22761, Hamburg, Germany
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- School of Molecular Sciences, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ, 85287-1604, USA.,Center for Applied Structural Discovery, The Biodesign Institute, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ, 85287-7401, USA
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- Center for Applied Structural Discovery, The Biodesign Institute, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ, 85287-7401, USA.,Department of Physics, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ, 85287-1504, USA
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- Center for Applied Structural Discovery, The Biodesign Institute, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ, 85287-7401, USA.,Department of Physics, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ, 85287-1504, USA
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- Center for Free-Electron Laser Science, Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron, Notkestrasse 85, 22607, Hamburg, Germany
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- Center for Free-Electron Laser Science, Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron, Notkestrasse 85, 22607, Hamburg, Germany.,Hamburg University of Technology, Vision Systems E-2, Harburger Schloßstraße 20, 21079, Hamburg, Germany
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- Center for Free-Electron Laser Science, Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron, Notkestrasse 85, 22607, Hamburg, Germany
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- Center for Free-Electron Laser Science, Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron, Notkestrasse 85, 22607, Hamburg, Germany
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- Division of Structural Biology, University of Oxford, Oxford, OX1 2JD, United Kingdom.,Diamond Light Source Ltd, Didcot, Oxfordshire, OX11 0DE, United Kingdom
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- Center for Free-Electron Laser Science, Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron, Notkestrasse 85, 22607, Hamburg, Germany
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- Center for Free-Electron Laser Science, Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron, Notkestrasse 85, 22607, Hamburg, Germany
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- Center for Free-Electron Laser Science, Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron, Notkestrasse 85, 22607, Hamburg, Germany
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- Center for Free-Electron Laser Science, Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron, Notkestrasse 85, 22607, Hamburg, Germany
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- Center for Free-Electron Laser Science, Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron, Notkestrasse 85, 22607, Hamburg, Germany
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- Center for Free-Electron Laser Science, Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron, Notkestrasse 85, 22607, Hamburg, Germany
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- Paul Scherrer Institute, Forschungsstrasse 111, 5232, Villigen, Switzerland
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- Paul Scherrer Institute, Forschungsstrasse 111, 5232, Villigen, Switzerland
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- Center for Free-Electron Laser Science, Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron, Notkestrasse 85, 22607, Hamburg, Germany
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- School of Molecular Sciences, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ, 85287-1604, USA.,Center for Applied Structural Discovery, The Biodesign Institute, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ, 85287-7401, USA
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- European XFEL, Holzkoppel 4, 22869, Schenefeld, Germany
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- European XFEL, Holzkoppel 4, 22869, Schenefeld, Germany
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- European XFEL, Holzkoppel 4, 22869, Schenefeld, Germany
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- European XFEL, Holzkoppel 4, 22869, Schenefeld, Germany
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- European XFEL, Holzkoppel 4, 22869, Schenefeld, Germany
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- European XFEL, Holzkoppel 4, 22869, Schenefeld, Germany
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- European XFEL, Holzkoppel 4, 22869, Schenefeld, Germany.,Center for Free-Electron Laser Science, Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron, Notkestrasse 85, 22607, Hamburg, Germany
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- European XFEL, Holzkoppel 4, 22869, Schenefeld, Germany.,School of Chemical and Physical Sciences, Keele University, Staffordshire, ST5 5AZ, United Kingdom
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- Department of Structural Biology, Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, SUNY University at Buffalo, 955 Main St, Buffalo, NY, 14203, USA
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- Center for Free-Electron Laser Science, Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron, Notkestrasse 85, 22607, Hamburg, Germany
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- Center for Free-Electron Laser Science, Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron, Notkestrasse 85, 22607, Hamburg, Germany
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- European XFEL, Holzkoppel 4, 22869, Schenefeld, Germany.,Department of Chemistry and Physics, La Trobe Institute for Molecular Science, La Trobe University, Melbourne, VIC, 3086, Australia
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- Center for Applied Structural Discovery, The Biodesign Institute, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ, 85287-7401, USA.,Department of Physics, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ, 85287-1504, USA
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- Center for Applied Structural Discovery, The Biodesign Institute, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ, 85287-7401, USA.,Department of Physics, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ, 85287-1504, USA
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- Centre for Ultrafast Imaging, Universität Hamburg, Luruper Chaussee 149, 22761, Hamburg, Germany.,Center for Free-Electron Laser Science, Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron, Notkestrasse 85, 22607, Hamburg, Germany.,Department of Physics, Universität Hamburg, Luruper Chaussee 149, 22761, Hamburg, Germany
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- Center for Applied Structural Discovery, The Biodesign Institute, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ, 85287-7401, USA.,Department of Physics, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ, 85287-1504, USA.,ARC Centre of Excellence in Advanced Molecular Imaging, Department of Chemistry and Physics, La Trobe Institute for Molecular Science, La Trobe University, Melbourne, VIC, 3086, Australia
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- School of Molecular Sciences, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ, 85287-1604, USA.,Center for Applied Structural Discovery, The Biodesign Institute, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ, 85287-7401, USA
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- Center for Applied Structural Discovery, The Biodesign Institute, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ, 85287-7401, USA.,Department of Physics, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ, 85287-1504, USA
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- School of Molecular Sciences, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ, 85287-1604, USA. .,Center for Applied Structural Discovery, The Biodesign Institute, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ, 85287-7401, USA.
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Montanero JM, Gañán-Calvo AM. Dripping, jetting and tip streaming. REPORTS ON PROGRESS IN PHYSICS. PHYSICAL SOCIETY (GREAT BRITAIN) 2020; 83:097001. [PMID: 32647097 DOI: 10.1088/1361-6633/aba482] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
Abstract
Dripping, jetting and tip streaming have been studied up to a certain point separately by both fluid mechanics and microfluidics communities, the former focusing on fundamental aspects while the latter on applications. Here, we intend to review this field from a global perspective by considering and linking the two sides of the problem. First, we present the theoretical model used to study interfacial flows arising in droplet-based microfluidics, paying attention to three elements commonly present in applications: viscoelasticity, electric fields and surfactants. We review both classical and current results of the stability of jets affected by these elements. Mechanisms leading to the breakup of jets to produce drops are reviewed as well, including some recent advances in this field. We also consider the relatively scarce theoretical studies on the emergence and stability of tip streaming in open systems. Second, we focus on axisymmetric microfluidic configurations which can operate on the dripping and jetting modes either in a direct (standard) way or via tip streaming. We present the dimensionless parameters characterizing these configurations, the scaling laws which allow predicting the size of the resulting droplets and bubbles, as well as those delimiting the parameter windows where tip streaming can be found. Special attention is paid to electrospray and flow focusing, two of the techniques more frequently used in continuous drop production microfluidics. We aim to connect experimental observations described in this section of topics with fundamental and general aspects described in the first part of the review. This work closes with some prospects at both fundamental and practical levels.
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- J M Montanero
- Depto. de Ingeniería Mecánica, Energética y de los Materiales and Instituto de Computación Científica Avanzada (ICCAEx), Universidad de Extremadura, E-06006 Badajoz, Spain
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- Depto. de Ingeniería Aeroespacial y Mecánica de Fluidos, Universidad de Sevilla, E-41092 Sevilla, Spain
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Markmann V, Dartsch M, Valerio J, Frenzel L, Lokteva I, Walther M, Westermeier F, Grübel G, Lehmkühler F. Shear-induced ordering in liquid microjets seen by x-ray cross correlation analysis. STRUCTURAL DYNAMICS (MELVILLE, N.Y.) 2020; 7:054901. [PMID: 33094129 PMCID: PMC7568674 DOI: 10.1063/4.0000038] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/02/2020] [Accepted: 10/01/2020] [Indexed: 05/13/2023]
Abstract
We applied shear to a silica nanoparticle dispersion in a microfluidic jet device and observed direction-dependent structure along and across the flow direction. The asymmetries of the diffraction patterns were evaluated by x-ray cross correlation analysis. For different Rayleigh nozzle sizes and shapes, we measured the decay of the shear-induced ordering after the cessation of the shear. At large tube sizes and small shear rates, the characteristic times of the decay become longer, but Péclet-weighted times do not scale linearly with Péclet numbers. By modeling particle distributions with the corresponding diffraction patterns and comparing measured shape asymmetry to simulations, we determined the variation of volume fraction over the azimuthal angle for the maximum ordered state in the jet.
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- V. Markmann
- Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron DESY, Notkestraße 85, 22607 Hamburg, Germany
- Author to whom correspondence should be addressed:
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- Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron DESY, Notkestraße 85, 22607 Hamburg, Germany
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- Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron DESY, Notkestraße 85, 22607 Hamburg, Germany
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Vakili M, Vasireddi R, Gwozdz PV, Monteiro DCF, Heymann M, Blick RH, Trebbin M. Microfluidic polyimide gas dynamic virtual nozzles for serial crystallography. THE REVIEW OF SCIENTIFIC INSTRUMENTS 2020; 91:085108. [PMID: 32872940 DOI: 10.1063/5.0012806] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/05/2020] [Accepted: 07/05/2020] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
Abstract
Free liquid jets are a common sample delivery method in serial femtosecond x-ray (SFX) crystallography. Gas dynamic virtual nozzles (GDVNs) use an outer gas stream to focus a liquid jet down to a few micrometers in diameter. Such nozzles can be fabricated through various methods (capillary grinding, soft lithography, digital light processing, and two-photon polymerization) and materials, such as glass, polydimethylsiloxane, and photosensitive polyacrylates. Here, we present a broadly accessible, rapid prototyping laser ablation approach to micromachine solvent-resistant and inert Kapton polyimide foils with highly reproducible geometric features that result in 3D flow-focused GDVNs suitable for crystallography experiments at synchrotrons and free-electron laser facilities.
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- Mohammad Vakili
- Centre for Ultrafast Imaging (CUI), University of Hamburg, Luruper Chaussee 149, 22761 Hamburg, Germany
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- Centre for Ultrafast Imaging (CUI), University of Hamburg, Luruper Chaussee 149, 22761 Hamburg, Germany
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- Center for Hybrid Nanostructures (CHyN), University of Hamburg, Luruper Chaussee 149, 22761 Hamburg, Germany
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- Centre for Ultrafast Imaging (CUI), University of Hamburg, Luruper Chaussee 149, 22761 Hamburg, Germany
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- Center for Free-Electron Laser Science (CFEL), DESY, Notkestraße 85, 22607 Hamburg, Germany
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- Center for Hybrid Nanostructures (CHyN), University of Hamburg, Luruper Chaussee 149, 22761 Hamburg, Germany
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- Hauptman-Woodward Medical Research Institute, 700 Ellicott Street, Buffalo, New York 14203, USA
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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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Nazari R, Zaare S, Alvarez RC, Karpos K, Engelman T, Madsen C, Nelson G, Spence JCH, Weierstall U, Adrian RJ, Kirian RA. 3D printing of gas-dynamic virtual nozzles and optical characterization of high-speed microjets. OPTICS EXPRESS 2020; 28:21749-21765. [PMID: 32752448 PMCID: PMC7470680 DOI: 10.1364/oe.390131] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/18/2020] [Revised: 06/25/2020] [Accepted: 06/26/2020] [Indexed: 05/22/2023]
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Gas dynamic virtual nozzles (GDVNs) produce microscopic flow-focused liquid jets and droplets and play an important role at X-ray free-electron laser (XFEL) facilities where they are used to steer a stream of hydrated biomolecules into an X-ray focus during diffraction measurements. Highly stable and reproducible microjet and microdroplets are desired, as are flexible fabrication methods that enable integrated mixing microfluidics, droplet triggering mechanisms, laser illumination, and other customized features. In this study, we develop the use of high-resolution 3D nano-printing for the production of monolithic, asymmetric GDVN designs that are difficult to fabricate by other means. We also develop a dual-pulsed nanosecond image acquisition and analysis platform for the characterization of GDVN performance, including jet speed, length, diameter, and directionality, among others. We show that printed GDVNs can form microjets with very high degree of reproducibility, down to sub-micron diameters, and with water jet speeds beyond 170 m/s.
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- Reza Nazari
- Department of Physics, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ 85287, USA
- School for Engineering of Matter, Transport and Energy, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ 85287, USA
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- Department of Physics, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ 85287, USA
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- Department of Physics, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ 85287, USA
- School of Mathematics and Statistical Sciences, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ 85287, USA
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- Department of Physics, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ 85287, USA
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- Department of Physics, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ 85287, USA
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- Department of Physics, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ 85287, USA
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- Department of Physics, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ 85287, USA
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- Department of Physics, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ 85287, USA
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- School for Engineering of Matter, Transport and Energy, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ 85287, USA
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- Department of Physics, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ 85287, USA
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The history of serial crystallography (SC) has its origins in the earliest attempts to merge data from several crystals. This preface provides an overview of some recent work, with a survey of the rapid advances made over the past decade in both sample delivery and data analysis.
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Knoška J, Adriano L, Awel S, Beyerlein KR, Yefanov O, Oberthuer D, Peña Murillo GE, Roth N, Sarrou I, Villanueva-Perez P, Wiedorn MO, Wilde F, Bajt S, Chapman HN, Heymann M. Ultracompact 3D microfluidics for time-resolved structural biology. Nat Commun 2020; 11:657. [PMID: 32005876 PMCID: PMC6994545 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-020-14434-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 79] [Impact Index Per Article: 19.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/09/2019] [Accepted: 12/10/2019] [Indexed: 11/23/2022] Open
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To advance microfluidic integration, we present the use of two-photon additive manufacturing to fold 2D channel layouts into compact free-form 3D fluidic circuits with nanometer precision. We demonstrate this technique by tailoring microfluidic nozzles and mixers for time-resolved structural biology at X-ray free-electron lasers (XFELs). We achieve submicron jets with speeds exceeding 160 m s-1, which allows for the use of megahertz XFEL repetition rates. By integrating an additional orifice, we implement a low consumption flow-focusing nozzle, which is validated by solving a hemoglobin structure. Also, aberration-free in operando X-ray microtomography is introduced to study efficient equivolumetric millisecond mixing in channels with 3D features integrated into the nozzle. Such devices can be printed in minutes by locally adjusting print resolution during fabrication. This technology has the potential to permit ultracompact devices and performance improvements through 3D flow optimization in all fields of microfluidic engineering.
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- Juraj Knoška
- CFEL, Center for Free-Electron Laser Science, Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron DESY, Notkestrasse 85, 22607, Hamburg, Germany
- Department of Physics, Universität Hamburg, Luruper Chaussee 149, 22761, Hamburg, Germany
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- DESY, Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron, Notkestrasse 85, 22607, Hamburg, Germany
- EuXFEL, Sample Environment & Characterization Group, European XFEL Holzkoppel 4, 22869, Schenefeld, Germany
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- CFEL, Center for Free-Electron Laser Science, Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron DESY, Notkestrasse 85, 22607, Hamburg, Germany
- CUI, Center for Ultrafast Imaging, Universität Hamburg, 22761, Hamburg, Germany
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- CFEL, Center for Free-Electron Laser Science, Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron DESY, Notkestrasse 85, 22607, Hamburg, Germany
- Max Planck Institute for the Structure and Dynamics of Matter, Hamburg, 22761, Germany
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- CFEL, Center for Free-Electron Laser Science, Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron DESY, Notkestrasse 85, 22607, Hamburg, Germany
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- CFEL, Center for Free-Electron Laser Science, Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron DESY, Notkestrasse 85, 22607, Hamburg, Germany
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- CFEL, Center for Free-Electron Laser Science, Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron DESY, Notkestrasse 85, 22607, Hamburg, Germany
- Department of Physics, Universität Hamburg, Luruper Chaussee 149, 22761, Hamburg, Germany
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- CFEL, Center for Free-Electron Laser Science, Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron DESY, Notkestrasse 85, 22607, Hamburg, Germany
- Department of Physics, Universität Hamburg, Luruper Chaussee 149, 22761, Hamburg, Germany
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- CFEL, Center for Free-Electron Laser Science, Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron DESY, Notkestrasse 85, 22607, Hamburg, Germany
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- CFEL, Center for Free-Electron Laser Science, Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron DESY, Notkestrasse 85, 22607, Hamburg, Germany
- Synchrotron Radiation Research, Lund University, Box 118, SE-221 00, Lund, Sweden
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- CFEL, Center for Free-Electron Laser Science, Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron DESY, Notkestrasse 85, 22607, Hamburg, Germany
- Department of Physics, Universität Hamburg, Luruper Chaussee 149, 22761, Hamburg, Germany
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- Helmholtz-Zentrum Geesthacht, Institut für Werkstoffforschung, Max-Planck-Straße. 1, 21502, Geesthacht, Germany
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- DESY, Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron, Notkestrasse 85, 22607, Hamburg, Germany
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- CFEL, Center for Free-Electron Laser Science, Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron DESY, Notkestrasse 85, 22607, Hamburg, Germany.
- Department of Physics, Universität Hamburg, Luruper Chaussee 149, 22761, Hamburg, Germany.
- CUI, Center for Ultrafast Imaging, Universität Hamburg, 22761, Hamburg, Germany.
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- CFEL, Center for Free-Electron Laser Science, Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron DESY, Notkestrasse 85, 22607, Hamburg, Germany.
- IBBS, Institut für Biomaterialien und Biomolekulare Systeme, Universität Stuttgart, Pfaffenwaldring 57, 70569, Stuttgart, Germany.
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Zhao F, Zhang B, Yan E, Sun B, Wang Z, He J, Yin D. A guide to sample delivery systems for serial crystallography. FEBS J 2019; 286:4402-4417. [DOI: 10.1111/febs.15099] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/11/2019] [Revised: 09/26/2019] [Accepted: 10/15/2019] [Indexed: 01/07/2023]
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- Feng‐Zhu Zhao
- School of Life Sciences Northwestern Polytechnical University Xi'an China
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- School of Life Sciences Northwestern Polytechnical University Xi'an China
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- School of Life Sciences Northwestern Polytechnical University Xi'an China
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- Shanghai Institute of Applied Physics Chinese Academy of Sciences Shanghai China
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- Shanghai Institute of Applied Physics Chinese Academy of Sciences Shanghai China
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- Shanghai Institute of Applied Physics Chinese Academy of Sciences Shanghai China
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- School of Life Sciences Northwestern Polytechnical University Xi'an China
- Shenzhen Research Institute Northwestern Polytechnical University Shenzhen China
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Gisriel C, Coe J, Letrun R, Yefanov OM, Luna-Chavez C, Stander NE, Lisova S, Mariani V, Kuhn M, Aplin S, Grant TD, Dörner K, Sato T, Echelmeier A, Cruz Villarreal J, Hunter MS, Wiedorn MO, Knoska J, Mazalova V, Roy-Chowdhury S, Yang JH, Jones A, Bean R, Bielecki J, Kim Y, Mills G, Weinhausen B, Meza JD, Al-Qudami N, Bajt S, Brehm G, Botha S, Boukhelef D, Brockhauser S, Bruce BD, Coleman MA, Danilevski C, Discianno E, Dobson Z, Fangohr H, Martin-Garcia JM, Gevorkov Y, Hauf S, Hosseinizadeh A, Januschek F, Ketawala GK, Kupitz C, Maia L, Manetti M, Messerschmidt M, Michelat T, Mondal J, Ourmazd A, Previtali G, Sarrou I, Schön S, Schwander P, Shelby ML, Silenzi A, Sztuk-Dambietz J, Szuba J, Turcato M, White TA, Wrona K, Xu C, Abdellatif MH, Zook JD, Spence JCH, Chapman HN, Barty A, Kirian RA, Frank M, Ros A, Schmidt M, Fromme R, Mancuso AP, Fromme P, Zatsepin NA. Membrane protein megahertz crystallography at the European XFEL. Nat Commun 2019; 10:5021. [PMID: 31685819 PMCID: PMC6828683 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-019-12955-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/29/2019] [Accepted: 10/07/2019] [Indexed: 12/02/2022] Open
Abstract
The world’s first superconducting megahertz repetition rate hard X-ray free-electron laser (XFEL), the European XFEL, began operation in 2017, featuring a unique pulse train structure with 886 ns between pulses. With its rapid pulse rate, the European XFEL may alleviate some of the increasing demand for XFEL beamtime, particularly for membrane protein serial femtosecond crystallography (SFX), leveraging orders-of-magnitude faster data collection. Here, we report the first membrane protein megahertz SFX experiment, where we determined a 2.9 Å-resolution SFX structure of the large membrane protein complex, Photosystem I, a > 1 MDa complex containing 36 protein subunits and 381 cofactors. We address challenges to megahertz SFX for membrane protein complexes, including growth of large quantities of crystals and the large molecular and unit cell size that influence data collection and analysis. The results imply that megahertz crystallography could have an important impact on structure determination of large protein complexes with XFELs. The European X-ray free-electron laser (EuXFEL) in Hamburg is the first XFEL with a megahertz repetition rate. Here the authors present the 2.9 Å structure of the large membrane protein complex Photosystem I from T. elongatus that was determined at the EuXFEL.
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- Chris Gisriel
- Biodesign Center for Applied Structural Discovery, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ, 85287-5001, USA.,School of Molecular Sciences, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ, 85287-1604, USA.,Department of Chemistry, Yale University, New Haven, CT, 06520, USA
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- Biodesign Center for Applied Structural Discovery, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ, 85287-5001, USA.,School of Molecular Sciences, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ, 85287-1604, USA
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- European XFEL GmbH, Holzkoppel 4, 22869, Schenefeld, Germany
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- Center for Free-Electron Laser Science, Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron, Notkestrasse 85, 22607, Hamburg, Germany
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- Biodesign Center for Applied Structural Discovery, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ, 85287-5001, USA.,School of Molecular Sciences, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ, 85287-1604, USA
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- Biodesign Center for Applied Structural Discovery, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ, 85287-5001, USA.,School of Molecular Sciences, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ, 85287-1604, USA
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- Biodesign Center for Applied Structural Discovery, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ, 85287-5001, USA.,Department of Physics, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ, 85287-1504, USA
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- Center for Free-Electron Laser Science, Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron, Notkestrasse 85, 22607, Hamburg, Germany
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- Center for Free-Electron Laser Science, Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron, Notkestrasse 85, 22607, Hamburg, Germany
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- Center for Free-Electron Laser Science, Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron, Notkestrasse 85, 22607, Hamburg, Germany
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- Hauptman-Woodward Institute, 700 Ellicott St, Buffalo, NY, 14203-1102, USA.,Department of Structural Biology, Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, SUNY University at Buffalo, 700 Ellicott St, Buffalo, NY, 14203-1102, USA
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- European XFEL GmbH, Holzkoppel 4, 22869, Schenefeld, Germany
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- European XFEL GmbH, Holzkoppel 4, 22869, Schenefeld, Germany.,Center for Free-Electron Laser Science, Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron, Notkestrasse 85, 22607, Hamburg, Germany
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- Biodesign Center for Applied Structural Discovery, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ, 85287-5001, USA.,School of Molecular Sciences, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ, 85287-1604, USA
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- Biodesign Center for Applied Structural Discovery, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ, 85287-5001, USA.,School of Molecular Sciences, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ, 85287-1604, USA
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- Linac Coherent Light Source, SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Menlo Park, 94025, CA, USA
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- Center for Free-Electron Laser Science, Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron, Notkestrasse 85, 22607, Hamburg, Germany.,Department of Physics, Universität Hamburg, Luruper Chaussee 149, 22761, Hamburg, Germany.,The Hamburg Centre for Ultrafast Imaging, Universität Hamburg, Luruper Chaussee 149, 22761, Hamburg, Germany
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- Center for Free-Electron Laser Science, Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron, Notkestrasse 85, 22607, Hamburg, Germany
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- Center for Free-Electron Laser Science, Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron, Notkestrasse 85, 22607, Hamburg, Germany
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- Biodesign Center for Applied Structural Discovery, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ, 85287-5001, USA.,School of Molecular Sciences, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ, 85287-1604, USA
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- Biodesign Center for Applied Structural Discovery, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ, 85287-5001, USA.,School of Molecular Sciences, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ, 85287-1604, USA
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- Biodesign Center for Applied Structural Discovery, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ, 85287-5001, USA.,School of Molecular Sciences, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ, 85287-1604, USA
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- European XFEL GmbH, Holzkoppel 4, 22869, Schenefeld, Germany
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- European XFEL GmbH, Holzkoppel 4, 22869, Schenefeld, Germany
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- European XFEL GmbH, Holzkoppel 4, 22869, Schenefeld, Germany
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- European XFEL GmbH, Holzkoppel 4, 22869, Schenefeld, Germany
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- European XFEL GmbH, Holzkoppel 4, 22869, Schenefeld, Germany
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- Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron, Notkestrasse 85, 22607, Hamburg, Germany
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- Biodesign Center for Applied Structural Discovery, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ, 85287-5001, USA.,School of Molecular Sciences, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ, 85287-1604, USA.,Institute for X-Ray Physics, University of Göttingen, 37077, Göttingen, Germany.,Center Nanoscale Microscopy and Molecular Physiology of the Brain, Göttingen, Germany
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- Department of Physics, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ, 85287-1504, USA
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- European XFEL GmbH, Holzkoppel 4, 22869, Schenefeld, Germany.,Biological Research Centre, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Temesvári krt. 62, Szeged, 6726, Hungary
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- Department of Biochemistry & Cellular and Molecular Biology, University of Tennessee at Knoxville, Knoxville, TN, USA, 37996.,Program in Energy Science and Engineering, University of Tennessee at Knoxville, Knoxville, TN, USA, 37996.,Department of Microbiology, University of Tennessee at Knoxville, Knoxville, TN, USA, 37996
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- Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, 7000 East Avenue, Livermore, CA, 94550, USA
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- Biodesign Center for Applied Structural Discovery, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ, 85287-5001, USA
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- Biodesign Center for Applied Structural Discovery, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ, 85287-5001, USA.,School of Molecular Sciences, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ, 85287-1604, USA
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- European XFEL GmbH, Holzkoppel 4, 22869, Schenefeld, Germany.,University of Southampton, University Rd, Southampton, SO17 1BJ, UK
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- Biodesign Center for Applied Structural Discovery, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ, 85287-5001, USA
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- Center for Free-Electron Laser Science, Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron, Notkestrasse 85, 22607, Hamburg, Germany.,Hamburg University of Technology, Vision Systems E-2, Harburger Schloßstraße 20, 21079, Hamburg, Germany
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- European XFEL GmbH, Holzkoppel 4, 22869, Schenefeld, Germany
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- Department of Physics, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, 3135 N. Maryland Ave, Milwaukee, WI, 53211, USA
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- European XFEL GmbH, Holzkoppel 4, 22869, Schenefeld, Germany.,Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron, Notkestrasse 85, 22607, Hamburg, Germany
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- Biodesign Center for Applied Structural Discovery, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ, 85287-5001, USA.,School of Molecular Sciences, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ, 85287-1604, USA
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- Linac Coherent Light Source, SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Menlo Park, 94025, CA, USA.,Department of Physics, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, 3135 N. Maryland Ave, Milwaukee, WI, 53211, USA
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- European XFEL GmbH, Holzkoppel 4, 22869, Schenefeld, Germany
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- Biodesign Center for Applied Structural Discovery, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ, 85287-5001, USA.,School of Molecular Sciences, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ, 85287-1604, USA.,European XFEL GmbH, Holzkoppel 4, 22869, Schenefeld, Germany
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- European XFEL GmbH, Holzkoppel 4, 22869, Schenefeld, Germany
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- Department of Biochemistry & Cellular and Molecular Biology, University of Tennessee at Knoxville, Knoxville, TN, USA, 37996
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- Department of Physics, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, 3135 N. Maryland Ave, Milwaukee, WI, 53211, USA
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- Center for Free-Electron Laser Science, Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron, Notkestrasse 85, 22607, Hamburg, Germany
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- Center for Free-Electron Laser Science, Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron, Notkestrasse 85, 22607, Hamburg, Germany
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- Department of Physics, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, 3135 N. Maryland Ave, Milwaukee, WI, 53211, USA
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- Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, 7000 East Avenue, Livermore, CA, 94550, USA
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- European XFEL GmbH, Holzkoppel 4, 22869, Schenefeld, Germany
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- European XFEL GmbH, Holzkoppel 4, 22869, Schenefeld, Germany
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- Center for Free-Electron Laser Science, Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron, Notkestrasse 85, 22607, Hamburg, Germany
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- European XFEL GmbH, Holzkoppel 4, 22869, Schenefeld, Germany
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- European XFEL GmbH, Holzkoppel 4, 22869, Schenefeld, Germany
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- Center for Free-Electron Laser Science, Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron, Notkestrasse 85, 22607, Hamburg, Germany
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- Biodesign Center for Applied Structural Discovery, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ, 85287-5001, USA.,School of Molecular Sciences, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ, 85287-1604, USA
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- Biodesign Center for Applied Structural Discovery, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ, 85287-5001, USA.,Department of Physics, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ, 85287-1504, USA
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- Center for Free-Electron Laser Science, Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron, Notkestrasse 85, 22607, Hamburg, Germany.,Department of Physics, Universität Hamburg, Luruper Chaussee 149, 22761, Hamburg, Germany.,The Hamburg Centre for Ultrafast Imaging, Universität Hamburg, Luruper Chaussee 149, 22761, Hamburg, Germany
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- Center for Free-Electron Laser Science, Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron, Notkestrasse 85, 22607, Hamburg, Germany
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- Biodesign Center for Applied Structural Discovery, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ, 85287-5001, USA.,Department of Physics, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ, 85287-1504, USA
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- Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, 7000 East Avenue, Livermore, CA, 94550, USA
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- Biodesign Center for Applied Structural Discovery, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ, 85287-5001, USA.,School of Molecular Sciences, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ, 85287-1604, USA
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- Department of Physics, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, 3135 N. Maryland Ave, Milwaukee, WI, 53211, USA
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- Biodesign Center for Applied Structural Discovery, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ, 85287-5001, USA.,School of Molecular Sciences, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ, 85287-1604, USA
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- European XFEL GmbH, Holzkoppel 4, 22869, Schenefeld, Germany.,Department of Chemistry and Physics, La Trobe Institute for Molecular Science, La Trobe University, Melbourne, 3086, Victoria, Australia
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- Biodesign Center for Applied Structural Discovery, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ, 85287-5001, USA. .,School of Molecular Sciences, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ, 85287-1604, USA.
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- Biodesign Center for Applied Structural Discovery, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ, 85287-5001, USA. .,Department of Physics, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ, 85287-1504, USA. .,ARC Centre of Excellence in Advanced Molecular Imaging, Department of Chemistry and Physics, La Trobe Institute for Molecular Science, La Trobe University, Melbourne, 3086, Victoria, Australia.
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Yefanov O, Oberthür D, Bean R, Wiedorn MO, Knoska J, Pena G, Awel S, Gumprecht L, Domaracky M, Sarrou I, Lourdu Xavier P, Metz M, Bajt S, Mariani V, Gevorkov Y, White TA, Tolstikova A, Villanueva-Perez P, Seuring C, Aplin S, Estillore AD, Küpper J, Klyuev A, Kuhn M, Laurus T, Graafsma H, Monteiro DCF, Trebbin M, Maia FRNC, Cruz-Mazo F, Gañán-Calvo AM, Heymann M, Darmanin C, Abbey B, Schmidt M, Fromme P, Giewekemeyer K, Sikorski M, Graceffa R, Vagovic P, Kluyver T, Bergemann M, Fangohr H, Sztuk-Dambietz J, Hauf S, Raab N, Bondar V, Mancuso AP, Chapman H, Barty A. Evaluation of serial crystallographic structure determination within megahertz pulse trains. STRUCTURAL DYNAMICS (MELVILLE, N.Y.) 2019; 6:064702. [PMID: 31832488 PMCID: PMC6892710 DOI: 10.1063/1.5124387] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/14/2019] [Accepted: 10/21/2019] [Indexed: 05/30/2023]
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The new European X-ray Free-Electron Laser (European XFEL) is the first X-ray free-electron laser capable of delivering intense X-ray pulses with a megahertz interpulse spacing in a wavelength range suitable for atomic resolution structure determination. An outstanding but crucial question is whether the use of a pulse repetition rate nearly four orders of magnitude higher than previously possible results in unwanted structural changes due to either radiation damage or systematic effects on data quality. Here, separate structures from the first and subsequent pulses in the European XFEL pulse train were determined, showing that there is essentially no difference between structures determined from different pulses under currently available operating conditions at the European XFEL.
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- Oleksandr Yefanov
- Center for Free-Electron Laser Science, Deutsches Elektronen Synchrotron, Notkestrasse 85, 22607 Hamburg, Germany
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- Center for Free-Electron Laser Science, Deutsches Elektronen Synchrotron, Notkestrasse 85, 22607 Hamburg, Germany
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- European XFEL, Holzkoppel 4, 22869 Schenefeld, Germany
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- Center for Free-Electron Laser Science, Deutsches Elektronen Synchrotron, Notkestrasse 85, 22607 Hamburg, Germany
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- Center for Free-Electron Laser Science, Deutsches Elektronen Synchrotron, Notkestrasse 85, 22607 Hamburg, Germany
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- Center for Free-Electron Laser Science, Deutsches Elektronen Synchrotron, Notkestrasse 85, 22607 Hamburg, Germany
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- Center for Free-Electron Laser Science, Deutsches Elektronen Synchrotron, Notkestrasse 85, 22607 Hamburg, Germany
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- Center for Free-Electron Laser Science, Deutsches Elektronen Synchrotron, Notkestrasse 85, 22607 Hamburg, Germany
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- Center for Free-Electron Laser Science, Deutsches Elektronen Synchrotron, Notkestrasse 85, 22607 Hamburg, Germany
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- Center for Free-Electron Laser Science, Deutsches Elektronen Synchrotron, Notkestrasse 85, 22607 Hamburg, Germany
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- Center for Free-Electron Laser Science, Deutsches Elektronen Synchrotron, Notkestrasse 85, 22607 Hamburg, Germany
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- Deutsches Elektronen Synchrotron DESY, Notkestrasse 85, 22607 Hamburg, Germany
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- Center for Free-Electron Laser Science, Deutsches Elektronen Synchrotron, Notkestrasse 85, 22607 Hamburg, Germany
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- Center for Free-Electron Laser Science, Deutsches Elektronen Synchrotron, Notkestrasse 85, 22607 Hamburg, Germany
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- Center for Free-Electron Laser Science, Deutsches Elektronen Synchrotron, Notkestrasse 85, 22607 Hamburg, Germany
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- Center for Free-Electron Laser Science, Deutsches Elektronen Synchrotron, Notkestrasse 85, 22607 Hamburg, Germany
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- Center for Free-Electron Laser Science, Deutsches Elektronen Synchrotron, Notkestrasse 85, 22607 Hamburg, Germany
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- Center for Free-Electron Laser Science, Deutsches Elektronen Synchrotron, Notkestrasse 85, 22607 Hamburg, Germany
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- Center for Free-Electron Laser Science, Deutsches Elektronen Synchrotron, Notkestrasse 85, 22607 Hamburg, Germany
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- Deutsches Elektronen Synchrotron DESY, Notkestrasse 85, 22607 Hamburg, Germany
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- Deutsches Elektronen Synchrotron DESY, Notkestrasse 85, 22607 Hamburg, Germany
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- Deutsches Elektronen Synchrotron DESY, Notkestrasse 85, 22607 Hamburg, Germany
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- Deutsches Elektronen Synchrotron DESY, Notkestrasse 85, 22607 Hamburg, Germany
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- Dept. de Ingeniería Aeroespacial y Mecánica de Fluidos, ETSI, Universidad de Sevilla, 41092 Sevilla, Spain
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- Dept. de Ingeniería Aeroespacial y Mecánica de Fluidos, ETSI, Universidad de Sevilla, 41092 Sevilla, Spain
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- Intelligent Biointegrative Systems Group, Institute of Biomaterials and Biomolecular Systems, University of Stuttgart, D-70569 Stuttgart, Germany
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- ARC Centre of Excellence in Advanced Molecular Imaging, La Trobe Institute for Molecular Sciences, La Trobe University, Victoria 3086, Australia
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- ARC Centre of Excellence in Advanced Molecular Imaging, La Trobe Institute for Molecular Sciences, La Trobe University, Victoria 3086, Australia
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- Physics Department, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, 3135 N. Maryland Ave, Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53211, USA
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- School of Molecular Sciences and Biodesign Center for Applied Structural Discovery, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona 85287-1604, USA
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- European XFEL, Holzkoppel 4, 22869 Schenefeld, Germany
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- European XFEL, Holzkoppel 4, 22869 Schenefeld, Germany
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- European XFEL, Holzkoppel 4, 22869 Schenefeld, Germany
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- European XFEL, Holzkoppel 4, 22869 Schenefeld, Germany
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- Center for Free-Electron Laser Science, Deutsches Elektronen Synchrotron, Notkestrasse 85, 22607 Hamburg, Germany
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Allen AJ. Recent trends in crystallography - a current IUCr journals perspective. IUCRJ 2019; 6:984-987. [PMID: 31709052 PMCID: PMC6830219 DOI: 10.1107/s2052252519014507] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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This Editorial considers the impact of recent work published in IUCrJ and other IUCr journals, as well as the relationship between IUCrJ and the other journals, in terms of where the most cited recent papers are used.
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- Andrew J. Allen
- Materials Measurement Science Division, National Institute of Standards and Technology, 100 Bureau Drive, Gaithersburg, MD 20899, USA
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Until recently X-ray crystallography has been the standard technique for virus structure determinations. Available X-ray sources have continuously improved over the decades, leading to the realization of X-ray free-electron lasers (XFELs). They provide high-intensity femtosecond X-ray pulses, which allow for new kinds of experiments by making use of the diffraction-before-destruction principle. By overcoming classical dose constraints, they at least in principle allow researchers to perform X-ray virus structure determination for single particles at room temperature. Simultaneously, the availability of XFELs led to the development of the method of serial femtosecond crystallography, where a crystal structure is determined from the measurement of hundreds to thousands of microcrystals. In the case of virus crystallography this method does not require freezing of the crystals and allows researchers to perform experiments under non-equilibrium conditions (e.g., by laser-induced temperature jumps or rapid chemical mixing), which is currently not possible with electron microscopy.
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- A. Meents
- Center for Free-Electron Laser Science, Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron, 22607 Hamburg, Germany
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- Center for Free-Electron Laser Science, Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron, 22607 Hamburg, Germany
- Centre for Ultrafast Imaging, University of Hamburg, 22761 Hamburg, Germany
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Cruz-Mazo F, Wiedorn MO, Herrada MA, Bajt S, Chapman HN, Gañán-Calvo AM. Aerodynamically stabilized Taylor cone jets. Phys Rev E 2019; 100:031101. [PMID: 31639968 DOI: 10.1103/physreve.100.031101] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/27/2018] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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We introduce a way to stabilize steady micro/nanoliquid jets issuing from Taylor cones together with coflowing gas streams. We study the dripping-jetting transition of this configuration theoretically through a global stability analysis as a function of the governing parameters involved. A balance between the local radial acceleration to the surface tension gradient, the mass conservation, and the energy balance equations enable us to derive two coupled scaling laws that predict both the minimum jet diameter and its maximum velocity. The theoretical prediction provides a single curve that describes not only the numerical computations but also experimental data from the literature for cone jets assisted with gas coflow. Additionally, we performed a set of experiments to verify what parameters influence the jet length. We adopt a very recent model for capillary jet length to our configuration by combining electrohydrodynamic effects with the gas flow through an equivalent liquid pressure. Due to diameters below 1 μm and high speeds attainable in excess of 100 m/s, this concept has the potential to be utilized for structural biology analyses with x-ray free-electron lasers at megahertz repetition rates as well as other applications.
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- F Cruz-Mazo
- Departamento de Ingeniería Aerospacial y Mecánica de Fluidos, Universidad de Sevilla, Camino de los Descrubrimientos s/n, 41092 Sevilla, Spain
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- 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
- The Hamburg Center for Ultrafast Imaging, University of Hamburg, Luruper Chaussee 149, 22761 Hamburg, Germany
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- Departamento de Ingeniería Aerospacial y Mecánica de Fluidos, Universidad de Sevilla, Camino de los Descrubrimientos s/n, 41092 Sevilla, Spain
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- Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron DESY, Notkestrasse 85, 22607 Hamburg, Germany
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- 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
- The Hamburg Center for Ultrafast Imaging, University of Hamburg, Luruper Chaussee 149, 22761 Hamburg, Germany
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- Departamento de Ingeniería Aerospacial y Mecánica de Fluidos, Universidad de Sevilla, Camino de los Descrubrimientos s/n, 41092 Sevilla, Spain
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Wu JLY, Tellkamp F, Khajehpour M, Robertson WD, Miller RJD. Rapid mixing of colliding picoliter liquid droplets delivered through-space from piezoelectric-actuated pipettes characterized by time-resolved fluorescence monitoring. THE REVIEW OF SCIENTIFIC INSTRUMENTS 2019; 90:055109. [PMID: 31153275 DOI: 10.1063/1.5050270] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/29/2018] [Accepted: 04/27/2019] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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Rapid mixing of aqueous solutions is a crucial first step to study the kinetics of fast biochemical reactions with high temporal resolution. Remarkable progress toward this goal has been made through the development of advanced stopped-flow mixing techniques resulting in reduced dead times, and thereby extending reaction monitoring capabilities to numerous biochemical systems. Concurrently, piezoelectric actuators for through-space liquid droplet sample delivery have also been applied in several experimental systems, providing discrete picoliter sample volume delivery and precision sample deposition onto a surface, free of confinement within microfluidic devices, tubing, or other physical constraints. Here, we characterize the inertial mixing kinetics of two aqueous droplets (130 pl) produced by piezoelectric-actuated pipettes, following droplet collision in free space and deposition on a surface in a proof of principle experiment. A time-resolved fluorescence system was developed to monitor the mixing and fluorescence quenching of 5-carboxytetramethylrhodamine (5-Tamra) and N-Bromosuccinimide, which we show to occur in less than 10 ms. In this respect, this methodology is unique in that it offers millisecond mixing capabilities for very small quantities of discrete sample volumes. Furthermore, the use of discrete droplets for sample delivery and mixing in free space provides potential advantages, including the elimination of the requirement for a physical construction as with microfluidic systems, and thereby makes possible and extends the experimental capabilities of many systems.
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- Jamie L Y Wu
- Division of Engineering Science, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario M5S 2E4, Canada
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- Max Planck Institute for the Structure and Dynamics of Matter, Hamburg 27761, Germany
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba R3T 2N2, Canada
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- Max Planck Institute for the Structure and Dynamics of Matter, Hamburg 27761, Germany
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- Max Planck Institute for the Structure and Dynamics of Matter, Hamburg 27761, Germany
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Schmidt M. Time-Resolved Macromolecular Crystallography at Pulsed X-ray Sources. Int J Mol Sci 2019; 20:ijms20061401. [PMID: 30897736 PMCID: PMC6470897 DOI: 10.3390/ijms20061401] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/27/2019] [Revised: 03/14/2019] [Accepted: 03/18/2019] [Indexed: 11/30/2022] Open
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The focus of structural biology is shifting from the determination of static structures to the investigation of dynamical aspects of macromolecular function. With time-resolved macromolecular crystallography (TRX), intermediates that form and decay during the macromolecular reaction can be investigated, as well as their reaction dynamics. Time-resolved crystallographic methods were initially developed at synchrotrons. However, about a decade ago, extremely brilliant, femtosecond-pulsed X-ray sources, the free electron lasers for hard X-rays, became available to a wider community. TRX is now possible with femtosecond temporal resolution. This review provides an overview of methodological aspects of TRX, and at the same time, aims to outline the frontiers of this method at modern pulsed X-ray sources.
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- Marius Schmidt
- Physics Department, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Milwaukee, WI 53211, USA.
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Siewert F, Buchheim J, Gwalt G, Bean R, Mancuso AP. On the characterization of a 1 m long, ultra-precise KB-focusing mirror pair for European XFEL by means of slope measuring deflectometry. THE REVIEW OF SCIENTIFIC INSTRUMENTS 2019; 90:021713. [PMID: 30831716 DOI: 10.1063/1.5065473] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/10/2018] [Accepted: 12/01/2018] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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Recently, the European X-Ray Free Electron Laser (XFEL) has successfully produced its first X-ray photon pulse trains. This unique photon source will provide up to 27 000 photon pulses per second for experiments in different fields of science. In order to accomplish this, ultra-precise mirrors of dedicated shape are used to guide and focus these photons along beamlines of up to 930 m in length from the source in the undulator section to the desired focal point at an experimental station. We will report on a Kirkpatrick-Baez-mirror pair designed to focus hard-X-rays in the energy range from 3 to 16 keV to a 100 nm scale at the SPB/SFX instrument of the European XFEL. Both mirrors are elliptical cylinder-like shaped. The figure error of these 1 m long mirrors was specified to be better than 2 nm pv in terms of the height domain; this corresponds to a slope error of about 50 nrad rms (at least a best effort finishing is requested). This is essential to provide optimal experimental conditions including preservation of brilliance and wavefront. Such large and precise optics represents a challenge for the required deterministic surface polishing technology, elastic emission machining in this case, as well as for the metrology mandatory to enable a precise characterization of the topography on the mirror aperture. Besides the slope errors, the ellipse parameters are also of particular interest. The mirrors were under inspection by means of slope measuring deflectometry at the BESSY-NOM slope measuring profiler at the Helmholtz Zentrum Berlin. The NOM measurements have shown a slope error of 100 nrad rms on a aperture length of 950 mm corresponding to a residual figure deviation ≤20 nm pv for both mirrors. Additionally we found a strong impact of the mirror support conditions on the mirror shape finally measured. We will report on the measurement concept to characterize such mirrors as well as to discuss the achieved results.
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- F Siewert
- Helmholtz Zentrum Berlin für Materialien und Energie, Department Optics and Beamlines, Albert-Einstein-Str. 15, 12489 Berlin, Germany
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- Helmholtz Zentrum Berlin für Materialien und Energie, Department Optics and Beamlines, Albert-Einstein-Str. 15, 12489 Berlin, Germany
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- Helmholtz Zentrum Berlin für Materialien und Energie, Department Optics and Beamlines, Albert-Einstein-Str. 15, 12489 Berlin, Germany
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- European XFEL, Holzkoppel 4, 22869 Schenefeld, Germany
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- European XFEL, Holzkoppel 4, 22869 Schenefeld, Germany
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Holton JM. Challenge data set for macromolecular multi-microcrystallography. Acta Crystallogr D Struct Biol 2019; 75:113-122. [PMID: 30821701 PMCID: PMC6400260 DOI: 10.1107/s2059798319001426] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/14/2018] [Accepted: 01/25/2019] [Indexed: 01/26/2023] Open
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A synthetic data set demonstrating a particularly challenging case of indexing ambiguity in the context of radiation damage was generated. This set shall serve as a standard benchmark and reference point for the ongoing development of new methods and new approaches to robust structure solution when single-crystal methods are insufficient. Of the 100 short wedges of data, only the first 36 are currently necessary to solve the structure by `cheating', or using the correct reference structure as a guide. The total wall-clock time and number of crystals required to solve the structure without cheating is proposed as a metric for the efficacy and efficiency of a given multi-crystal automation pipeline.
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- James M. Holton
- Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, University of California, San Francisco, CA 94158-2330, USA
- Divison of Molecular Biophysics and Bioengineering, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA
- Stanford Synchrotron Radiation Lightsource, SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Menlo Park, CA 94025, USA
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Grünbein ML, Nass Kovacs G. Sample delivery for serial crystallography at free-electron lasers and synchrotrons. Acta Crystallogr D Struct Biol 2019; 75:178-191. [PMID: 30821706 PMCID: PMC6400261 DOI: 10.1107/s205979831801567x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 58] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/22/2018] [Accepted: 11/05/2018] [Indexed: 12/21/2022] Open
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The high peak brilliance and femtosecond pulse duration of X-ray free-electron lasers (XFELs) provide new scientific opportunities for experiments in physics, chemistry and biology. In structural biology, one of the major applications is serial femtosecond crystallography. The intense XFEL pulse results in the destruction of any exposed microcrystal, making serial data collection mandatory. This requires a high-throughput serial approach to sample delivery. To this end, a number of such sample-delivery techniques have been developed, some of which have been ported to synchrotron sources, where they allow convenient low-dose data collection at room temperature. Here, the current sample-delivery techniques used at XFEL and synchrotron sources are reviewed, with an emphasis on liquid injection and high-viscosity extrusion, including their application for time-resolved experiments. The challenges associated with sample delivery at megahertz repetition-rate XFELs are also outlined.
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- Marie Luise Grünbein
- Department of Biomolecular Mechanisms, Max Planck Institute for Medical Research, Jahnstrasse 29, 69120 Heidelberg, Germany
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- Department of Biomolecular Mechanisms, Max Planck Institute for Medical Research, Jahnstrasse 29, 69120 Heidelberg, Germany
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Wiedorn MO, Oberthür D, Bean R, Schubert R, Werner N, Abbey B, Aepfelbacher M, Adriano L, Allahgholi A, Al-Qudami N, Andreasson J, Aplin S, Awel S, Ayyer K, Bajt S, Barák I, Bari S, Bielecki J, Botha S, Boukhelef D, Brehm W, Brockhauser S, Cheviakov I, Coleman MA, Cruz-Mazo F, Danilevski C, Darmanin C, Doak RB, Domaracky M, Dörner K, Du Y, Fangohr H, Fleckenstein H, Frank M, Fromme P, Gañán-Calvo AM, Gevorkov Y, Giewekemeyer K, Ginn HM, Graafsma H, Graceffa R, Greiffenberg D, Gumprecht L, Göttlicher P, Hajdu J, Hauf S, Heymann M, Holmes S, Horke DA, Hunter MS, Imlau S, Kaukher A, Kim Y, Klyuev A, Knoška J, Kobe B, Kuhn M, Kupitz C, Küpper J, Lahey-Rudolph JM, Laurus T, Le Cong K, Letrun R, Xavier PL, Maia L, Maia FRNC, Mariani V, Messerschmidt M, Metz M, Mezza D, Michelat T, Mills G, Monteiro DCF, Morgan A, Mühlig K, Munke A, Münnich A, Nette J, Nugent KA, Nuguid T, Orville AM, Pandey S, Pena G, Villanueva-Perez P, Poehlsen J, Previtali G, Redecke L, Riekehr WM, Rohde H, Round A, Safenreiter T, Sarrou I, Sato T, Schmidt M, Schmitt B, Schönherr R, Schulz J, Sellberg JA, Seibert MM, Seuring C, Shelby ML, Shoeman RL, Sikorski M, Silenzi A, Stan CA, Shi X, Stern S, Sztuk-Dambietz J, Szuba J, Tolstikova A, Trebbin M, Trunk U, Vagovic P, Ve T, Weinhausen B, White TA, Wrona K, Xu C, Yefanov O, Zatsepin N, Zhang J, Perbandt M, Mancuso AP, Betzel C, Chapman H, Barty A. Megahertz serial crystallography. Nat Commun 2018; 9:4025. [PMID: 30279492 PMCID: PMC6168542 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-018-06156-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 107] [Impact Index Per Article: 17.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/05/2018] [Accepted: 08/21/2018] [Indexed: 01/08/2023] Open
Abstract
The new European X-ray Free-Electron Laser is the first X-ray free-electron laser capable of delivering X-ray pulses with a megahertz inter-pulse spacing, more than four orders of magnitude higher than previously possible. However, to date, it has been unclear whether it would indeed be possible to measure high-quality diffraction data at megahertz pulse repetition rates. Here, we show that high-quality structures can indeed be obtained using currently available operating conditions at the European XFEL. We present two complete data sets, one from the well-known model system lysozyme and the other from a so far unknown complex of a β-lactamase from K. pneumoniae involved in antibiotic resistance. This result opens up megahertz serial femtosecond crystallography (SFX) as a tool for reliable structure determination, substrate screening and the efficient measurement of the evolution and dynamics of molecular structures using megahertz repetition rate pulses available at this new class of X-ray laser source.
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Grants
- Project oriented funds Helmholtz-Gemeinschaft (Helmholtz Gemeinschaft)
- DFG-EXC1074 Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (German Research Foundation)
- R01 GM117342 NIGMS NIH HHS
- R01 GM095583 NIGMS NIH HHS
- 609920 European Research Council
- Wellcome Trust
- : The Helmholtz organisation through program oriented funds; excellence cluster "The Hamburg Center for Ultrafast Imaging – Structure, Dynamics and Control of Matter at the Atomic Scale" of the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (CUI, DFG-EXC1074); the European Research Council, “Frontiers in Attosecond X-ray Science: Imaging and Spectroscopy (AXSIS)”, ERC-2013-SyG 609920 (2014-2018); the Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Program of the DFG; the project “X-probe” funded by the European Union’s 2020 Research and Innovation Program under the Marie Sklodowska-Curie grant agreement 637295; the BMBF German-Russian Cooperation “SyncFELMed” grant 05K14CHA; European Research Council under the European Union’s Seventh Framework Programme (FP7/2007-2013) through the Consolidator Grant COMOTION (ERC-614507-Küpper); the Helmholtz Gemeinschaft through the "Impuls und Vernetzungsfond"; Helmholtz Initiative and Networking Fund through the Young Investigators Program and by the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft SFB755/B03; the Swedish Research Council; the Knut and Alice Wallenberg Foundation; the Röntgen-Angström Cluster; the BMBF via projects 05K13GU7 and 05E13GU1; the from Ministry of Education, Science, Research and Sport of the Slovak Republic; the Joachim Herz Stiftung; the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) Cluster of Excellence “Inflammation at interfaces” (EXC 306); the Swedish Research Council; the Swedish Foundation for Strategic Research; the Australian Research Council Centre of Excellence in Advanced Molecular Imaging [CE140100011]; the Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation (ANSTO); the International Synchrotron Access Program (ISAP) managed by the Australian Synchrotron, part of ANSTO, and funded by the Australian Government; The projects Structural dynamics of biomolecular systems (CZ.02.1.01/0.0/0.0/15_003/0000447) (ELIBIO) and Advanced research using high intensity laser produced photons and particles (CZ.02.1.01/0.0/0.0/16_019/0000789) (ADONIS) from European Regional Development Fund, the Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports as part of targeted support from the National Programme of Sustainability II; the Röntgen Ångström Cluster; the Chalmers Area of Advance, Material science; the Project DPI2016-78887-C3-1-R, Ministerio de Economía y Competitividad; the Wellcome Trust (studentship 075491/04); Rutgers University, Newark; the Max Planck Society; the NSF-STC “BioXFEL” through award STC-1231306; the Slovak Research and Development Agency under contract APVV-14-0181; the Wellcome Trust; Helmholtz Strategic Investment funds; Australian Research Council Centre of Excellence in Advanced Molecular Imaging [CE140100011], Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation (ANSTO); The Swedish Research Council, the Knut and Alice Wallenberg Foundation, and the Röntgen-Angström Cluster, BMBF via projects 05K13GU7 and 05E13GU1, Ministry of Education, Science, Research and Sport of the Slovak Republic; BMBF grants 05K16GUA and 05K12GU3; the Joachim Herz Foundation through and Add-on Fellowship; NHMRC project grants 1107804 and 1108859, ARC Discovery Early Career Research Award (DE170100783); National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC grants 1107804, 1071659). BK is NHMRC Principal Research Fellow (1110971); National Science Foundation Grant # 1565180, "ABI Innovation: New Algorithms for Biological X-ray Free Electron Laser Data"; Diamond Light Source and from a Strategic Award from the Wellcome Trust and the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (grant 102593); use of the XBI biological sample preparation laboratory, enabled by the XBI User Consortium. This work was performed, in part, under the auspices of the U.S. Department of Energy by Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory under Contract DE-AC52-07NA27344. MLS, MAC and MF were supported by NIH grant 1R01GM117342-01
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- Max O Wiedorn
- Center for Free-Electron Laser Science, Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron DESY, Notkestrasse 85, 22607, Hamburg, Germany
- Department of Physics, Universität Hamburg, Luruper Chaussee 149, 22761, Hamburg, Germany
- The Hamburg Center for Ultrafast Imaging, Universität Hamburg, Luruper Chaussee 149, 22761, 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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- European XFEL GmbH, Holzkoppel 4, 22869, Schenefeld, Germany
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- The Hamburg Center for Ultrafast Imaging, Universität Hamburg, Luruper Chaussee 149, 22761, Hamburg, Germany
- Institute for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Laboratory for Structural Biology of Infection and Inflammation, Universität Hamburg, Notkestrasse 85, 22607, Hamburg, Germany
- Integrated Biology Infrastructure Life-Science Facility at the European XFEL (XBI), Holzkoppel 4, 22869, Schenefeld, Germany
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- Institute for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Laboratory for Structural Biology of Infection and Inflammation, Universität Hamburg, Notkestrasse 85, 22607, Hamburg, Germany
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- Australian Research Council (ARC) Centre of Excellence in Advanced Molecular Imaging, Department of Chemistry and Physics, La Trobe Institute for Molecular Sciences, La Trobe University, Bundoora, VIC, 3086, Australia
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- Institute of Medical Microbiology, Virology and Hygiene, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf (UKE), 20246, Hamburg, Germany
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- Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron DESY, Notkestrasse 85, 22607, Hamburg, Germany
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- Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron DESY, Notkestrasse 85, 22607, Hamburg, Germany
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- Laboratory of Molecular Biophysics, Department of Cell and Molecular Biology, Uppsala University, Uppsala, 751 24, Sweden
- ELI Beamlines, Institute of Physics of the Czech Academy of Sciences, Na Slovance 2, 182 21, Prague, Czech Republic
- Condensed Matter Physics, Department of Physics, Chalmers University of Technology, Gothenburg, 412 96, Sweden
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- Center for Free-Electron Laser Science, Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron DESY, Notkestrasse 85, 22607, Hamburg, Germany
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- Center for Free-Electron Laser Science, Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron DESY, Notkestrasse 85, 22607, Hamburg, Germany
- The Hamburg Center for Ultrafast Imaging, Universität Hamburg, Luruper Chaussee 149, 22761, 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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- Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron DESY, Notkestrasse 85, 22607, Hamburg, Germany
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- Institute of Molecular Biology, SAS, Dubravska cesta 21, 845 51, Bratislava, Slovakia
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- Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron DESY, Notkestrasse 85, 22607, Hamburg, Germany
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- European XFEL GmbH, Holzkoppel 4, 22869, Schenefeld, Germany
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- The Hamburg Center for Ultrafast Imaging, Universität Hamburg, Luruper Chaussee 149, 22761, Hamburg, Germany
- Institute for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Laboratory for Structural Biology of Infection and Inflammation, Universität Hamburg, 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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- European XFEL GmbH, Holzkoppel 4, 22869, Schenefeld, Germany
- Biological Research Centre (BRC), Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Temesvári krt. 62, Szeged, 6726, Hungary
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- Institute of Medical Microbiology, Virology and Hygiene, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf (UKE), 20246, Hamburg, Germany
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- Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, 7000 East Avenue, Livermore, CA, 94550, USA
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- Depart. Ingeniería Aeroespacial y Mecánica de Fluidos ETSI, Universidad de Sevilla, 41092, Sevilla, Spain
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- Australian Research Council (ARC) Centre of Excellence in Advanced Molecular Imaging, Department of Chemistry and Physics, La Trobe Institute for Molecular Sciences, La Trobe University, Bundoora, VIC, 3086, Australia
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- Max Planck Institute for Medical Research, Jahnstr. 29, 69120, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Center for Free-Electron Laser Science, Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron DESY, Notkestrasse 85, 22607, Hamburg, Germany
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- European XFEL GmbH, Holzkoppel 4, 22869, Schenefeld, Germany
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- Center for Free-Electron Laser Science, Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron DESY, Notkestrasse 85, 22607, Hamburg, Germany
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- European XFEL GmbH, Holzkoppel 4, 22869, Schenefeld, Germany
- Engineering and the Environment, University of Southampton, SO17 1BJ, Southampton, UK
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- Center for Free-Electron Laser Science, Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron DESY, Notkestrasse 85, 22607, Hamburg, Germany
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- Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, 7000 East Avenue, Livermore, CA, 94550, USA
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- School of Molecular Sciences and Biodesign Center for Applied Structural Discovery, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ, 85287-1604, USA
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- Depart. Ingeniería Aeroespacial y Mecánica de Fluidos ETSI, Universidad de Sevilla, 41092, Sevilla, Spain
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- Center for Free-Electron Laser Science, Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron DESY, Notkestrasse 85, 22607, Hamburg, Germany
- Hamburg University of Technology, Vision Systems E-2, Harburger Schloßstr. 20, 21079, Hamburg, Germany
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- Division of Structural Biology, Headington, Oxford, OX3 7BN, UK
- Diamond Light Source, Research Complex at Harwell, and University of Oxford, Diamond House, Harwell Science and Innovation Campus, Didcot, Oxfordshire, OX11 0DE, UK
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- Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron DESY, Notkestrasse 85, 22607, Hamburg, Germany
- Mid Sweden University, Holmgatan 10, 85170, Sundsvall, Sweden
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- European XFEL GmbH, Holzkoppel 4, 22869, Schenefeld, Germany
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- Center for Free-Electron Laser Science, Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron DESY, Notkestrasse 85, 22607, Hamburg, Germany
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- Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron DESY, Notkestrasse 85, 22607, Hamburg, Germany
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- Laboratory of Molecular Biophysics, Department of Cell and Molecular Biology, Uppsala University, Uppsala, 751 24, Sweden
- ELI Beamlines, Institute of Physics of the Czech Academy of Sciences, Na Slovance 2, 182 21, Prague, Czech Republic
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- European XFEL GmbH, Holzkoppel 4, 22869, Schenefeld, Germany
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- Department of Cellular and Molecular Biophysics, Max Planck Institute of Biochemistry, 82152, Martinsried, Germany
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- Australian Research Council (ARC) Centre of Excellence in Advanced Molecular Imaging, Department of Chemistry and Physics, La Trobe Institute for Molecular Sciences, La Trobe University, Bundoora, VIC, 3086, Australia
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- Center for Free-Electron Laser Science, Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron DESY, Notkestrasse 85, 22607, Hamburg, Germany
- The Hamburg Center for Ultrafast Imaging, Universität Hamburg, Luruper Chaussee 149, 22761, Hamburg, Germany
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- Linac Coherent Light Source, SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Menlo Park, 94025, CA, USA
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- Center for Free-Electron Laser Science, Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron DESY, Notkestrasse 85, 22607, Hamburg, Germany
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- European XFEL GmbH, Holzkoppel 4, 22869, Schenefeld, Germany
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- Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron DESY, Notkestrasse 85, 22607, Hamburg, Germany
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- Center for Free-Electron Laser Science, Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron DESY, Notkestrasse 85, 22607, Hamburg, Germany
- Department of Physics, Universität Hamburg, Luruper Chaussee 149, 22761, Hamburg, Germany
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- School of Chemistry and Molecular Biosciences, Institute for Molecular Bioscience and Australian Infectious Diseases Research Centre, University of Queensland, Brisbane, QLD, 4072, Australia
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- Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron DESY, Notkestrasse 85, 22607, Hamburg, Germany
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- Physics Department, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, 3135 N. Maryland Ave, Milwaukee, WI, 53211, USA
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- Center for Free-Electron Laser Science, Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron DESY, Notkestrasse 85, 22607, Hamburg, Germany
- Department of Physics, Universität Hamburg, Luruper Chaussee 149, 22761, Hamburg, Germany
- The Hamburg Center for Ultrafast Imaging, Universität Hamburg, Luruper Chaussee 149, 22761, Hamburg, Germany
- Department of Chemistry, Universität 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
- Institute of Biochemistry, Center for Structural and Cell Biology in Medicine, University of Lübeck, Ratzeburger Allee 160, 23562, Lübeck, Germany
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- Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron DESY, Notkestrasse 85, 22607, Hamburg, Germany
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- Institute for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Laboratory for Structural Biology of Infection and Inflammation, Universität Hamburg, Notkestrasse 85, 22607, Hamburg, Germany
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- European XFEL GmbH, Holzkoppel 4, 22869, Schenefeld, Germany
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- Center for Free-Electron Laser Science, Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron DESY, Notkestrasse 85, 22607, Hamburg, Germany
- Max-Planck Institute for the Structure and Dynamics of Matter, Luruper Chaussee 149, 22761, Hamburg, Germany
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- European XFEL GmbH, Holzkoppel 4, 22869, Schenefeld, Germany
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- Laboratory of Molecular Biophysics, Department of Cell and Molecular Biology, Uppsala University, Uppsala, 751 24, Sweden
- NERSC, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, 94720, CA, USA
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- Center for Free-Electron Laser Science, Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron DESY, 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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- Paul Scherrer Institut, Forschungsstrasse 111, 5232, Villigen, Switzerland
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- European XFEL GmbH, Holzkoppel 4, 22869, Schenefeld, Germany
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- European XFEL GmbH, Holzkoppel 4, 22869, Schenefeld, Germany
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- The Hamburg Center for Ultrafast Imaging, Universität Hamburg, Luruper Chaussee 149, 22761, 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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- Laboratory of Molecular Biophysics, Department of Cell and Molecular Biology, Uppsala University, Uppsala, 751 24, Sweden
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- Laboratory of Molecular Biophysics, Department of Cell and Molecular Biology, Uppsala University, Uppsala, 751 24, Sweden
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- European XFEL GmbH, Holzkoppel 4, 22869, Schenefeld, Germany
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- The Hamburg Center for Ultrafast Imaging, Universität Hamburg, Luruper Chaussee 149, 22761, Hamburg, Germany
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- Australian Research Council (ARC) Centre of Excellence in Advanced Molecular Imaging, Department of Chemistry and Physics, La Trobe Institute for Molecular Sciences, La Trobe University, Bundoora, VIC, 3086, Australia
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- Institute for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Laboratory for Structural Biology of Infection and Inflammation, Universität Hamburg, Notkestrasse 85, 22607, Hamburg, Germany
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- Diamond Light Source, Research Complex at Harwell, and University of Oxford, Diamond House, Harwell Science and Innovation Campus, Didcot, Oxfordshire, OX11 0DE, UK
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- Physics Department, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, 3135 N. Maryland Ave, Milwaukee, WI, 53211, USA
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- Center for Free-Electron Laser Science, Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron DESY, 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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- Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron DESY, Notkestrasse 85, 22607, Hamburg, Germany
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- Institute of Medical Microbiology, Virology and Hygiene, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf (UKE), 20246, Hamburg, Germany
- Institute of Biochemistry, Center for Structural and Cell Biology in Medicine, University of Lübeck, Ratzeburger Allee 160, 23562, Lübeck, Germany
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- Institute of Biochemistry, Center for Structural and Cell Biology in Medicine, University of Lübeck, Ratzeburger Allee 160, 23562, Lübeck, Germany
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- Institute of Medical Microbiology, Virology and Hygiene, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf (UKE), 20246, Hamburg, Germany
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- European XFEL GmbH, Holzkoppel 4, 22869, Schenefeld, Germany
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- Center for Free-Electron Laser Science, Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron DESY, 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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- Center for Free-Electron Laser Science, Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron DESY, Notkestrasse 85, 22607, Hamburg, Germany
- European XFEL GmbH, Holzkoppel 4, 22869, Schenefeld, Germany
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- Physics Department, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, 3135 N. Maryland Ave, Milwaukee, WI, 53211, USA
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- Paul Scherrer Institut, Forschungsstrasse 111, 5232, Villigen, Switzerland
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- Institute of Biochemistry, Center for Structural and Cell Biology in Medicine, University of Lübeck, Ratzeburger Allee 160, 23562, Lübeck, Germany
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- European XFEL GmbH, Holzkoppel 4, 22869, Schenefeld, Germany
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- Biomedical and X-Ray Physics, Department of Applied Physics, AlbaNova University Center, KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, 106 91, Sweden
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- Laboratory of Molecular Biophysics, Department of Cell and Molecular Biology, Uppsala University, Uppsala, 751 24, Sweden
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- Center for Free-Electron Laser Science, Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron DESY, Notkestrasse 85, 22607, Hamburg, Germany
- The Hamburg Center for Ultrafast Imaging, Universität Hamburg, Luruper Chaussee 149, 22761, Hamburg, Germany
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- Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, 7000 East Avenue, Livermore, CA, 94550, USA
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- Max Planck Institute for Medical Research, Jahnstr. 29, 69120, Heidelberg, Germany
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- European XFEL GmbH, Holzkoppel 4, 22869, Schenefeld, Germany
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- Physics Department, Rutgers University Newark, Newark, NJ, 07102, USA
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- Paul Scherrer Institut, Forschungsstrasse 111, 5232, Villigen, Switzerland
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- Center for Free-Electron Laser Science, Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron DESY, Notkestrasse 85, 22607, Hamburg, Germany
- European XFEL GmbH, Holzkoppel 4, 22869, Schenefeld, Germany
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- European XFEL GmbH, Holzkoppel 4, 22869, Schenefeld, 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 Center for Ultrafast Imaging, Universität Hamburg, Luruper Chaussee 149, 22761, Hamburg, Germany
- Department of Chemistry, University at Buffalo, 359 Natural Sciences Complex, Buffalo, NY, 14260, USA
- Institute of Nanostructure and Solid State Physics, Department of Physics, Universität Hamburg, Luruper Chaussee 149, 22761, Hamburg, Germany
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- Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron DESY, Notkestrasse 85, 22607, Hamburg, Germany
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- Center for Free-Electron Laser Science, Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron DESY, Notkestrasse 85, 22607, Hamburg, Germany
- European XFEL GmbH, Holzkoppel 4, 22869, Schenefeld, Germany
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- Institute for Glycomics, Griffith University, Southport, QLD, 4222, Australia
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- Center for Free-Electron Laser Science, Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron DESY, Notkestrasse 85, 22607, Hamburg, Germany
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- European XFEL GmbH, Holzkoppel 4, 22869, Schenefeld, Germany
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- European XFEL GmbH, Holzkoppel 4, 22869, Schenefeld, Germany
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- Center for Free-Electron Laser Science, Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron DESY, Notkestrasse 85, 22607, Hamburg, Germany
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- Department of Physics, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ, 85287, USA
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- Paul Scherrer Institut, Forschungsstrasse 111, 5232, Villigen, Switzerland
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- The Hamburg Center for Ultrafast Imaging, Universität Hamburg, Luruper Chaussee 149, 22761, Hamburg, Germany
- Institute for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Laboratory for Structural Biology of Infection and Inflammation, Universität Hamburg, Notkestrasse 85, 22607, Hamburg, Germany
- Institute of Medical Microbiology, Virology and Hygiene, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf (UKE), 20246, Hamburg, Germany
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- The Hamburg Center for Ultrafast Imaging, Universität Hamburg, Luruper Chaussee 149, 22761, Hamburg, Germany
- Institute for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Laboratory for Structural Biology of Infection and Inflammation, Universität Hamburg, Notkestrasse 85, 22607, Hamburg, Germany
- Integrated Biology Infrastructure Life-Science Facility at the European XFEL (XBI), Holzkoppel 4, 22869, Schenefeld, Germany
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- Center for Free-Electron Laser Science, Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron DESY, Notkestrasse 85, 22607, Hamburg, Germany.
- Department of Physics, Universität Hamburg, Luruper Chaussee 149, 22761, Hamburg, Germany.
- The Hamburg Center for Ultrafast Imaging, Universität Hamburg, Luruper Chaussee 149, 22761, 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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