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Ang AKR, Umena Y, Sato-Tomita A, Shibayama N, Happo N, Marumi R, Yamamoto Y, Kimura K, Kawamura N, Takano Y, Matsushita T, Sasaki YC, Shen JR, Hayashi K. Development of serial X-ray fluorescence holography for radiation-sensitive protein crystals. J Synchrotron Radiat 2023; 30:368-378. [PMID: 36891850 PMCID: PMC10000799 DOI: 10.1107/s1600577522011833] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/17/2022] [Accepted: 12/12/2022] [Indexed: 06/18/2023]
Abstract
X-ray fluorescence holography (XFH) is a powerful atomic resolution technique capable of directly imaging the local atomic structure around atoms of a target element within a material. Although it is theoretically possible to use XFH to study the local structures of metal clusters in large protein crystals, the experiment has proven difficult to perform, especially on radiation-sensitive proteins. Here, the development of serial X-ray fluorescence holography to allow the direct recording of hologram patterns before the onset of radiation damage is reported. By combining a 2D hybrid detector and the serial data collection used in serial protein crystallography, the X-ray fluorescence hologram can be directly recorded in a fraction of the measurement time needed for conventional XFH measurements. This approach was demonstrated by obtaining the Mn Kα hologram pattern from the protein crystal Photosystem II without any X-ray-induced reduction of the Mn clusters. Furthermore, a method to interpret the fluorescence patterns as real-space projections of the atoms surrounding the Mn emitters has been developed, where the surrounding atoms produce large dark dips along the emitter-scatterer bond directions. This new technique paves the way for future experiments on protein crystals that aim to clarify the local atomic structures of their functional metal clusters, and for other related XFH experiments such as valence-selective XFH or time-resolved XFH.
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Affiliation(s)
- Artoni Kevin R. Ang
- Department of Physical Science and Engineering, Nagoya Institute of Technology, Gokiso, Showa, Nagoya 466-8555, Japan
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- Synchrotron Radiation Research Center, Nagoya University, Furo, Chikusa, Nagoya 466-8603, Japan
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- Division of Biophysics, Department of Physiology, Jichi Medical University, Yakushiji, Shimotsuke, Tochigi 329-0498, Japan
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- Division of Biophysics, Department of Physiology, Jichi Medical University, Yakushiji, Shimotsuke, Tochigi 329-0498, Japan
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- Department of Computer and Network Engineering, Graduate School of Information Sciences, Hiroshima City University, Asa-Minami-ku, Hiroshima 731-3194, Japan
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- Department of Physical Science and Engineering, Nagoya Institute of Technology, Gokiso, Showa, Nagoya 466-8555, Japan
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- Department of Physical Science and Engineering, Nagoya Institute of Technology, Gokiso, Showa, Nagoya 466-8555, Japan
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- Department of Physical Science and Engineering, Nagoya Institute of Technology, Gokiso, Showa, Nagoya 466-8555, Japan
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- Japan Synchrotron Radiation Research Institute (JASRI), Sayo, Hyôgo 679-5198, Japan
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- Graduate School of Information Sciences, Hiroshima City University, Asa-Minami-ku, Hiroshima 731-3194, Japan
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- Graduate School of Science and Technology, Nara Institute of Science and Technology, Ikoma 630-0192, Japan
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- Graduate School of Frontier Sciences, University of Tokyo, Kashiwa, Chiba 277-8561, Japan
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- Research Institute for Interdisciplinary Science and Graduate School of Natural Science and Technology, Okayama University, Tsushima Naka, Okayama 700-8530, Japan
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- Department of Physical Science and Engineering, Nagoya Institute of Technology, Gokiso, Showa, Nagoya 466-8555, Japan
- Japan Synchrotron Radiation Research Institute (JASRI), Sayo, Hyôgo 679-5198, Japan
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