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Chretien A, Nagel MF, Botha S, de Wijn R, Brings L, Dörner K, Han H, Koliyadu JCP, Letrun R, Round A, Sato T, Schmidt C, Secareanu RC, von Stetten D, Vakili M, Wrona A, Bean R, Mancuso A, Schulz J, Pearson AR, Kottke T, Lorenzen K, Schubert R. Light-induced Trp in/Met out Switching During BLUF Domain Activation in ATP-bound Photoactivatable Adenylate Cyclase OaPAC. J Mol Biol 2024; 436:168439. [PMID: 38185322 DOI: 10.1016/j.jmb.2024.168439] [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] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/05/2023] [Revised: 11/28/2023] [Accepted: 01/03/2024] [Indexed: 01/09/2024]
Abstract
The understanding of signal transduction mechanisms in photoreceptor proteins is essential for elucidating how living organisms respond to light as environmental stimuli. In this study, we investigated the ATP binding, photoactivation and signal transduction process in the photoactivatable adenylate cyclase from Oscillatoria acuminata (OaPAC) upon blue light excitation. Structural models with ATP bound in the active site of native OaPAC at cryogenic as well as room temperature are presented. ATP is found in one conformation at cryogenic- and in two conformations at ambient-temperature, and is bound in an energetically unfavorable conformation for the conversion to cAMP. However, FTIR spectroscopic experiments confirm that this conformation is the native binding mode in dark state OaPAC and that transition to a productive conformation for ATP turnover only occurs after light activation. A combination of time-resolved crystallography experiments at synchrotron and X-ray Free Electron Lasers sheds light on the early events around the Flavin Adenine Dinucleotide (FAD) chromophore in the light-sensitive BLUF domain of OaPAC. Early changes involve the highly conserved amino acids Tyr6, Gln48 and Met92. Crucially, the Gln48 side chain performs a 180° rotation during activation, leading to the stabilization of the FAD chromophore. Cryo-trapping experiments allowed us to investigate a late light-activated state of the reaction and revealed significant conformational changes in the BLUF domain around the FAD chromophore. In particular, a Trpin/Metout transition upon illumination is observed for the first time in the BLUF domain and its role in signal transmission via α-helix 3 and 4 in the linker region between sensor and effector domain is discussed.
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- Anaïs Chretien
- European XFEL GmbH, Schenefeld, Germany; Department of Chemistry, Universität Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany
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- Department of Chemistry and Medical School OWL, Bielefeld University, Bielefeld, Germany
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- Department of Physics, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ 85287-1504, USA; Biodesign Center for Applied Structural Discovery, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ 85287-5001, USA
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- European Molecular Biology Laboratory, Hamburg Unit, Hamburg, Germany
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- Institute for Nanostructure and Solid-State Physics, Universität Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany
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- Department of Chemistry and Medical School OWL, Bielefeld University, Bielefeld, Germany
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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] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [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
Abstract
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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Blanchet CE, Round A, Mertens HDT, Ayyer K, Graewert M, Awel S, Franke D, Dörner K, Bajt S, Bean R, Custódio TF, de Wijn R, Juncheng E, Henkel A, Gruzinov A, Jeffries CM, Kim Y, Kirkwood H, Kloos M, Knoška J, Koliyadu J, Letrun R, Löw C, Makroczyova J, Mall A, Meijers R, Pena Murillo GE, Oberthür D, Round E, Seuring C, Sikorski M, Vagovic P, Valerio J, Wollweber T, Zhuang Y, Schulz J, Haas H, Chapman HN, Mancuso AP, Svergun D. Form factor determination of biological molecules with X-ray free electron laser small-angle scattering (XFEL-SAS). Commun Biol 2023; 6:1057. [PMID: 37853181 PMCID: PMC10585004 DOI: 10.1038/s42003-023-05416-7] [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] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/30/2023] [Accepted: 10/04/2023] [Indexed: 10/20/2023] Open
Abstract
Free-electron lasers (FEL) are revolutionizing X-ray-based structural biology methods. While protein crystallography is already routinely performed at FELs, Small Angle X-ray Scattering (SAXS) studies of biological macromolecules are not as prevalent. SAXS allows the study of the shape and overall structure of proteins and nucleic acids in solution, in a quasi-native environment. In solution, chemical and biophysical parameters that have an influence on the structure and dynamics of molecules can be varied and their effect on conformational changes can be monitored in time-resolved XFEL and SAXS experiments. We report here the collection of scattering form factors of proteins in solution using FEL X-rays. The form factors correspond to the scattering signal of the protein ensemble alone; the scattering contributions from the solvent and the instrument are separately measured and accurately subtracted. The experiment was done using a liquid jet for sample delivery. These results pave the way for time-resolved studies and measurements from dilute samples, capitalizing on the intense and short FEL X-ray pulses.
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- Clement E Blanchet
- European Molecular Biology Laboratory EMBL, Hamburg Site, c/o DESY Notkestrasse 85, 22603, Hamburg, Germany.
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- European XFEL GmbH, Holzkoppel 4, 22869, Schenefeld, Germany.
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- European Molecular Biology Laboratory EMBL, Hamburg Site, c/o DESY Notkestrasse 85, 22603, Hamburg, Germany
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- The Hamburg Centre for Ultrafast Imaging, Universität Hamburg, Luruper Chaussee 149, 22761, Hamburg, Germany
- Max Planck Institute for the Structure and Dynamics of Matter, Luruper Chaussee 149, 22761, Hamburg, Germany
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- European Molecular Biology Laboratory EMBL, Hamburg Site, c/o DESY Notkestrasse 85, 22603, Hamburg, Germany
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- Center for Free-Electron Laser Science CFEL, Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron DESY, Notkestr. 85, 22607, Hamburg, Germany
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- European Molecular Biology Laboratory EMBL, Hamburg Site, c/o DESY Notkestrasse 85, 22603, Hamburg, Germany
- BIOSAXS GmbH, Notkestr. 85, 22607, Hamburg, Germany
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- European XFEL GmbH, Holzkoppel 4, 22869, Schenefeld, Germany
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- The Hamburg Centre for Ultrafast Imaging, Universität Hamburg, Luruper Chaussee 149, 22761, Hamburg, Germany
- Center for Free-Electron Laser Science CFEL, Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron DESY, Notkestr. 85, 22607, Hamburg, Germany
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- European XFEL GmbH, Holzkoppel 4, 22869, Schenefeld, Germany
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- European Molecular Biology Laboratory EMBL, Hamburg Site, c/o DESY Notkestrasse 85, 22603, Hamburg, Germany
- Centre for Structural Systems Biology (CSSB), Notkestrasse 85, D-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 CFEL, Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron DESY, Notkestr. 85, 22607, Hamburg, Germany
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- European Molecular Biology Laboratory EMBL, Hamburg Site, c/o DESY Notkestrasse 85, 22603, Hamburg, Germany
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- European Molecular Biology Laboratory EMBL, Hamburg Site, c/o DESY Notkestrasse 85, 22603, 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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- European XFEL GmbH, Holzkoppel 4, 22869, Schenefeld, Germany
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- Center for Free-Electron Laser Science CFEL, Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron DESY, Notkestr. 85, 22607, Hamburg, Germany
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- European XFEL GmbH, Holzkoppel 4, 22869, Schenefeld, Germany
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- European Molecular Biology Laboratory EMBL, Hamburg Site, c/o DESY Notkestrasse 85, 22603, Hamburg, Germany
- Centre for Structural Systems Biology (CSSB), Notkestrasse 85, D-22607, Hamburg, Germany
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- Max Planck Institute for the Structure and Dynamics of Matter, Luruper Chaussee 149, 22761, Hamburg, Germany
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- Institute for Protein Innovation (IPI), 4 Blackfan Circle, Boston, MA, 02115, USA
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- Center for Free-Electron Laser Science CFEL, Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron DESY, Notkestr. 85, 22607, Hamburg, Germany
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- Center for Free-Electron Laser Science CFEL, Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron DESY, Notkestr. 85, 22607, Hamburg, Germany
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- European XFEL GmbH, Holzkoppel 4, 22869, Schenefeld, Germany
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- Centre for Structural Systems Biology (CSSB), Notkestrasse 85, D-22607, Hamburg, Germany
- Department of Chemistry, University of Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany
- Leibniz Institute of Virology, 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
- Center for Free-Electron Laser Science CFEL, Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron DESY, Notkestr. 85, 22607, Hamburg, Germany
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- European XFEL GmbH, Holzkoppel 4, 22869, Schenefeld, Germany
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- The Hamburg Centre for Ultrafast Imaging, Universität Hamburg, Luruper Chaussee 149, 22761, Hamburg, Germany
- Max Planck Institute for the Structure and Dynamics of Matter, Luruper Chaussee 149, 22761, Hamburg, Germany
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- The Hamburg Centre for Ultrafast Imaging, Universität Hamburg, Luruper Chaussee 149, 22761, 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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- The Hamburg Centre for Ultrafast Imaging, Universität Hamburg, Luruper Chaussee 149, 22761, Hamburg, Germany
- Center for Free-Electron Laser Science CFEL, Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron DESY, Notkestr. 85, 22607, Hamburg, Germany
- Department of Physics, Universität Hamburg, Luruper Chaussee 149, 22761, Hamburg, Germany
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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, Victoria, 3086, Australia
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- European Molecular Biology Laboratory EMBL, Hamburg Site, c/o DESY Notkestrasse 85, 22603, Hamburg, Germany.
- BIOSAXS GmbH, Notkestr. 85, 22607, Hamburg, Germany.
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Vakili M, Han H, Schmidt C, Wrona A, Kloos M, de Diego I, Dörner K, Geng T, Kim C, Koua FHM, Melo DVM, Rappas M, Round A, Round E, Sikorski M, Valerio J, Zhou T, Lorenzen K, Schulz J. Mix-and-extrude: high-viscosity sample injection towards time-resolved protein crystallography. J Appl Crystallogr 2023; 56:1038-1045. [PMID: 37555221 PMCID: PMC10405586 DOI: 10.1107/s1600576723004405] [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] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/23/2022] [Accepted: 05/21/2023] [Indexed: 08/10/2023] Open
Abstract
Time-resolved crystallography enables the visualization of protein molecular motion during a reaction. Although light is often used to initiate reactions in time-resolved crystallography, only a small number of proteins can be activated by light. However, many biological reactions can be triggered by the interaction between proteins and ligands. The sample delivery method presented here uses a mix-and-extrude approach based on 3D-printed microchannels in conjunction with a micronozzle. The diffusive mixing enables the study of the dynamics of samples in viscous media. The device design allows mixing of the ligands and protein crystals in 2 to 20 s. The device characterization using a model system (fluorescence quenching of iq-mEmerald proteins by copper ions) demonstrated that ligand and protein crystals, each within lipidic cubic phase, can be mixed efficiently. The potential of this approach for time-resolved membrane protein crystallography to support the development of new drugs is discussed.
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- European XFEL GmbH, Holzkoppel 4, Schenefeld 22869, Germany
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- European XFEL GmbH, Holzkoppel 4, Schenefeld 22869, Germany
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- European XFEL GmbH, Holzkoppel 4, Schenefeld 22869, Germany
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- Sosei Heptares, Steinmetz Building, Granta Park, Great Abington, Cambridge CB21 6DG, United Kingdom
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- European XFEL GmbH, Holzkoppel 4, Schenefeld 22869, Germany
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- Sosei Heptares, Steinmetz Building, Granta Park, Great Abington, Cambridge CB21 6DG, United Kingdom
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- European XFEL GmbH, Holzkoppel 4, Schenefeld 22869, Germany
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- European XFEL GmbH, Holzkoppel 4, Schenefeld 22869, Germany
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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 0QX, United Kingdom
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- European XFEL GmbH, Holzkoppel 4, Schenefeld 22869, Germany
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Schmidt C, Dörner K, Schulz J, Lorenzen K. A metal-binding GFP-derivative reused as novel standard sample for serial crystallography approaches at FELs. Acta Cryst Sect A 2022. [DOI: 10.1107/s2053273322093366] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 03/19/2023]
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Holmes S, Kirkwood HJ, Bean R, Giewekemeyer K, Martin AV, Hadian-Jazi M, Wiedorn MO, Oberthür D, Marman H, Adriano L, Al-Qudami N, Bajt S, Barák I, Bari S, Bielecki J, Brockhauser S, Coleman MA, Cruz-Mazo F, Danilevski C, Dörner K, Gañán-Calvo AM, Graceffa R, Fanghor H, Heymann M, Frank M, Kaukher A, Kim Y, Kobe B, Knoška J, Laurus T, Letrun R, Maia L, Messerschmidt M, Metz M, Michelat T, Mills G, Molodtsov S, Monteiro DCF, Morgan AJ, Münnich A, Peña Murillo GE, Previtali G, Round A, Sato T, Schubert R, Schulz J, Shelby M, Seuring C, Sellberg JA, Sikorski M, Silenzi A, Stern S, Sztuk-Dambietz J, Szuba J, Trebbin M, Vagovic P, Ve T, Weinhausen B, Wrona K, Xavier PL, Xu C, Yefanov O, Nugent KA, Chapman HN, Mancuso AP, Barty A, Abbey B, Darmanin C. Megahertz pulse trains enable multi-hit serial femtosecond crystallography experiments at X-ray free electron lasers. Nat Commun 2022; 13:4708. [PMID: 35953469 PMCID: PMC9372077 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-022-32434-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/23/2019] [Accepted: 07/28/2022] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
Abstract
The European X-ray Free Electron Laser (XFEL) and Linac Coherent Light Source (LCLS) II are extremely intense sources of X-rays capable of generating Serial Femtosecond Crystallography (SFX) data at megahertz (MHz) repetition rates. Previous work has shown that it is possible to use consecutive X-ray pulses to collect diffraction patterns from individual crystals. Here, we exploit the MHz pulse structure of the European XFEL to obtain two complete datasets from the same lysozyme crystal, first hit and the second hit, before it exits the beam. The two datasets, separated by <1 µs, yield up to 2.1 Å resolution structures. Comparisons between the two structures reveal no indications of radiation damage or significant changes within the active site, consistent with the calculated dose estimates. This demonstrates MHz SFX can be used as a tool for tracking sub-microsecond structural changes in individual single crystals, a technique we refer to as multi-hit SFX. Free-electron lasers are capable of high repetition rates and it is assumed that protein crystals often do not survive the first X-ray pulse. Here the authors address these issues with a demonstration of multi-hit serial crystallography in which multiple FEL pulses interact with the sample without destroying it.
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- Susannah Holmes
- Department of Mathematical and Physical Sciences, School of Engineering, Computing and Mathematical Sciences, La Trobe University, Melbourne, VIC, 3086, Australia.,La Trobe Institute for Molecular Science, La Trobe University, Melbourne, VIC, 3086, Australia
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- European XFEL, Holzkoppel 4, 22869, Schenefeld, Germany
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- School of Science, RMIT University, Melbourne, VIC, 3000, Australia
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- Department of Mathematical and Physical Sciences, School of Engineering, Computing and Mathematical Sciences, La Trobe University, Melbourne, VIC, 3086, Australia.,European XFEL, Holzkoppel 4, 22869, Schenefeld, Germany.,Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation (ANSTO), Sydney, NSW, 2234, Australia
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- Center for Free-Electron Laser Science CFEL, Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron DESY, Notkestr 85, 22607, Hamburg, Germany
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- Center for Free-Electron Laser Science CFEL, Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron DESY, Notkestr 85, 22607, Hamburg, Germany
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- Department of Mathematical and Physical Sciences, School of Engineering, Computing and Mathematical Sciences, La Trobe University, Melbourne, VIC, 3086, Australia.,La Trobe Institute for Molecular Science, La Trobe University, Melbourne, VIC, 3086, Australia
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- Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron DESY, Notkestr 85, 22607, Hamburg, Germany
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- Center for Free-Electron Laser Science CFEL, Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron DESY, Notkestr 85, 22607, Hamburg, Germany.,The Hamburg Centre for Ultrafast Imaging, Luruper Chaussee 149, Hamburg, 22761, 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, Notkestr 85, 22607, Hamburg, Germany
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- Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, 7000 East Avenue, Livermore, CA, 94550, USA
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- Dept. de Ingeniería Aeroespacial y Mecánica de Fluidos, ETSI, Universidad de Sevilla, 41092, Sevilla, Spain.,Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ, 08544, USA
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- Dept. de Ingeniería Aeroespacial y Mecánica de Fluidos, ETSI, Universidad de Sevilla, 41092, Sevilla, Spain
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- European XFEL, Holzkoppel 4, 22869, Schenefeld, Germany
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- European XFEL, Holzkoppel 4, 22869, Schenefeld, Germany.,Max-Planck Institute for the Structure and Dynamics of Matter, Luruper Chaussee 175, 22761, Hamburg, Germany.,University of Southampton, Southampton, SO17 1BJ, UK
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- Institute of Biomaterials and Biomolecular Systems, University of Stuttgart, Am Pfaffenwaldring 57, 70569, Stuttgart, Germany
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- Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, 7000 East Avenue, Livermore, CA, 94550, USA
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- European XFEL, Holzkoppel 4, 22869, Schenefeld, 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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- Center for Free-Electron Laser Science CFEL, Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron DESY, Notkestr 85, 22607, Hamburg, Germany.,Department of Physics, Universität Hamburg, Luruper Chaussee 149, 22761, Hamburg, Germany
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- Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron DESY, Notkestr 85, 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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- School of Molecular Science, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ, 85281, USA
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- Center for Free-Electron Laser Science CFEL, Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron DESY, Notkestr 85, 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.,Institute of Experimental Physics, TU Bergakademie Freiberg, Leipziger, Str. 23, 09599, Freiberg, Germany.,ITMO University, Kronverksky pr. 49, St. Petersburg, 197101, Russia
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- The Hamburg Centre for Ultrafast Imaging, Luruper Chaussee 149, Hamburg, 22761, Germany.,Hauptman-Woodward Medical Research Institute, 700 Ellicott St., Buffalo, NY, 14203, USA
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- Center for Free-Electron Laser Science CFEL, Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron DESY, Notkestr 85, 22607, Hamburg, Germany.,Department of Physics, University of Melbourne, Parkville, VIC, 3010, Australia
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- Center for Free-Electron Laser Science CFEL, Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron DESY, Notkestr 85, 22607, Hamburg, Germany
| | | | - Adam Round
- European XFEL, Holzkoppel 4, 22869, Schenefeld, Germany
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- European XFEL, Holzkoppel 4, 22869, Schenefeld, Germany.,Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron DESY, Notkestr 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 CFEL, Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron DESY, Notkestr 85, 22607, Hamburg, Germany.,The Hamburg Centre for Ultrafast Imaging, Luruper Chaussee 149, Hamburg, 22761, Germany
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- Biomedical and X-ray Physics, Department of Applied Physics, AlbaNova University Center, KTH Royal Institute of Technology, SE-106 91, Stockholm, Sweden
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- European XFEL, Holzkoppel 4, 22869, Schenefeld, Germany
| | | | - Janusz Szuba
- European XFEL, Holzkoppel 4, 22869, Schenefeld, Germany
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- Institute of Experimental Physics, TU Bergakademie Freiberg, Leipziger, Str. 23, 09599, Freiberg, Germany.,Department of Chemistry, State University of New York at Buffalo, 760 Natural Sciences Complex, Buffalo, NY, 14260, USA
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- Institute for Glycomics, Griffith University, Southport, QLD, 4222, Australia
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- European XFEL, Holzkoppel 4, 22869, Schenefeld, Germany.,Center for Free-Electron Laser Science CFEL, Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron DESY, Notkestr 85, 22607, Hamburg, Germany.,Max-Planck Institute for the Structure and Dynamics of Matter, Luruper Chaussee 175, 22761, Hamburg, Germany
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- European XFEL, Holzkoppel 4, 22869, Schenefeld, Germany
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- Center for Free-Electron Laser Science CFEL, Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron DESY, Notkestr 85, 22607, Hamburg, Germany
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- Department of Quantum Science and Technology, Research School of Physics, Australian National University, Canberra, ACT, 2601, Australia
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- Center for Free-Electron Laser Science CFEL, Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron DESY, Notkestr 85, 22607, Hamburg, Germany.,The Hamburg Centre for Ultrafast Imaging, Luruper Chaussee 149, Hamburg, 22761, Germany.,Department of Physics, Universität Hamburg, Luruper Chaussee 149, 22761, Hamburg, Germany
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- European XFEL, Holzkoppel 4, 22869, Schenefeld, Germany.,La Trobe Institute for Molecular Science, La Trobe University, Melbourne, VIC, 3086, Australia
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- Center for Free-Electron Laser Science CFEL, Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron DESY, Notkestr 85, 22607, Hamburg, Germany
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- Department of Mathematical and Physical Sciences, School of Engineering, Computing and Mathematical Sciences, La Trobe University, Melbourne, VIC, 3086, Australia. .,La Trobe Institute for Molecular Science, La Trobe University, Melbourne, VIC, 3086, Australia.
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- Department of Mathematical and Physical Sciences, School of Engineering, Computing and Mathematical Sciences, La Trobe University, Melbourne, VIC, 3086, Australia. .,La Trobe Institute for Molecular Science, La Trobe University, Melbourne, VIC, 3086, Australia.
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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. J Synchrotron Radiat 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] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/15/2021] [Accepted: 12/16/2021] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
Abstract
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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Affiliation(s)
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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
| | - Marco Kloos
- European XFEL, Holzkoppel 4, 22869 Schenefeld, Germany
| | | | - Elisa Delmas
- European XFEL, Holzkoppel 4, 22869 Schenefeld, Germany
| | - Grant Mills
- European XFEL, Holzkoppel 4, 22869 Schenefeld, Germany
| | | | - Romain Letrun
- European XFEL, Holzkoppel 4, 22869 Schenefeld, Germany
| | - Simon Dold
- European XFEL, Holzkoppel 4, 22869 Schenefeld, Germany
| | - Richard Bean
- European XFEL, Holzkoppel 4, 22869 Schenefeld, Germany
| | - Adam Round
- 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
| | - Michael Heymann
- Institute for Biomaterials and Biomolecular Systems (IBBS), University of Stuttgart, Pfaffenwaldring 57, 70569 Stuttgart, Germany
| | - Adrian P. Mancuso
- 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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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] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [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
Abstract
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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Affiliation(s)
- 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
| | - Marc Messerschmidt
- 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
| | - Jesse D Coe
- 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
| | | | - Dominik Oberthür
- 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
| | | | - Yoonhee Kim
- European XFEL, Holzkoppel 4, 22869, Schenefeld, Germany
| | | | - Richard Bean
- 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
| | | | - Adam R Round
- 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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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] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [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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Affiliation(s)
- 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
| | - Natasha E Stander
- 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
| | - Johan Bielecki
- European XFEL GmbH, Holzkoppel 4, 22869, Schenefeld, Germany
| | - Yoonhee Kim
- European XFEL GmbH, Holzkoppel 4, 22869, Schenefeld, Germany
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- European XFEL GmbH, Holzkoppel 4, 22869, Schenefeld, Germany
| | | | - Jose D Meza
- 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
| | - Thomas A White
- Center for Free-Electron Laser Science, Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron, Notkestrasse 85, 22607, Hamburg, Germany
| | - Krzysztof Wrona
- European XFEL GmbH, Holzkoppel 4, 22869, Schenefeld, Germany
| | - Chen Xu
- European XFEL GmbH, Holzkoppel 4, 22869, Schenefeld, Germany
| | - Mohamed H Abdellatif
- Center for Free-Electron Laser Science, Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron, Notkestrasse 85, 22607, Hamburg, Germany
| | - James D Zook
- 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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Schulz J, Bielecki J, Doak RB, Dörner K, Graceffa R, Shoeman RL, Sikorski M, Thute P, Westphal D, Mancuso AP. A versatile liquid-jet setup for the European XFEL. J Synchrotron Radiat 2019; 26:339-345. [PMID: 30855241 PMCID: PMC6412181 DOI: 10.1107/s1600577519000894] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/07/2018] [Accepted: 01/18/2019] [Indexed: 05/20/2023]
Abstract
The SPB/SFX instrument of the European XFEL provides unique possibilities for high-throughput serial femtosecond crystallography. This publication presents the liquid-jet sample delivery setup of this instrument. The setup is compatible with state-of-the-art gas dynamic virtual nozzle systems as well as high-viscosity extruders and provides space and flexibility for other liquid injection devices and future upgrades. The liquid jets are confined in a differentially pumped catcher assembly and can be replaced within a couple of minutes through a load-lock. A two-microscope imaging system allows visual control of the jets from two perspectives.
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Affiliation(s)
- J. Schulz
- European XFEL, Holzkoppel 4, Schenefeld 22869, Germany
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- European XFEL, Holzkoppel 4, Schenefeld 22869, Germany
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- Max-Planck-Institut für Medizinische Forschung, Jahnstrasse 29, D-69120 Heidelberg, Germany
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- European XFEL, Holzkoppel 4, Schenefeld 22869, Germany
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- European XFEL, Holzkoppel 4, Schenefeld 22869, Germany
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- Max-Planck-Institut für Medizinische Forschung, Jahnstrasse 29, D-69120 Heidelberg, Germany
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- European XFEL, Holzkoppel 4, Schenefeld 22869, Germany
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- European XFEL, Holzkoppel 4, Schenefeld 22869, Germany
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- Department of Cell and Molecular Biology (ICM), Uppsala University, Husargatan 3, Uppsala 75124, Sweden
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- European XFEL, Holzkoppel 4, Schenefeld 22869, Germany
- Department of Chemistry and Physics, La Trobe Institute for Molecular Science, La Trobe University, Melbourne, Victoria 3086, Australia
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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] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [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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Affiliation(s)
- 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
| | - Richard Bean
- European XFEL GmbH, Holzkoppel 4, 22869, Schenefeld, Germany
| | - Robin Schubert
- 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
| | - Brian Abbey
- 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
| | - Salah Awel
- 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
| | - Saša Bajt
- Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron DESY, Notkestrasse 85, 22607, Hamburg, Germany
| | - Imrich Barák
- Institute of Molecular Biology, SAS, Dubravska cesta 21, 845 51, Bratislava, Slovakia
| | - Sadia Bari
- Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron DESY, Notkestrasse 85, 22607, Hamburg, Germany
| | - Johan Bielecki
- European XFEL GmbH, Holzkoppel 4, 22869, Schenefeld, Germany
| | - Sabine Botha
- 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
| | - Sandor Brockhauser
- European XFEL GmbH, Holzkoppel 4, 22869, Schenefeld, Germany
- Biological Research Centre (BRC), Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Temesvári krt. 62, Szeged, 6726, Hungary
| | - Igor Cheviakov
- 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
| | - Francisco Cruz-Mazo
- 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
| | - Martin Domaracky
- Center for Free-Electron Laser Science, Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron DESY, Notkestrasse 85, 22607, Hamburg, Germany
| | - Katerina Dörner
- European XFEL GmbH, Holzkoppel 4, 22869, Schenefeld, Germany
| | - Yang Du
- Center for Free-Electron Laser Science, Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron DESY, Notkestrasse 85, 22607, Hamburg, Germany
| | - Hans Fangohr
- 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
| | - Matthias Frank
- Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, 7000 East Avenue, Livermore, CA, 94550, USA
| | - Petra Fromme
- 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
| | - Michael Heymann
- 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
| | - Siegfried Imlau
- 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
| | - Manuela Kuhn
- Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron DESY, Notkestrasse 85, 22607, Hamburg, Germany
| | - Christopher Kupitz
- 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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Pande K, Donatelli JJ, Malmerberg E, Foucar L, Poon BK, Sutter M, Botha S, Basu S, Bruce Doak R, Dörner K, Epp SW, Englert L, Fromme R, Hartmann E, Hartmann R, Hauser G, Hattne J, Hosseinizadeh A, Kassemeyer S, Lomb L, Montero SFC, Menzel A, Rolles D, Rudenko A, Seibert MM, Sierra RG, Schwander P, Ourmazd A, Fromme P, Sauter NK, Bogan M, Bozek J, Bostedt C, Schlichting I, Kerfeld CA, Zwart PH. Free-electron laser data for multiple-particle fluctuation scattering analysis. Sci Data 2018; 5:180201. [PMID: 30277481 PMCID: PMC6167951 DOI: 10.1038/sdata.2018.201] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/24/2018] [Accepted: 07/09/2018] [Indexed: 01/26/2023] Open
Abstract
Fluctuation X-ray scattering (FXS) is an emerging experimental technique in which solution scattering data are collected using X-ray exposures below rotational diffusion times, resulting in angularly anisotropic X-ray snapshots that provide several orders of magnitude more information than traditional solution scattering data. Such experiments can be performed using the ultrashort X-ray pulses provided by a free-electron laser source, allowing one to collect a large number of diffraction patterns in a relatively short time. Here, we describe a test data set for FXS, obtained at the Linac Coherent Light Source, consisting of close to 100 000 multi-particle diffraction patterns originating from approximately 50 to 200 Paramecium Bursaria Chlorella virus particles per snapshot. In addition to the raw data, a selection of high-quality pre-processed diffraction patterns and a reference SAXS profile are provided.
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- Kanupriya Pande
- Center for Advanced Mathematics in Energy Research Applications, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA, USA.,Molecular Biophysics and Integrated Bio-imaging, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA, USA
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- Center for Advanced Mathematics in Energy Research Applications, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA, USA.,Computational Research Division, Dept. of Mathematics, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA, USA
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- Center for Advanced Mathematics in Energy Research Applications, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA, USA.,Molecular Biophysics and Integrated Bio-imaging, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA, USA.,Hit Discovery, Discovery Sciences, IMED Biotech Unit, AstraZeneca, Gothenburg, Sweden
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- Max-Planck-Institut für medizinische Forschung, Jahnstr. 29, 69120 Heidelberg, Germany.,Max Planck Advanced Study Group, Center for Free Electron Laser Science (CFEL), Notkestrasse 85, 22607 Hamburg, Germany
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- Molecular Biophysics and Integrated Bio-imaging, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA, USA
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- Molecular Biophysics and Integrated Bio-imaging, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA, USA
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- Max-Planck-Institut für medizinische Forschung, Jahnstr. 29, 69120 Heidelberg, Germany.,University of Hamburg, Hamburg Germany
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- Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ, USA.,Macromolecular Crystallography Group, Paul Scherrer Institute, 5232 Villigen - PSI, Switzerland
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- Max-Planck-Institut für medizinische Forschung, Jahnstr. 29, 69120 Heidelberg, Germany.,Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ, USA
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- Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ, USA.,European XFEL GmbH, Schenefeld, Germany
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- Max Planck Advanced Study Group, Center for Free Electron Laser Science (CFEL), Notkestrasse 85, 22607 Hamburg, Germany.,Max-Planck-Institut für Kernphysik, Saupfercheckweg 1, 69117 Heidelberg, Germany.,Max Planck Institute for the Structure and Dynamics of Matter, Center for Free Electron Laser Science, Hamburg, Germany
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- Max-Planck-Institut für extraterrestrische Physik, Giessenbachstrasse, 85741 Garching, Germany.,Carl von Ossietzky Universität Oldenburg, Department of Physics, Oldenburg, Germany
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- Max-Planck-Institut für medizinische Forschung, Jahnstr. 29, 69120 Heidelberg, Germany
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- Max-Planck-Institut für extraterrestrische Physik, Giessenbachstrasse, 85741 Garching, Germany
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- Molecular Biophysics and Integrated Bio-imaging, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA, USA.,University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, USA
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- Department of Physics, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, 3135N. Maryland Ave, Milwaukee, WI 53211, USA
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- Max-Planck-Institut für medizinische Forschung, Jahnstr. 29, 69120 Heidelberg, Germany
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- Max-Planck-Institut für medizinische Forschung, Jahnstr. 29, 69120 Heidelberg, Germany
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- Linac Coherent Light Source, SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Stanford, CA, USA.,Department of Physics, California Lutheran University, Thousand Oaks, CA, USA
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- Laboratory for Macromolecules and Bioimaging, Paul Scherrer Institute, 5232 Villigen - PSI, Switzerland
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- Max-Planck-Institut für medizinische Forschung, Jahnstr. 29, 69120 Heidelberg, Germany.,Max Planck Advanced Study Group, Center for Free Electron Laser Science (CFEL), Notkestrasse 85, 22607 Hamburg, Germany.,James R Macdonald Laboratory, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS, USA
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- Max Planck Advanced Study Group, Center for Free Electron Laser Science (CFEL), Notkestrasse 85, 22607 Hamburg, Germany.,Max-Planck-Institut für Kernphysik, Saupfercheckweg 1, 69117 Heidelberg, Germany.,James R Macdonald Laboratory, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS, USA
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- Linac Coherent Light Source, SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Stanford, CA, USA
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- Linac Coherent Light Source, SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Stanford, CA, USA
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- Department of Physics, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, 3135N. Maryland Ave, Milwaukee, WI 53211, USA
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- Department of Physics, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, 3135N. Maryland Ave, Milwaukee, WI 53211, USA
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- Max-Planck-Institut für Kernphysik, Saupfercheckweg 1, 69117 Heidelberg, Germany
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- Molecular Biophysics and Integrated Bio-imaging, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA, USA
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- Linac Coherent Light Source, SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Stanford, CA, USA.,Traction on Demand, Burnaby, BC, Canada
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- Linac Coherent Light Source, SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Stanford, CA, USA.,Synchrotron SOLEIL, L'Orme des Merisiers, Saint-Aubin, BP 48, F-91192 Gif-sur-Yvette Cedex, France
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- Linac Coherent Light Source, SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Stanford, CA, USA.,Department of Physics and Astronomy, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL, USA.,Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics, Advanced Photon Source, Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, IL, USA
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- Max-Planck-Institut für medizinische Forschung, Jahnstr. 29, 69120 Heidelberg, Germany.,Max Planck Advanced Study Group, Center for Free Electron Laser Science (CFEL), Notkestrasse 85, 22607 Hamburg, Germany
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- Molecular Biophysics and Integrated Bio-imaging, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA, USA.,DOE Plant Research Laboratory, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, USA
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- Center for Advanced Mathematics in Energy Research Applications, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA, USA.,Molecular Biophysics and Integrated Bio-imaging, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA, USA
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Dörner K, Vranas M, Schimpf J, Straub IR, Hoeser J, Friedrich T. Significance of [2Fe-2S] Cluster N1a for Electron Transfer and Assembly of Escherichia coli Respiratory Complex I. Biochemistry 2017; 56:2770-2778. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.biochem.6b01058] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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- Katerina Dörner
- Institut
für Biochemie, Albert-Ludwigs-Universität, Albertstraße 21, 79104 Freiburg, Germany
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- Spemann
Graduate School of Biology and Medicine (SGBM), Albert-Ludwigs-University, Freiburg, Germany
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- Institut
für Biochemie, Albert-Ludwigs-Universität, Albertstraße 21, 79104 Freiburg, Germany
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- Institut
für Biochemie, Albert-Ludwigs-Universität, Albertstraße 21, 79104 Freiburg, Germany
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- Institut
für Biochemie, Albert-Ludwigs-Universität, Albertstraße 21, 79104 Freiburg, Germany
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- Spemann
Graduate School of Biology and Medicine (SGBM), Albert-Ludwigs-University, Freiburg, Germany
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Deb A, Johnson WA, Kline AP, Scott BJ, Meador LR, Srinivas D, Martin-Garcia JM, Dörner K, Borges CR, Misra R, Hogue BG, Fromme P, Mor TS. Bacterial expression, correct membrane targeting and functional folding of the HIV-1 membrane protein Vpu using a periplasmic signal peptide. PLoS One 2017; 12:e0172529. [PMID: 28225803 PMCID: PMC5321405 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0172529] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/14/2016] [Accepted: 02/06/2017] [Indexed: 12/04/2022] Open
Abstract
Viral protein U (Vpu) is a type-III integral membrane protein encoded by Human Immunodeficiency Virus-1 (HIV- 1). It is expressed in infected host cells and plays several roles in viral progeny escape from infected cells, including down-regulation of CD4 receptors. But key structure/function questions remain regarding the mechanisms by which the Vpu protein contributes to HIV-1 pathogenesis. Here we describe expression of Vpu in bacteria, its purification and characterization. We report the successful expression of PelB-Vpu in Escherichia coli using the leader peptide pectate lyase B (PelB) from Erwinia carotovora. The protein was detergent extractable and could be isolated in a very pure form. We demonstrate that the PelB signal peptide successfully targets Vpu to the cell membranes and inserts it as a type I membrane protein. PelB-Vpu was biophysically characterized by circular dichroism and dynamic light scattering experiments and was shown to be an excellent candidate for elucidating structural models.
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- Arpan Deb
- School of Life Sciences, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona, United States of America
- The Biodesign Center for Immunotherapy, Vaccines, and Virotherapy, The Biodesign Institute, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona, United States of America
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- School of Life Sciences, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona, United States of America
- The Biodesign Center for Immunotherapy, Vaccines, and Virotherapy, The Biodesign Institute, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona, United States of America
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- School of Life Sciences, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona, United States of America
- The Biodesign Center for Immunotherapy, Vaccines, and Virotherapy, The Biodesign Institute, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona, United States of America
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- School of Life Sciences, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona, United States of America
- The Biodesign Center for Immunotherapy, Vaccines, and Virotherapy, The Biodesign Institute, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona, United States of America
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- School of Life Sciences, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona, United States of America
- The Biodesign Center for Immunotherapy, Vaccines, and Virotherapy, The Biodesign Institute, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona, United States of America
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- School of Life Sciences, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona, United States of America
- The Biodesign Center for Immunotherapy, Vaccines, and Virotherapy, The Biodesign Institute, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona, United States of America
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- School of Molecular Sciences, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona, United States of America
- The Biodesign Center for Applied Structural Discovery, The Biodesign Institute, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona, United States of America
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- School of Molecular Sciences, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona, United States of America
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- School of Molecular Sciences, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona, United States of America
- The Biodesign Center for Personal Diagnostics, The Biodesign Institute, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona, United States of America
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- School of Life Sciences, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona, United States of America
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- School of Life Sciences, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona, United States of America
- The Biodesign Center for Immunotherapy, Vaccines, and Virotherapy, The Biodesign Institute, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona, United States of America
- The Biodesign Center for Applied Structural Discovery, The Biodesign Institute, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona, United States of America
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- School of Molecular Sciences, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona, United States of America
- The Biodesign Center for Applied Structural Discovery, The Biodesign Institute, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona, United States of America
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- School of Life Sciences, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona, United States of America
- The Biodesign Center for Immunotherapy, Vaccines, and Virotherapy, The Biodesign Institute, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona, United States of America
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Kärtner F, Ahr F, Calendron AL, Çankaya H, Carbajo S, Chang G, Cirmi G, Dörner K, Dorda U, Fallahi A, Hartin A, Hemmer M, Hobbs R, Hua Y, Huang W, Letrun R, Matlis N, Mazalova V, Mücke O, Nanni E, Putnam W, Ravi K, Reichert F, Sarrou I, Wu X, Yahaghi A, Ye H, Zapata L, Zhang D, Zhou C, Miller R, Berggren K, Graafsma H, Meents A, Assmann R, Chapman H, Fromme P. AXSIS: Exploring the frontiers in attosecond X-ray science, imaging and spectroscopy. Nucl Instrum Methods Phys Res A 2016; 829:24-29. [PMID: 28706325 PMCID: PMC5502815 DOI: 10.1016/j.nima.2016.02.080] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/27/2023]
Abstract
X-ray crystallography is one of the main methods to determine atomic-resolution 3D images of the whole spectrum of molecules ranging from small inorganic clusters to large protein complexes consisting of hundred-thousands of atoms that constitute the macromolecular machinery of life. Life is not static, and unravelling the structure and dynamics of the most important reactions in chemistry and biology is essential to uncover their mechanism. Many of these reactions, including photosynthesis which drives our biosphere, are light induced and occur on ultrafast timescales. These have been studied with high time resolution primarily by optical spectroscopy, enabled by ultrafast laser technology, but they reduce the vast complexity of the process to a few reaction coordinates. In the AXSIS project at CFEL in Hamburg, funded by the European Research Council, we develop the new method of attosecond serial X-ray crystallography and spectroscopy, to give a full description of ultrafast processes atomically resolved in real space and on the electronic energy landscape, from co-measurement of X-ray and optical spectra, and X-ray diffraction. This technique will revolutionize our understanding of structure and function at the atomic and molecular level and thereby unravel fundamental processes in chemistry and biology like energy conversion processes. For that purpose, we develop a compact, fully coherent, THz-driven atto-second X-ray source based on coherent inverse Compton scattering off a free-electron crystal, to outrun radiation damage effects due to the necessary high X-ray irradiance required to acquire diffraction signals. This highly synergistic project starts from a completely clean slate rather than conforming to the specifications of a large free-electron laser (FEL) user facility, to optimize the entire instrumentation towards fundamental measurements of the mechanism of light absorption and excitation energy transfer. A multidisciplinary team formed by laser-, accelerator,- X-ray scientists as well as spectroscopists and biochemists optimizes X-ray pulse parameters, in tandem with sample delivery, crystal size, and advanced X-ray detectors. Ultimately, the new capability, attosecond serial X-ray crystallography and spectroscopy, will be applied to one of the most important problems in structural biology, which is to elucidate the dynamics of light reactions, electron transfer and protein structure in photosynthesis.
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- F.X. Kärtner
- Center for Free-Electron Laser Science, Hamburg, Germany
- Institute for Experimental Physics, University of Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany
- The Hamburg Center for Ultrafast Imaging, Hamburg, Germany
- DESY, Hamburg, Germany
- Research Laboratory of Electronics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, USA
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- Center for Free-Electron Laser Science, Hamburg, Germany
- Institute for Experimental Physics, University of Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany
- DESY, Hamburg, Germany
- Max Planck Institute for the Structure and Dynamics of Matter, Hamburg, Germany
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- Center for Free-Electron Laser Science, Hamburg, Germany
- Institute for Experimental Physics, University of Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany
- The Hamburg Center for Ultrafast Imaging, Hamburg, Germany
- DESY, Hamburg, Germany
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- Center for Free-Electron Laser Science, Hamburg, Germany
- The Hamburg Center for Ultrafast Imaging, Hamburg, Germany
- DESY, Hamburg, Germany
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- Center for Free-Electron Laser Science, Hamburg, Germany
- Institute for Experimental Physics, University of Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany
- DESY, Hamburg, Germany
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- Center for Free-Electron Laser Science, Hamburg, Germany
- The Hamburg Center for Ultrafast Imaging, Hamburg, Germany
- DESY, Hamburg, Germany
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- Center for Free-Electron Laser Science, Hamburg, Germany
- The Hamburg Center for Ultrafast Imaging, Hamburg, Germany
- DESY, Hamburg, Germany
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- Center for Free-Electron Laser Science, Hamburg, Germany
- DESY, Hamburg, Germany
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- Center for Free-Electron Laser Science, Hamburg, Germany
- DESY, Hamburg, Germany
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- Center for Free-Electron Laser Science, Hamburg, Germany
- Institute for Experimental Physics, University of Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany
- DESY, Hamburg, Germany
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- Center for Free-Electron Laser Science, Hamburg, Germany
- DESY, Hamburg, Germany
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- Research Laboratory of Electronics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, USA
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- Center for Free-Electron Laser Science, Hamburg, Germany
- Institute for Experimental Physics, University of Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany
- DESY, Hamburg, Germany
- Max Planck Institute for the Structure and Dynamics of Matter, Hamburg, Germany
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- Center for Free-Electron Laser Science, Hamburg, Germany
- Research Laboratory of Electronics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, USA
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- Center for Free-Electron Laser Science, Hamburg, Germany
- DESY, Hamburg, Germany
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- Center for Free-Electron Laser Science, Hamburg, Germany
- DESY, Hamburg, Germany
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- Center for Free-Electron Laser Science, Hamburg, Germany
- DESY, Hamburg, Germany
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- Center for Free-Electron Laser Science, Hamburg, Germany
- The Hamburg Center for Ultrafast Imaging, Hamburg, Germany
- DESY, Hamburg, Germany
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- Research Laboratory of Electronics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, USA
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- Center for Free-Electron Laser Science, Hamburg, Germany
- Institute for Experimental Physics, University of Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany
- The Hamburg Center for Ultrafast Imaging, Hamburg, Germany
- Research Laboratory of Electronics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, USA
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- Center for Free-Electron Laser Science, Hamburg, Germany
- Research Laboratory of Electronics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, USA
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- Center for Free-Electron Laser Science, Hamburg, Germany
- Institute for Experimental Physics, University of Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany
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- Center for Free-Electron Laser Science, Hamburg, Germany
- DESY, Hamburg, Germany
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- Center for Free-Electron Laser Science, Hamburg, Germany
- The Hamburg Center for Ultrafast Imaging, Hamburg, Germany
- DESY, Hamburg, Germany
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- Center for Free-Electron Laser Science, Hamburg, Germany
- DESY, Hamburg, Germany
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- Center for Free-Electron Laser Science, Hamburg, Germany
- Institute for Experimental Physics, University of Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany
- The Hamburg Center for Ultrafast Imaging, Hamburg, Germany
- DESY, Hamburg, Germany
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- Center for Free-Electron Laser Science, Hamburg, Germany
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- Center for Free-Electron Laser Science, Hamburg, Germany
- Institute for Experimental Physics, University of Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany
- DESY, Hamburg, Germany
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- Center for Free-Electron Laser Science, Hamburg, Germany
- Institute for Experimental Physics, University of Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany
- DESY, Hamburg, Germany
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- Center for Free-Electron Laser Science, Hamburg, Germany
- The Hamburg Center for Ultrafast Imaging, Hamburg, Germany
- Max Planck Institute for the Structure and Dynamics of Matter, Hamburg, Germany
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- Research Laboratory of Electronics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, USA
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- Center for Free-Electron Laser Science, Hamburg, Germany
- DESY, Hamburg, Germany
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- Center for Free-Electron Laser Science, Hamburg, Germany
- Institute for Experimental Physics, University of Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany
- The Hamburg Center for Ultrafast Imaging, Hamburg, Germany
- DESY, Hamburg, Germany
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- Center for Free-Electron Laser Science, Hamburg, Germany
- DESY, Hamburg, Germany
- Arizona State University, School of Molecular Sciences and Center for Applied Structural Discovery, The Biodesign Institute, Tempe, AZ, USA
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Dörner K, Martin-Garcia JM, Kupitz C, Gong Z, Mallet TC, Chen L, Wachter RM, Fromme P. Characterization of Protein Nanocrystals Based on the Reversibility of Crystallization. Cryst Growth Des 2016; 16:3838-3845. [PMID: 29056873 PMCID: PMC5649632 DOI: 10.1021/acs.cgd.6b00384] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/15/2023]
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A new approach is described to screen for protein nanocrystals based on the reversibility of crystallization. Methods to characterize nanocrystals are in strong need to facilitate sample preparation for serial femtosecond X-ray nanocrystallography (SFX). SFX enables protein structure determination by collecting X-ray diffraction from nano- and microcrystals using a free electron laser. This technique is especially valuable for challenging proteins as for example membrane proteins and is in general a powerful method to overcome the radiation damage problem and to perform time-resolved structure analysis. Nanocrystal growth cannot be monitored with common methods used in protein crystallography, as the resolution of bright field microscopy is not sufficient. A high-performance method to screen for nanocrystals is second order nonlinear imaging of chiral crystals (SONICC). However, the high cost prevents its use in every laboratory, and some protein nanocrystals may be "invisible" to SONICC. In this work using a crystallization robot and a common imaging system precipitation comprised of nanocrystals and precipitation caused by aggregated protein can be distinguished.
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- Katerina Dörner
- School of Molecular Sciences, Arizona State University, Box 871604, Tempe, Arizona 85287, United States
- Center for Membrane Proteins in Infectious Diseases (MPID), Arizona State University, Box 871604, Tempe, Arizona 85287, United States
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- School of Molecular Sciences, Arizona State University, Box 871604, Tempe, Arizona 85287, United States
- Center for Membrane Proteins in Infectious Diseases (MPID), Arizona State University, Box 871604, Tempe, Arizona 85287, United States
- Center for Applied Structural Discovery, The Biodesign Institute, Arizona State University, PO Box 875001, Tempe, Arizona 85287, United States
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- School of Molecular Sciences, Arizona State University, Box 871604, Tempe, Arizona 85287, United States
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- School of Molecular Sciences, Arizona State University, Box 871604, Tempe, Arizona 85287, United States
- Center for Membrane Proteins in Infectious Diseases (MPID), Arizona State University, Box 871604, Tempe, Arizona 85287, United States
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- Life Science, Rigaku Americas Corporation, 9009 New Trails Drive, The Woodlands, Texas 77381, United States
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- School of Molecular Sciences, Arizona State University, Box 871604, Tempe, Arizona 85287, United States
- Center for Membrane Proteins in Infectious Diseases (MPID), Arizona State University, Box 871604, Tempe, Arizona 85287, United States
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- School of Molecular Sciences, Arizona State University, Box 871604, Tempe, Arizona 85287, United States
- Center for Membrane Proteins in Infectious Diseases (MPID), Arizona State University, Box 871604, Tempe, Arizona 85287, United States
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- School of Molecular Sciences, Arizona State University, Box 871604, Tempe, Arizona 85287, United States
- Center for Membrane Proteins in Infectious Diseases (MPID), Arizona State University, Box 871604, Tempe, Arizona 85287, United States
- Center for Applied Structural Discovery, The Biodesign Institute, Arizona State University, PO Box 875001, Tempe, Arizona 85287, United States
- Corresponding Author: Address: School of Molecular Sciences, Center for Applied Structural Discovery at the Biodesign Institute, Arizona State University P.O. Box 85287-1604 Tempe, AZ 85287-1604, USA. Phone +1 (480)-965-9028. Fax: +1 (480)-965-2747. . Web: http://www.public.asu.edu/∼pfromme/
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Gnandt E, Dörner K, Strampraad MFJ, de Vries S, Friedrich T. The multitude of iron-sulfur clusters in respiratory complex I. Biochim Biophys Acta 2016; 1857:1068-1072. [PMID: 26944855 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbabio.2016.02.018] [Citation(s) in RCA: 43] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/18/2016] [Revised: 02/19/2016] [Accepted: 02/26/2016] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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Respiratory complex I couples the electron transfer from NADH to ubiquinone with the translocation of protons across the membrane. Complex I contains one non-covalently bound flavin mononucleotide and, depending on the species, up to ten iron-sulfur (Fe/S) clusters as cofactors. The reason for the presence of the multitude of Fe/S clusters in complex I remained enigmatic for a long time. The question was partly answered by investigations on the evolution of the complex revealing the stepwise construction of the electron transfer domain from several modules. Extension of the ancestral to the modern electron input domain was associated with the acquisition of several Fe/S-proteins. The X-ray structure of the complex showed that the NADH oxidation-site is connected with the quinone-reduction site by a chain of seven Fe/S-clusters. Fast enzyme kinetics revealed that this chain of Fe/S-clusters is used to regulate electron-tunneling rates within the complex. A possible function of the off-pathway cluster N1a is discussed. This article is part of a Special Issue entitled 'EBEC 2016: 19th European Bioenergetics Conference, Riva del Garda, Italy, July 2-6, 2016', edited by Prof. Paolo Bernardi.
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- Emmanuel Gnandt
- Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg, Institut für Biochemie, Albertstr. 21, 79104 Freiburg i. Br., Germany
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- Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron DESY, CFEL, Notkestr. 85, Hamburg, Germany
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- Delft University of Technology, Department of Biotechnology, Julianalaan 67, 2628 BC Delft, The Netherlands
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- Delft University of Technology, Department of Biotechnology, Julianalaan 67, 2628 BC Delft, The Netherlands
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- Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg, Institut für Biochemie, Albertstr. 21, 79104 Freiburg i. Br., Germany.
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Abdallah BG, Zatsepin NA, Roy-Chowdhury S, Coe J, Conrad CE, Dörner K, Sierra RG, Stevenson HP, Camacho-Alanis F, Grant TD, Nelson G, James D, Calero G, Wachter RM, Spence JCH, Weierstall U, Fromme P, Ros A. Microfluidic sorting of protein nanocrystals by size for X-ray free-electron laser diffraction. Struct Dyn 2015; 2:041719. [PMID: 26798818 PMCID: PMC4711642 DOI: 10.1063/1.4928688] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/20/2015] [Accepted: 08/05/2015] [Indexed: 05/23/2023]
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The advent and application of the X-ray free-electron laser (XFEL) has uncovered the structures of proteins that could not previously be solved using traditional crystallography. While this new technology is powerful, optimization of the process is still needed to improve data quality and analysis efficiency. One area is sample heterogeneity, where variations in crystal size (among other factors) lead to the requirement of large data sets (and thus 10-100 mg of protein) for determining accurate structure factors. To decrease sample dispersity, we developed a high-throughput microfluidic sorter operating on the principle of dielectrophoresis, whereby polydisperse particles can be transported into various fluid streams for size fractionation. Using this microsorter, we isolated several milliliters of photosystem I nanocrystal fractions ranging from 200 to 600 nm in size as characterized by dynamic light scattering, nanoparticle tracking, and electron microscopy. Sorted nanocrystals were delivered in a liquid jet via the gas dynamic virtual nozzle into the path of the XFEL at the Linac Coherent Light Source. We obtained diffraction to ∼4 Å resolution, indicating that the small crystals were not damaged by the sorting process. We also observed the shape transforms of photosystem I nanocrystals, demonstrating that our device can optimize data collection for the shape transform-based phasing method. Using simulations, we show that narrow crystal size distributions can significantly improve merged data quality in serial crystallography. From this proof-of-concept work, we expect that the automated size-sorting of protein crystals will become an important step for sample production by reducing the amount of protein needed for a high quality final structure and the development of novel phasing methods that exploit inter-Bragg reflection intensities or use variations in beam intensity for radiation damage-induced phasing. This method will also permit an analysis of the dependence of crystal quality on crystal size.
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- Stanford PULSE Institute, SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory , Menlo Park, California 94025, USA
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- Department of Structural Biology, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine , Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15261, USA
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Arizona State University , Tempe, Arizona 85287, USA
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- Hauptman-Woodward Medical Research Institute, University at Buffalo , Buffalo, New York 14203, USA
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- Department of Structural Biology, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine , Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15261, USA
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Arizona State University , Tempe, Arizona 85287, USA
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Kohlstädt M, Dörner K, Labatzke R, Koç C, Heilscher R, Schiltz E, Einsle O, Hellwig P, Friedrich T. Heterologous production, isolation, characterization and crystallization of a soluble fragment of the NADH:ubiquinone oxidoreductase (complex I) from Aquifex aeolicus. Biochemistry 2015; 47:13036-45. [PMID: 19006332 DOI: 10.1021/bi801307n] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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The proton-pumping NADH:ubiquinone oxidoreductase (complex I) is the first enzyme complex of the respiratory chains in many bacteria and most eukaryotes. It is the least understood of all, due to its enormous size and unique energy conversion mechanism. The bacterial complex is in general made up of 14 different subunits named NuoA-N. Subunits NuoE, -F, and -G comprise the electron input part of the complex. We have cloned these genes from the hyperthermophilic bacterium Aquifex aeolicus and expressed them heterologously in Escherichia coli. A soluble subcomplex made up of NuoE and NuoF and containing the NADH binding site, the primary electron acceptor flavin mononucleotide (FMN), the binuclear iron-sulfur cluster N1a, and the tetranuclear iron-sulfur cluster N3 was isolated by chromatographic methods. The proteins were identified by N-terminal sequencing and mass spectrometry; the cofactors were characterized by UV/vis and EPR spectroscopy. Subunit NuoG was not produced in this strain. The preparation was thermostable and exhibited maximum NADH/ferricyanide oxidoreductase activity at 85 degrees C. Analytical size-exclusion chromatography and dynamic light scattering revealed the homogeneity of the preparation. First attempts to crystallize the preparation led to crystals diffracting more than 2 A.
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- Markus Kohlstädt
- Institut fur Organische Chemie and Biochemie, Albert-Ludwigs-Universitat, Albertstrasse 21, 79104 Freiburg, Germany, and Institut de Chimie UMR 7177, Laboratoire de spectroscopie vib. et electrochimie des biomolecules, CNRS, Universite Louis Pasteur, 4, rue Blaise Pascal, 67070 Strasbourg, France
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de Vries S, Dörner K, Strampraad MJF, Friedrich T. Die Elektronentunnelraten im Atmungskettenkomplex I sind auf eine effiziente Energiewandlung abgestimmt. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2015. [DOI: 10.1002/ange.201410967] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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de Vries S, Dörner K, Strampraad MJF, Friedrich T. Electron tunneling rates in respiratory complex I are tuned for efficient energy conversion. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2015; 54:2844-8. [PMID: 25600069 PMCID: PMC4506566 DOI: 10.1002/anie.201410967] [Citation(s) in RCA: 50] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/17/2014] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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Respiratory complex I converts the free energy of ubiquinone reduction by NADH into a proton motive force, a redox reaction catalyzed by flavin mononucleotide(FMN) and a chain of seven iron–sulfur centers. Electron transfer rates between the centers were determined by ultrafast freeze-quenching and analysis by EPR and UV/Vis spectroscopy. The complex rapidly oxidizes three NADH molecules. The electron-tunneling rate between the most distant centers in the middle of the chain depends on the redox state of center N2 at the end of the chain, and is sixfold slower when N2 is reduced. The conformational changes that accompany reduction of N2 decrease the electronic coupling of the longest electron-tunneling step. The chain of iron–sulfur centers is not just a simple electron-conducting wire; it regulates the electron-tunneling rate synchronizing it with conformation-mediated proton pumping, enabling efficient energy conversion. Synchronization of rates is a principle means of enhancing the specificity of enzymatic reactions.
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- Simon de Vries
- Department of Biotechnology, Institution Delft University of Technology, Julianalaan 67, 2628 BC, Delft (The Netherlands).
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Kim H, Zou T, Modi C, Dörner K, Grunkemeyer TJ, Chen L, Fromme R, Matz MV, Ozkan SB, Wachter RM. A hinge migration mechanism unlocks the evolution of green-to-red photoconversion in GFP-like proteins. Structure 2015; 23:34-43. [PMID: 25565105 PMCID: PMC4370283 DOI: 10.1016/j.str.2014.11.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 47] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/26/2014] [Revised: 10/20/2014] [Accepted: 11/14/2014] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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In proteins, functional divergence involves mutations that modify structure and dynamics. Here we provide experimental evidence for an evolutionary mechanism driven solely by long-range dynamic motions without significant backbone adjustments, catalytic group rearrangements, or changes in subunit assembly. Crystallographic structures were determined for several reconstructed ancestral proteins belonging to a GFP class frequently employed in superresolution microscopy. Their chain flexibility was analyzed using molecular dynamics and perturbation response scanning. The green-to-red photoconvertible phenotype appears to have arisen from a common green ancestor by migration of a knob-like anchoring region away from the active site diagonally across the β barrel fold. The allosterically coupled mutational sites provide active site conformational mobility via epistasis. We propose that light-induced chromophore twisting is enhanced in a reverse-protonated subpopulation, activating internal acid-base chemistry and backbone cleavage to enlarge the chromophore. Dynamics-driven hinge migration may represent a more general platform for the evolution of novel enzyme activities.
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- Hanseong Kim
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ 85287, USA
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- Center for Biological Physics, Department of Physics, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ 85287, USA
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- Institute for Cellular and Molecular Biology, The University of Texas, Austin, TX 78712, USA
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ 85287, USA
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ 85287, USA
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ 85287, USA
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ 85287, USA
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- Section of Integrative Biology, The University of Texas, Austin, TX 78712, USA
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- Center for Biological Physics, Department of Physics, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ 85287, USA.
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ 85287, USA; Center for Bioenergy and Photosynthesis, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ 85287, USA.
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Gong Z, Kessans SA, Song L, Dörner K, Lee HH, Meador LR, LaBaer J, Hogue BG, Mor TS, Fromme P. Recombinant expression, purification, and biophysical characterization of the transmembrane and membrane proximal domains of HIV-1 gp41. Protein Sci 2014; 23:1607-18. [PMID: 25155369 DOI: 10.1002/pro.2540] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/11/2014] [Revised: 07/22/2014] [Accepted: 08/20/2014] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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The transmembrane subunit (gp41) of the envelope glycoprotein of HIV-1 associates noncovalently with the surface subunit (gp120) and together they play essential roles in viral mucosal transmission and infection of target cells. The membrane proximal region (MPR) of gp41 is highly conserved and contains epitopes of broadly neutralizing antibodies. The transmembrane (TM) domain of gp41 not only anchors the envelope glycoprotein complex in the viral membrane but also dynamically affects the interactions of the MPR with the membrane. While high-resolution X-ray structures of some segments of the MPR were solved in the past, they represent the post-fusion forms. Structural information on the TM domain of gp41 is scant and at low resolution. Here we describe the design, expression and purification of a protein construct that includes MPR and the transmembrane domain of gp41 (MPR-TMTEV-6His), which reacts with the broadly neutralizing antibodies 2F5 and 4E10 and thereby may represent an immunologically relevant conformation mimicking a prehairpin intermediate of gp41. The expression level of MPR-TMTEV-6His was improved by fusion to the C-terminus of Mistic protein, yielding ∼ 1 mg of pure protein per liter. The isolated MPR-TMTEV-6His protein was biophysically characterized and is a monodisperse candidate for crystallization. This work will enable further investigation into the structure of MPR-TMTEV-6His, which will be important for the structure-based design of a mucosal vaccine against HIV-1.
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- Zhen Gong
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona, 85287-1604; The Center for Applied Structural Discovery, The Biodesign Institute, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona, 85287
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Lee HH, Cherni I, Yu H, Fromme R, Doran JD, Grotjohann I, Mittman M, Basu S, Deb A, Dörner K, Aquila A, Barty A, Boutet S, Chapman HN, Doak RB, Hunter MS, James D, Kirian RA, Kupitz C, Lawrence RM, Liu H, Nass K, Schlichting I, Schmidt KE, Seibert MM, Shoeman RL, Spence JCH, Stellato F, Weierstall U, Williams GJ, Yoon C, Wang D, Zatsepin NA, Hogue BG, Matoba N, Fromme P, Mor TS. Expression, purification and crystallization of CTB-MPR, a candidate mucosal vaccine component against HIV-1. IUCrJ 2014; 1:305-17. [PMID: 25295172 PMCID: PMC4174873 DOI: 10.1107/s2052252514014900] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/04/2014] [Accepted: 06/24/2014] [Indexed: 05/03/2023]
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CTB-MPR is a fusion protein between the B subunit of cholera toxin (CTB) and the membrane-proximal region of gp41 (MPR), the transmembrane envelope protein of Human immunodeficiency virus 1 (HIV-1), and has previously been shown to induce the production of anti-HIV-1 antibodies with antiviral functions. To further improve the design of this candidate vaccine, X-ray crystallography experiments were performed to obtain structural information about this fusion protein. Several variants of CTB-MPR were designed, constructed and recombinantly expressed in Escherichia coli. The first variant contained a flexible GPGP linker between CTB and MPR, and yielded crystals that diffracted to a resolution of 2.3 Å, but only the CTB region was detected in the electron-density map. A second variant, in which the CTB was directly attached to MPR, was shown to destabilize pentamer formation. A third construct containing a polyalanine linker between CTB and MPR proved to stabilize the pentameric form of the protein during purification. The purification procedure was shown to produce a homogeneously pure and monodisperse sample for crystallization. Initial crystallization experiments led to pseudo-crystals which were ordered in only two dimensions and were disordered in the third dimension. Nanocrystals obtained using the same precipitant showed promising X-ray diffraction to 5 Å resolution in femtosecond nanocrystallography experiments at the Linac Coherent Light Source at the SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory. The results demonstrate the utility of femtosecond X-ray crystallography to enable structural analysis based on nano/microcrystals of a protein for which no macroscopic crystals ordered in three dimensions have been observed before.
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- Ho-Hsien Lee
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Arizona State University, PO Box 871604, Tempe, AZ 85287-1604, USA
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- School of Life Sciences, Arizona State University, PO Box 874501, Tempe, AZ 85287-4501, USA
- Center for Infectious Diseases and Vaccinology, Biodesign Institute, Arizona State University, PO Box 874501, Tempe, AZ 85287-5401, USA
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Arizona State University, PO Box 871604, Tempe, AZ 85287-1604, USA
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Arizona State University, PO Box 871604, Tempe, AZ 85287-1604, USA
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- School of Life Sciences, Arizona State University, PO Box 874501, Tempe, AZ 85287-4501, USA
- Center for Infectious Diseases and Vaccinology, Biodesign Institute, Arizona State University, PO Box 874501, Tempe, AZ 85287-5401, USA
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Arizona State University, PO Box 871604, Tempe, AZ 85287-1604, USA
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- School of Life Sciences, Arizona State University, PO Box 874501, Tempe, AZ 85287-4501, USA
- Center for Infectious Diseases and Vaccinology, Biodesign Institute, Arizona State University, PO Box 874501, Tempe, AZ 85287-5401, USA
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Arizona State University, PO Box 871604, Tempe, AZ 85287-1604, USA
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- School of Life Sciences, Arizona State University, PO Box 874501, Tempe, AZ 85287-4501, USA
- Center for Infectious Diseases and Vaccinology, Biodesign Institute, Arizona State University, PO Box 874501, Tempe, AZ 85287-5401, USA
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Arizona State University, PO Box 871604, Tempe, AZ 85287-1604, USA
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- Center for Free-Electron Laser Science, DESY, Notkestrasse 85, 22607 Hamburg, Germany
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- Center for Free-Electron Laser Science, DESY, Notkestrasse 85, 22607 Hamburg, Germany
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- Linac Coherent Light Source, SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, 2575 Sand Hill Road, Menlo Park, CA 94025, USA
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- Center for Free-Electron Laser Science, DESY, Notkestrasse 85, 22607 Hamburg, Germany
- University of Hamburg, Luruper Chaussee 149, 22761 Hamburg, Germany
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- Department of Physics, Arizona State University, PO Box 871504, Tempe, AZ 85287-1504, USA
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Arizona State University, PO Box 871604, Tempe, AZ 85287-1604, USA
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- Department of Physics, Arizona State University, PO Box 871504, Tempe, AZ 85287-1504, USA
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- Center for Free-Electron Laser Science, DESY, Notkestrasse 85, 22607 Hamburg, Germany
- Department of Physics, Arizona State University, PO Box 871504, Tempe, AZ 85287-1504, USA
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Arizona State University, PO Box 871604, Tempe, AZ 85287-1604, USA
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Arizona State University, PO Box 871604, Tempe, AZ 85287-1604, USA
- Center for Infectious Diseases and Vaccinology, Biodesign Institute, Arizona State University, PO Box 874501, Tempe, AZ 85287-5401, USA
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- Department of Physics, Arizona State University, PO Box 871504, Tempe, AZ 85287-1504, USA
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- Center for Free-Electron Laser Science, DESY, Notkestrasse 85, 22607 Hamburg, Germany
- University of Hamburg, Luruper Chaussee 149, 22761 Hamburg, Germany
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- Max-Planck-Institut für medizinische Forschung, Jahnstrasse 29, 69120 Heidelberg, Germany
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- Department of Physics, Arizona State University, PO Box 871504, Tempe, AZ 85287-1504, USA
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- Linac Coherent Light Source, SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, 2575 Sand Hill Road, Menlo Park, CA 94025, USA
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- Max-Planck-Institut für medizinische Forschung, Jahnstrasse 29, 69120 Heidelberg, Germany
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- Department of Physics, Arizona State University, PO Box 871504, Tempe, AZ 85287-1504, USA
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- Center for Free-Electron Laser Science, DESY, Notkestrasse 85, 22607 Hamburg, Germany
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- Department of Physics, Arizona State University, PO Box 871504, Tempe, AZ 85287-1504, USA
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- Linac Coherent Light Source, SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, 2575 Sand Hill Road, Menlo Park, CA 94025, USA
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- Center for Free-Electron Laser Science, DESY, Notkestrasse 85, 22607 Hamburg, Germany
- European XFEL GmbH, Albert-Einstein-Ring 19, 22761 Hamburg, Germany
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- Department of Physics, Arizona State University, PO Box 871504, Tempe, AZ 85287-1504, USA
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- Department of Physics, Arizona State University, PO Box 871504, Tempe, AZ 85287-1504, USA
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- School of Life Sciences, Arizona State University, PO Box 874501, Tempe, AZ 85287-4501, USA
- Center for Infectious Diseases and Vaccinology, Biodesign Institute, Arizona State University, PO Box 874501, Tempe, AZ 85287-5401, USA
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- School of Life Sciences, Arizona State University, PO Box 874501, Tempe, AZ 85287-4501, USA
- Center for Infectious Diseases and Vaccinology, Biodesign Institute, Arizona State University, PO Box 874501, Tempe, AZ 85287-5401, USA
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Arizona State University, PO Box 871604, Tempe, AZ 85287-1604, USA
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- School of Life Sciences, Arizona State University, PO Box 874501, Tempe, AZ 85287-4501, USA
- Center for Infectious Diseases and Vaccinology, Biodesign Institute, Arizona State University, PO Box 874501, Tempe, AZ 85287-5401, USA
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Dörner K, Martin-Garcia J, Kupitz C, Wachter R, Fromme P. Detection of protein nanocrystals based on the reversibility of crystallization. Acta Crystallogr A Found Adv 2014. [DOI: 10.1107/s2053273314088524] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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A prerequisite for conventional X-ray protein structure analysis is the growth of crystals with a sufficient size in the range of several µm. This is a time consuming and not always successful process, challenging especially when working with membrane proteins. The recently developed technique of femtosecond X-ray crystallography enables structure analysis of crystals with a size in the nm range, thus the process of growing large single crystals can be avoided. Moreover femtosecond X-ray nanocrystallography is a potential method to overcome the radiation damage problem and to perform time-resolved structure analysis (1, 2). Nanocrystals are too small to be detected with an optical microscope, hence crystal growth cannot be monitored with common methods used in crystallography. A powerful technique to screen for nanocrystals is Second Order Nonlinear Imaging of Chiral Crystals (SONICC). This method is based on the principle of second harmonic generation and detects noncentrosymmetric ordered crystals (3). However, the instrumentation is not generally accessible yet. In addition, proteins ordered in higher symmetry crystal classes do not necessarily lead to a positive SONICC signal. In this work, a new method is developed to screen for nanocrystals based on the reversibility of crystallization. We show that dilution experiments performed with a crystallization robot and monitored by a crystallization imaging system enable the distinction between precipitation comprised of nanocrystals and precipitation caused by aggregated protein.
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Dörner K, Garcia JM, Kupitz C, Wachter RM, Fromme P. Detection of Protein Nanocrystals Based on the Reversibility of Crystallization. Biophys J 2014. [DOI: 10.1016/j.bpj.2013.11.2597] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/23/2022] Open
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Morina K, Schulte M, Hubrich F, Dörner K, Steimle S, Stolpe S, Friedrich T. Engineering the respiratory complex I to energy-converting NADPH:ubiquinone oxidoreductase. J Biol Chem 2011; 286:34627-34. [PMID: 21832062 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m111.274571] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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The respiratory complex I couples the electron transfer from NADH to ubiquinone with a translocation of protons across the membrane. Its nucleotide-binding site is made up of a unique Rossmann fold to accommodate the binding of the substrate NADH and of the primary electron acceptor flavin mononucleotide. Binding of NADH includes interactions of the hydroxyl groups of the adenosine ribose with a conserved glutamic acid residue. Structural analysis revealed that due to steric hindrance and electrostatic repulsion, this residue most likely prevents the binding of NADPH, which is a poor substrate of the complex. We produced several variants with mutations at this position exhibiting up to 200-fold enhanced catalytic efficiency with NADPH. The reaction of the variants with NAD(P)H is coupled with proton translocation in an inhibitor-sensitive manner. Thus, we have created an energy-converting NADPH:ubiquinone oxidoreductase, an activity so far not found in nature. Remarkably, the oxidation of NAD(P)H by the variants leads to an enhanced production of reactive oxygen species.
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- Klaudia Morina
- Institut für Organische Chemie und Biochemie, Albert-Ludwigs-Universität, 79104 Freiburg, Germany
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Steimle S, Bajzath C, Dörner K, Schulte M, Bothe V, Friedrich T. Role of Subunit NuoL for Proton Translocation by Respiratory Complex I. Biochemistry 2011; 50:3386-93. [DOI: 10.1021/bi200264q] [Citation(s) in RCA: 53] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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- Stefan Steimle
- Institut für Organische Chemie und Biochemie, Albert-Ludwigs-Universität, Albertstrasse 21, 79104 Freiburg, Germany
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- Institut für Organische Chemie und Biochemie, Albert-Ludwigs-Universität, Albertstrasse 21, 79104 Freiburg, Germany
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- Institut für Organische Chemie und Biochemie, Albert-Ludwigs-Universität, Albertstrasse 21, 79104 Freiburg, Germany
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- Institut für Organische Chemie und Biochemie, Albert-Ludwigs-Universität, Albertstrasse 21, 79104 Freiburg, Germany
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- Institut für Organische Chemie und Biochemie, Albert-Ludwigs-Universität, Albertstrasse 21, 79104 Freiburg, Germany
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- Institut für Organische Chemie und Biochemie, Albert-Ludwigs-Universität, Albertstrasse 21, 79104 Freiburg, Germany
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Krätzer C, Welte C, Dörner K, Friedrich T, Deppenmeier U. Methanoferrodoxin represents a new class of superoxide reductase containing an iron-sulfur cluster. FEBS J 2010; 278:442-51. [PMID: 21138528 DOI: 10.1111/j.1742-4658.2010.07964.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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Protein MM0632 from the methanogenic archaeon Methanosarcina mazei showed strong superoxide reductase activity and rapidly decomposed superoxide radicals to peroxides. The superoxide reductase activity of the heterologously produced enzyme was determined by a cytochrome c assay and in a test system with NADPH, ferredoxin:NADP(+) reductase, and rubredoxin. Furthermore, EPR spectroscopy showed that MM0632 is the first superoxide reductase that possesses an iron-sulfur cluster instead of a second mononuclear iron center. We propose the name methanoferrodoxin for this new class of superoxide reductase with an [Fe(NHis)(4)(SCys)] site as the catalytic center and a [4Fe-4S] cluster as second prosthetic group that is probably involved in electron transfer to the catalytic center. Methanosarcina mazei grows only under anaerobic conditions, but is one of the most aerotolerant methanogens. It is tempting to speculate that methanoferrodoxin contributes to the protection of cells from oxygen radicals formed by flavoproteins during periodic exposure to oxygen in natural environments.
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- Christian Krätzer
- Institut für Mikrobiologie und Biotechnologie, Universität Bonn, Germany
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Dörner K. Leistungsfähigkeit von Labormethoden. Hamostaseologie 2010. [DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-01544-1_57] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/20/2022] Open
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Schneider D, Pohl T, Walter J, Dörner K, Kohlstädt M, Berger A, Spehr V, Friedrich T. Assembly of the Escherichia coli NADH:ubiquinone oxidoreductase (complex I). Biochim Biophys Acta 2008; 1777:735-9. [PMID: 18394423 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbabio.2008.03.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/31/2008] [Accepted: 03/03/2008] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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The proton-pumping NADH:ubiquinone oxidoreductase is the first of the respiratory chain complexes in many bacteria and the mitochondria of most eukaryotes. In general, the bacterial complex consists of 14 different subunits. In addition to the homologues of these subunits, the mitochondrial complex contains approximately 31 additional proteins. While it was shown that the mitochondrial complex is assembled from distinct intermediates, nothing is known about the assembly of the bacterial complex. We used Escherichia coli mutants, in which the nuo-genes coding the subunits of complex I were individually disrupted by an insertion of a resistance cartridge to determine whether they are required for the assembly of a functional complex I. No complex I-mediated enzyme activity was detectable in the mutant membranes and it was not possible to extract a structurally intact complex I from the mutant membranes. However, the subunits and the cofactors of the soluble NADH dehydrogenase fragment of the complex were detected in the cytoplasm of some of the nuo-mutants. It is discussed whether this fragment represents an assembly intermediate. In addition, a membrane-bound fragment exhibiting NADH/ferricyanide oxidoreductase activity and containing the iron-sulfur cluster N2 was detected in one mutant.
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- Daniel Schneider
- Institut für Organische Chemie und Biochemie, Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg, Albertstr. 21, 79104 Freiburg, Germany
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Pohl T, Bauer T, Dörner K, Stolpe S, Sell P, Zocher G, Friedrich T. Iron-sulfur cluster N7 of the NADH:ubiquinone oxidoreductase (complex I) is essential for stability but not involved in electron transfer. Biochemistry 2007; 46:6588-96. [PMID: 17489563 DOI: 10.1021/bi700371c] [Citation(s) in RCA: 62] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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The NADH:ubiquinone oxidoreductase (complex I) from Escherichia coli is composed of 13 subunits called NuoA through NuoN. It catalyzes the electron transfer from NADH to ubiquinone by a chain of redox groups consisting of one FMN and seven iron-sulfur clusters. The function of the additional, nonconserved cluster N7 located on NuoG is not known. It has been speculated that it is not involved in electron transfer, due to its distance of more than 20 A from the electron transfer chain. Dithionite-reduced minus NADH-reduced EPR difference spectra of complex I and of a soluble fragment containing NuoG revealed for the first time the EPR spectrum of N7 in the complex. Individual mutation of the cysteines ligating this cluster to alanine led to a decreased amount of complex I in the membrane without affecting the electron transfer activity. Sucrose gradient centrifugation revealed that the complex from the C230A and C233A mutants decayed in detergent solution while the C237A and C265A mutant complex was stable. Cluster N7 was detectable in the latter mutants but with shifted g-values, indicating a different ligation of N7. Thus, N7 is essential for the stability of the complex but is not involved in electron transfer.
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- Thomas Pohl
- Institut für Organische Chemie und Biochemie, Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg, Albertstrasse 21, Chemiehochhaus, D-79104 Freiburg i. Br., Germany
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Soltani-neshan MA, Garbe-Schönberg D, Dörner K, Schaub J. Bestimmung stabiler Molybdän-Isotope in biologischem Material mit Hilfe der “Inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry”. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2006. [DOI: 10.1080/00211919208050834] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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- b Geologisch-Paläntologisches Institut und Museum der Universität Kiel , Olshausenstr. 40, 2300, Kiel, Deutschland
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- a Kinderklinik der Universität Kiel , Schwanenweg 20, 2300, Kiel
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- a Kinderklinik der Universität Kiel , Schwanenweg 20, 2300, Kiel
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Dörner K. Die neue menschliche Seinsweise der Demenz. Bundesgesundheitsblatt Gesundheitsforschung Gesundheitsschutz 2005; 48:604-6. [PMID: 15887073 DOI: 10.1007/s00103-005-1030-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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Today, for the first time in the history of mankind, the number of demented people is so large that we are compelled to speak of a particular population group and a characteristic human mode of being. Ten perspectives describe which personal and societal changes will enable us to adjust to this new situation. Particular consideration is given to a new, more complete image of man.
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Dörner K. [Not Available]. Abh Gesch Med Naturwiss 2001:454-60. [PMID: 11619562] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/21/2023]
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UNLABELLED Despite the fact that the trace element molybdenum (Mo) is essential, there is insufficient knowledge about the demands in infancy. Mo balances were therefore assessed under consideration of formula Mo concentrations ranging from 0.125 to 2.704 micromol/l. Sixteen premature male infants participated in the investigation. Their birth weights were between 1,500 and 1,990 g, the median (range) gestational age was 34 (32-36) weeks and the post-conceptual age at the time of study 37.4 (34.1-40.6) weeks. Twenty-four balance studies were performed and the materials analysed by atomic absorption spectroscopy. Infants with a "low" Mo intake received 0.024 (0.020-0.035) micromol/ kg per day, had a urinary excretion of 0.02 (0.008-0.045) and a retention of 0.0006 (-0.03 to 0.008) micromol/kg per day. Infants with a "high" intake received 0.284 (0.227-0.487) micromol/kg per day, had a urinary excretion of 0.243 (0.118-0.378) and a retention of 0.022 (-71.1 to 141.44) micromol/kg per day. Since the median urinary excretion exceeded 60% of the Mo intake at low and high intakes, sufficient resorption but minimal retention was assessed at low intakes of Mo. CONCLUSION In view of the limited knowledge of long-term exposure to an elevated molybdenum intake and the substantial retention observed at higher intakes, upper limits should be set for molybdenum concentrations in preterm infant formulas.
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- E Sievers
- Department of Paediatrics, University of Kiel, Germany
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The essential trace element molybdenum (Mo) is bound to and required for the function of molybdoenzymes, e.g. sulfite and xanthine oxidase. Dietary recommendations for early infancy are based on limited knowledge about its metabolism. 100Mo was used as an extrinsic tag to study the absorption and kinetics of excretion in infancy. 10 infants with a gestational age of 35 (30-39) weeks, a birth weight of 2.0 (0.9-2.3) kg and a post-natal age of 20 (10-54) days were studied. They received 25 microg 100Mo/kg with a feed of human milk or formula. Fractional urinary and fecal collections were conducted preceding the 100Mo intake and for 48-72 hours afterwards. The materials were analyzed by atomic absorption spectroscopy and inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry. The median absorption of 100Mo intake was 97.5 (96.3 to 99.1) %. The retention of nutritive Mo intake and 100Mo in the study period was 11.2 (3.8-15.7) microg Mo/kg, equivalent to 35.7 (12.7-55.6) %. The Mo concentration increased to a peak value in urine within 8 (6-13) hours and in feces within 24 (7-48.5) hours. In addition, increases of copper in feces and urine were observed in 8 of 9 infants studied. Mo given orally is well resorbed in premature infants, and predominantly excreted in the urine. Dietary recommendations should prevent excessive intakes in infancy.
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- E Sievers
- Universitäts-Kinderklinik, Christian-Albrechts-Universität, Kiel, Germany
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Dörner K. [Faces of work in the psychiatry, yesterday-today-tomorrow]. Psychiatr Prax 1999; 26 Suppl 1:S3-6. [PMID: 10407916] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/13/2023]
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Dörner K. [Acceptance address on presentation of the Salomon-Neumann Medal of the German Society of Social Medicine and Prevention on the congress topic "Social Medicine in Theory and Practice 29 September 1997 in Schwerin]. Gesundheitswesen 1998; 60:203-5. [PMID: 9617005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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d'Onofrio G, Kim YR, Schulze S, Lorentz T, Dörner K, Goossens W, Zini G, Tommasi M, Kendall R, Scott CS. Evaluation of the Abbott Cell Dyn 4000 automated fluorescent reticulocyte measurements: comparison with manual, FACScan and Sysmex R1000 methods. Clin Lab Haematol 1997; 19:253-60. [PMID: 9460566 DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2257.1997.00078.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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The Abbott Cell Dyn 4000 (CD4000) is the first haematology analyser in which fully-automated reticulocyte measurements can be routinely determined by fluorescence as part of the full blood count. This communication reports the first evaluation of this method which was undertaken by three independent reference laboratories in Belgium, Germany and Italy. A total of 695 different samples was entered into the study which was designed to compare CD4000 reticulocyte information (enumeration and qualitative maturational data) with results determined in parallel with the existing manual (supravital staining) reference procedure, and two semi-automated fluorescent assays (Becton Dickinson FACScan and Sysmex R1000 instruments). These studies revealed good agreement between the CD4000 and the manual procedure, with no inter-method bias. Comparison of CD4000 and FACScan reticulocyte measurements, however, indicated a distinct tendency for the FACScan to give higher reticulocyte estimates than the CD4000. Finally, the comparison of the CD4000 with the Sysmex R1000 showed excellent agreement in the range 0-6% reticulocytes, although there was some inter-method bias in the higher range (> 15%). Analysis of agreement levels between the methods using specific 'clinical decision points' confirmed the tendency for overestimation by the FACScan, in that 58% of the samples with a reticulocytopenia of < 0.5% as defined by the CD4000 gave FACScan results within the normal range (0.5-1.8%). In contrast, there was absolute agreement between the CD4000 and the Sysmex R1000 for all reticulocytopenias. Comparison (195 samples) of instrument fluorescent reticulocyte maturation profiles demonstrated an exponential relationship (r = 0.78) between CD4000 IRF and R1000 HFR (highly fluorescent reticulocyte fraction) values. The suggestion that the CD4000 IRF values includes some of the MFR as well the HFR reticulocyte fraction was confirmed as the correlation between the CD4000 IRF and the Sysmex R1000 MFR plus HFR percentages was linear (r = 0.82). This study confirms a high performance level for the CD4000 automated fluorescent reticulocyte method.
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- G d'Onofrio
- Haematology Service, Catholic University Hospital, Rome, Italy
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Dörner K, Schulze S. In vivo interference of heparin bolus injection with photometric continuous lipase determination. Eur J Clin Chem Clin Biochem 1996; 34:363-4. [PMID: 8704054] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/01/2023]
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The new photometric lipase determinations use diacylglycerols as substrates in a micellar solution, whereas the turbidimetric method is based on emulsified triacylglycerols degradation. Extrahepatic lipoprotein lipase, which is well known to be liberated by heparin from the capillar binding sites, may cleave triacylglycerols as well as diacylglycerols. When a heparin bolus injection is given to a patient, the released lipoprotein lipase renders high lipase activities in blood misleading for a pancreatic disorder.
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- K Dörner
- Zentrallaboratorium des Städtischen Krankenhauses Kiel, Germany
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Dörner K. [Blood examination in the pharmacy with carrier-bound reagents (drug chemistry)]. Med Monatsschr Pharm 1995; 18:86-89. [PMID: 7752987] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/22/2023]
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- K Dörner
- Städtisches Krankenhaus, Zentrallaboratorium, Kiel
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Dörner K, Schulze S, Reinhardt M, Seeger H, Van Hove L. Improved automated leucocyte counting and differential in newborns achieved by the haematology analyser CELL-DYN 3500. Clin Lab Haematol 1995; 17:23-30. [PMID: 7621624 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2257.1995.tb00312.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/26/2023]
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Automated leucocyte counts in newborns generated by the impedance principle are artificially affected by the high osmotic resistance of some newborn RBC and possibly by the high normoblast numbers present during the neonatal period. Erroneously high WBC counts may result. The haematology analyser CELL-DYN 3500 (Abbott Diagnostika GmbH, Wiesbaden-Delkenheim, Germany) has two different channels for the WBC count, an electrical resistivity (impedance) channel and a laseroptical channel. In combination with facultative extended lysis of resistant RBC before WBC count, this instrument is claimed to be very suitable for newborn blood analysis. We measured the WBC count and differential of 165 blood samples from newborns and cord blood on the CELL-DYN 3500. Reticulocyte count and manual differential including normoblasts were determined. Furthermore, some technical aspects of neonatal blood analysis were evaluated: precision, cell stability, effect of incorrect blood-anticoagulant ratio of small blood collecting tubes. The internal decision making process of the CELL-DYN 3500 selects the result either from the optical channel (identifies and excludes normoblasts) or from the resistivity channel (eliminates resistant RBC). This instrument gives a reliable and accurate WBC count and differential of neonatal samples even in blood samples with normoblasts and lytic resistant RBC. The result given by the CELL-DYN 3500 can be confirmed by a subsequent run in extended lyse mode.
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- K Dörner
- Zentrallaboratorium Städtisches Krankenhaus, Kiel, Germany
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Dörner K. [Diagnostic errors in laboratory findings]. Z Arztl Fortbild (Jena) 1993; 87:981-9. [PMID: 8147011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/29/2023]
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- K Dörner
- Zentrallaboratorium des Städtischen Krankenhauses, Kiel
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Dörner K, Schulze S. [Reference values for plasma amino acids in the course of pregnancy]. Z Geburtshilfe Perinatol 1993; 197:141-3. [PMID: 8367990] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/30/2023]
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Reference values for 26 plasma amino acids were determined by ion exchange chromatography in 29 healthy pregnant women (1st to 3rd trimenon). The results are given as P50 (P7-P93). In the course of pregnancy the concentrations of amino acids generally decrease. Threonine, however, shows a distinct, statistically significant increase. The interindividual concentration ranges are low and they show little change in the course of pregnancy. The data presented here are relevant for dietary treatment of metabolic disorders, e.g. maternal phenylketonuria in pregnants.
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- K Dörner
- Zentrallaboratorium Städtisches Krankenhaus Kiel
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Pankau R, Diebold U, Jenderny J, Kautza M, Dörner K. [Killian-Teschler-Nicola syndrome (Pallister-Killian syndrome, mosaic tetrasomy 12p)]. Monatsschr Kinderheilkd 1992; 140:340-2. [PMID: 1640944] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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Schulze S, Dörner K. [Reference values for apolipoproteins and HDL-2/HDL-3 in childhood]. Klin Padiatr 1992; 204:102-6. [PMID: 1583847 DOI: 10.1055/s-2007-1025331] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
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It is known from epidemiological studies, that high apolipoprotein B or low HDL-2 concentrations in serum are correlated with an increased risk for premature cardiovascular diseases. It was the aim of this study to generate reference values for apolipoproteins and HDL-cholesterol fractions to accomplish early diagnosis and therapy. All concentrations are age depending, being low at birth and increasing during the first years of life. This rise is more pronounced in apolipoprotein B than in apolipoprotein AI and HDL-2. Apolipoprotein II and HDL-3 reach later childhood values as early as at the end of the first month of life. The ratio of B and AI, which is a very good indicator for an increased risk for premature cardiovascular diseases, moves also distinctively upward during the first year of life.
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- S Schulze
- Abteilung Allgemeine Pädiatrie, Universitätskinderklinik Kiel
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Schulz-Lell G, Dörner K, Oldigs HD, Sievers E, Schaub J. [Sodium and potassium metabolism in infancy]. Monatsschr Kinderheilkd 1992; 140:117-21. [PMID: 1557054] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
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BACKGROUND Recommendations for the concentration of most nutrients in infant formulas are based on their concentration in human milk. Industry succeeded in adapting sodium and potassium content in infant formulas to concentration found in human milk. Whether this adaptation affects on infants' mineral balances was studied in breast-fed and artificially-fed infants. METHODS Sodium and potassium balances were performed in 16 term male infants from their 3rd until their 17th week of life. The balances were performed at home and comprised up to five periods in intervals of three to four weeks. Each balance period consisted of subsequent three 24 h collections of milk, stool and urine samples. Ten infants were breast-fed, six received an adapted infant formula supplemented with copper, zinc and iron. RESULTS The breast-fed infants got a mean intake of 1 mmol Na/kg b w x day and a mean intake of 1.8 mmol K/kg b w x day. Man retention was 0.4 mmol Na and 0.7 mmol K/kg b w x day. The formula-fed infants received 1.9 mmol Na/kg b w x day and 2.1 mmol K/kg b w x day. Na- and K-retention in this group was 0.5 and 0.6 mmol/kg b w x day respectively. Although sodium intake in the formula-fed infants was nearly twice as much as in the breast-fed infants the difference in sodium retention was only small (0.4 vs 0.5 mmol/kg b w x day). The formula-fed infants got more potassium than the breast-fed infants, but potassium retention was the same in both groups. CONCLUSIONS With the adapted infant formula of this study the artificially fed infant was as well supplied with sodium and potassium as the breast-fed infant. A further reduction of the sodium concentration seems not to be useful.
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- G Schulz-Lell
- Abteilung Allgemeine Pädiatrie, Universitäts-Kinderklinik Washibgton, D.C
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Longitudinal zinc (Zn) balance studies were performed under domestic conditions in term breast-fed (n = 10), term formula-fed (n = 5; Zn concentration in the formula: 4 mg/l) and preterm formula-fed (n = 3) infants during the first 17 weeks of life. Samples of milk, urine and feces were analyzed by atomic absorption spectrometry. The median daily Zn intake in breast-fed infants decreased from 0.592 (0.457-0.829) mg Zn/kg body weight to 0.151 (0.095-0.304) mg Zn/kg body weight in the first 17 weeks of life; comparable values for bottle-fed term infants were 0.58 (0.511-0.701) and 0.674 (0.529-0.731) mg Zn/kg body weight. The median percent retention of Zn intake was 27 (-60 to 81.4)% in breast-fed infants and 21.5 (-42 to 64)% in formula-fed infants. In view of the urinary and fecal Zn losses measured, a daily intake of 0.3-0.5 mg Zn/kg body weight is considered to be sufficient to ensure a Zn retention equivalent to breast-fed infants. This requires a Zn concentration of 2-3 mg/l of Zn depending on milk volume intake.
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- E Sievers
- Department of Paediatrics, Christian-Albrechts University, Kiel, Germany
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Dörner K. [Introduction into the world of a psychiatry department. Letter to a beginner in psychiatry or: the hospital belongs to the nurses]. Krankenpfl Soins Infirm 1991; 84:25-30. [PMID: 1861435] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/29/2022]
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