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ArticleIUCrJ2023

Protein-to-structure pipeline for ambient-temperature in situ crystallography at VMXi.

Halina Mikolajek, Juan Sanchez-Weatherby, James Sandy, Richard J Gildea, Ivan Campeotto, Harish Cheruvara, John D Clarke, Toshana Foster, Sotaro Fujii, Ian T Paulsen and 2 more

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Article in IUCrJ, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 15 papers.

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15 citing papers in PubMed.

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5 · Who and what money

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12 authors.

Halina MikolajekDiamond Light Source Ltd, Harwell Science and Innovation Campus, Didcot OX11 0DE, United Kingdom.ORCID 0000-0003-0776-9974
Juan Sanchez-WeatherbyDiamond Light Source Ltd, Harwell Science and Innovation Campus, Didcot OX11 0DE, United Kingdom.ORCID 0000-0001-5893-9641
James SandyDiamond Light Source Ltd, Harwell Science and Innovation Campus, Didcot OX11 0DE, United Kingdom.ORCID 0000-0002-6271-2084
Richard J GildeaDiamond Light Source Ltd, Harwell Science and Innovation Campus, Didcot OX11 0DE, United Kingdom.ORCID 0000-0001-5038-6958
Ivan CampeottoInterdisciplinary Biomedical Research Centre, School of Science and Technology, Nottingham Trent University, Clifton Campus, Nottingham NG11 8NS, United Kingdom.ORCID 0000-0002-0814-619X
Harish CheruvaraMembrane Protein Laboratory, Diamond Light Source Ltd, Harwell Science and Innovation Campus, Didcot OX11 0DE, United Kingdom.
John D ClarkeDiamond Light Source Ltd, Harwell Science and Innovation Campus, Didcot OX11 0DE, United Kingdom.ORCID 0000-0001-7891-7626
Toshana FosterSchool of Veterinary Medicine and Science, University of Nottingham, Sutton Bonington Campus, Nottingham LE12 5RD, United Kingdom.ORCID 0000-0001-7752-8987
Sotaro FujiiDiamond Light Source Ltd, Harwell Science and Innovation Campus, Didcot OX11 0DE, United Kingdom.
Ian T PaulsenSchool of Natural Sciences, Macquarie University, Sydney, Australia.
Bhumika S ShahSchool of Natural Sciences, Macquarie University, Sydney, Australia.ORCID 0000-0001-8968-440X
Michael A HoughDiamond Light Source Ltd, Harwell Science and Innovation Campus, Didcot OX11 0DE, United Kingdom.ORCID 0000-0001-7377-6713

Funding

Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council BB/M011224/1Wellcome TrustWellcome Trust 202892/Z/16/ZWellcome Trust 217414/Z/19/ZWellcome Trust 223727/Z/21/Z
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The utility of X-ray crystal structures determined under ambient-temperature conditions is becoming increasingly recognized. Such experiments can allow protein dynamics to be characterized and are particularly well suited to challenging protein targets that may form fragile crystals that are difficult to cryo-cool. Room-temperature data collection also enables time-resolved experiments. In contrast to the high-throughput highly automated pipelines for determination of structures at cryogenic temperatures widely available at synchrotron beamlines, room-temperature methodology is less mature. Here, the current status of the fully automated ambient-temperature beamline VMXi at Diamond Light Source is described, and a highly efficient pipeline from protein sample to final multi-crystal data analysis and structure determination is shown. The capability of the pipeline is illustrated using a range of user case studies representing different challenges, and from high and lower symmetry space groups and varied crystal sizes. It is also demonstrated that very rapid structure determination from crystals in situ within crystallization plates is now routine with minimal user intervention.

Indexed as

ProteinsSynchrotronsCrystallography, X-RayPhase TransitionTemperatureProteinsautomated data collectioncrystallization pipelinesin situmulti-crystalradiation damageroom temperaturestructural biologyVMXiX-ray crystallography

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PMID37199504
PMCPMC10324489

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