Hydroxyethyl cellulose matrix applied to serial crystallography

作者:Sugahara Michihiro; Nakane Takanori; Masuda Tetsuya; Suzuki Mamoru; Inoue Shigeyuki; Song Changyong; Tanaka Rie; Nakatsu Toru; Mizohata Eiichi; Yumoto Fumiaki; Tono Kensuke; Joti Yasumasa; Kameshima Takashi; Hatsui Takaki; Yabashi Makina; Nureki Osamu; Numata Keiji; Nango Eriko; Iwata So
来源:Scientific Reports, 2017, 7(1): 703.
DOI:10.1038/s41598-017-00761-0

摘要

Serial femtosecond crystallography (SFX) allows structures of proteins to be determined at room temperature with minimal radiation damage. A highly viscous matrix acts as a crystal carrier for serial sample loading at a low flow rate that enables the determination of the structure, while requiring consumption of less than 1 mg of the sample. However, a reliable and versatile carrier matrix for a wide variety of protein samples is still elusive. Here we introduce a hydroxyethyl cellulose-matrix carrier, to determine the structure of three proteins. The de novo structure determination of proteinase K from single-wavelength anomalous diffraction (SAD) by utilizing the anomalous signal of the praseodymium atom was demonstrated using 3,000 diffraction images.

  • 出版日期2017-4-6