Lipidic cubic phase serial millisecond crystallography using synchrotron radiation.
Author(s)
Type
Journal Article
Abstract
Lipidic cubic phases (LCPs) have emerged as successful matrixes for the crystallization of membrane proteins. Moreover, the viscous LCP also provides a highly effective delivery medium for serial femtosecond crystallography (SFX) at X-ray free-electron lasers (XFELs). Here, the adaptation of this technology to perform serial millisecond crystallography (SMX) at more widely available synchrotron microfocus beamlines is described. Compared with conventional microcrystallography, LCP-SMX eliminates the need for difficult handling of individual crystals and allows for data collection at room temperature. The technology is demonstrated by solving a structure of the light-driven proton-pump bacteriorhodopsin (bR) at a resolution of 2.4 Å. The room-temperature structure of bR is very similar to previous cryogenic structures but shows small yet distinct differences in the retinal ligand and proton-transfer pathway.
Date Issued
2015-03-01
Citation
IUCrJ, 2015, 2 (Pt 2), pp.168-176
ISSN
2052-2525
Publisher
International Union of Crystallography
Start Page
168
End Page
176
Journal / Book Title
IUCrJ
Volume
2
Issue
Pt 2
Copyright Statement
© 2015 Przemyslaw Nogly et al. See http://journals.iucr.org/m/issues/2015/02/00/jt5008/
Identifier
PII: jt5008
Subjects
XFEL
bacteriorhodopsin
lipidic cubic phases
protein crystallography
Publication Status
Published