James Birch, Tristan O C Kwan, Peter J Judge, Danny Axford, Pierre Aller, Agata Butryn, Rosana I Reis, Juan F Bada Juarez, Javier Vinals, Robin L Owen, Eriko Nango, Rie Tanaka, Kensuke Tono, Yasumasa Joti, Tomoyuki Tanaka, Shigeki Owada, Michihiro Sugahara, So Iwata, Allen M Orville, Anthony Watts, Isabel Moraes
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Abstract
Serial crystallography has emerged as an important tool for structural studies of integral membrane proteins. The ability to collect data from micrometre-sized weakly diffracting crystals at room temperature with minimal radiation damage has opened many new opportunities in time-resolved studies and drug discovery. However, the production of integral membrane protein microcrystals in lipidic cubic phase at the desired crystal density and quantity is challenging. This paper introduces VIALS (versatile approach to high-density microcrystals in lipidic cubic phase for serial crystallography), a simple, fast and efficient method for preparing hundreds of microlitres of high-density microcrystals suitable for serial X-ray diffraction experiments at both synchrotron and free-electron laser sources. The method is also of great benefit for rational structure-based drug design as it facilitates in situ crystal soaking and rapid determination of many co-crystal structures. Using the VIALS approach, room-temperature structures are reported of (i) the archaerhodopsin-3 protein in its dark-adapted state and 110 ns photocycle intermediate, determined to 2.2 and 1.7 Å, respectively, and (ii) the human A2A adenosine receptor in complex with two different ligands determined to a resolution of 3.5 Å.
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Many research topics in condensed matter research, materials science and the life sciences make use of crystallographic methods to study crystalline and non-crystalline matter with neutrons, X-rays and electrons. Articles published in the Journal of Applied Crystallography focus on these methods and their use in identifying structural and diffusion-controlled phase transformations, structure-property relationships, structural changes of defects, interfaces and surfaces, etc. Developments of instrumentation and crystallographic apparatus, theory and interpretation, numerical analysis and other related subjects are also covered. The journal is the primary place where crystallographic computer program information is published.