Experimental phasing opportunities for macromolecular crystallography at very long wavelengths

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Despite recent advances in cryo-electron microscopy and artificial intelligence-based model predictions, a significant fraction of structure determinations by macromolecular crystallography still requires experimental phasing, usually by means of single-wavelength anomalous diffraction (SAD) techniques. Most synchrotron beamlines provide highly brilliant beams of X-rays of between 0.7 and 2 Å wavelength. Use of longer wavelengths to access the absorption edges of biologically important lighter atoms such as calcium, potassium, chlorine, sulfur and phosphorus for native-SAD phasing is attractive but technically highly challenging. The long-wavelength beamline I23 at Diamond Light Source overcomes these limitations and extends the accessible wavelength range to λ = 5.9 Å. Here we report 22 macromolecular structures solved in this extended wavelength range, using anomalous scattering from a range of elements which demonstrate the routine feasibility of lighter atom phasing. We suggest that, in light of its advantages, long-wavelength crystallography is a compelling option for experimental phasing.

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2023

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2023

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:6

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Communications chemistry - 6(2023), 1 vom: 12. Okt., Seite 219

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Englisch

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El Omari, Kamel [VerfasserIn]
Duman, Ramona [VerfasserIn]
Mykhaylyk, Vitaliy [VerfasserIn]
Orr, Christian M [VerfasserIn]
Latimer-Smith, Merlyn [VerfasserIn]
Winter, Graeme [VerfasserIn]
Grama, Vinay [VerfasserIn]
Qu, Feng [VerfasserIn]
Bountra, Kiran [VerfasserIn]
Kwong, Hok Sau [VerfasserIn]
Romano, Maria [VerfasserIn]
Reis, Rosana I [VerfasserIn]
Vogeley, Lutz [VerfasserIn]
Vecchia, Luca [VerfasserIn]
Owen, C David [VerfasserIn]
Wittmann, Sina [VerfasserIn]
Renner, Max [VerfasserIn]
Senda, Miki [VerfasserIn]
Matsugaki, Naohiro [VerfasserIn]
Kawano, Yoshiaki [VerfasserIn]
Bowden, Thomas A [VerfasserIn]
Moraes, Isabel [VerfasserIn]
Grimes, Jonathan M [VerfasserIn]
Mancini, Erika J [VerfasserIn]
Walsh, Martin A [VerfasserIn]
Guzzo, Cristiane R [VerfasserIn]
Owens, Raymond J [VerfasserIn]
Jones, E Yvonne [VerfasserIn]
Brown, David G [VerfasserIn]
Stuart, Dave I [VerfasserIn]
Beis, Konstantinos [VerfasserIn]
Wagner, Armin [VerfasserIn]

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Date Revised 20.03.2024

published: Electronic

Citation Status PubMed-not-MEDLINE

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10.1038/s42004-023-01014-0

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