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A multi-reservoir extruder for time-resolved serial protein crystallography and compound screening at X-ray free-electron lasers

Wranik, Maximilian
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Kepa, Michal W.
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Beale, Emma V.
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December 2, 2023
Nature Communications

Serial crystallography at X-ray free-electron lasers (XFELs) permits the determination of radiation-damage free static as well as time-resolved protein structures at room temperature. Efficient sample delivery is a key factor for such experiments. Here, we describe a multi-reservoir, high viscosity extruder as a step towards automation of sample delivery at XFELs. Compared to a standard single extruder, sample exchange time was halved and the workload of users was greatly reduced. In-built temperature control of samples facilitated optimal extrusion and supported sample stability. After commissioning the device with lysozyme crystals, we collected time-resolved data using crystals of a membrane-bound, light-driven sodium pump. Static data were also collected from the soluble protein tubulin that was soaked with a series of small molecule drugs. Using these data, we identify low occupancy (as little as 30%) ligands using a minimal amount of data from a serial crystallography experiment, a result that could be exploited for structure-based drug design.|Protein serial crystallography at X-ray free-electron lasers (XFELs) is a powerful technique for structure determination. Here, authors present a device for sample delivery designed to abate challenges to non-specialists allowing for compound screening.

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research article
DOI
10.1038/s41467-023-43523-5
Web of Science ID

WOS:001115563700037

Author(s)
Wranik, Maximilian
Kepa, Michal W.
Beale, Emma V.
James, Daniel
Bertrand, Quentin
Weinert, Tobias
Furrer, Antonia
Glover, Hannah
Gashi, Dardan
Carrillo, Melissa
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Date Issued

2023-12-02

Publisher

Nature Portfolio

Published in
Nature Communications
Volume

14

Issue

1

Article Number

7956

Subjects

Femtosecond Crystallography

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Crystallizing Membrane

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Sample Delivery

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Cubic Phase

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Mechanism

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Dynamics

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Opportunities

Editorial or Peer reviewed

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EPFL

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FunderGrant Number

Schweizerischer Nationalfonds zur Frderung der Wissenschaftlichen Forschung (Swiss National Science Foundation)

310030_192566

Swiss National Science Foundation

TH2231/1-1

German Research Foundation (DFG) through Emmy Noether grant

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