Gupta Sayan, Celestre Richard, Petzold Christopher J, Chance Mark R, Ralston Corie
Berkeley Center for Structural Biology, Physical Biosciences Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, 1 Cyclotron Road, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA.
Experimental Systems, Advanced Light Source Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, 1 Cyclotron Road, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA.
J Synchrotron Radiat. 2014 Jul;21(Pt 4):690-9. doi: 10.1107/S1600577514007000. Epub 2014 May 16.
X-ray footprinting (XF) is an important structural biology tool used to determine macromolecular conformations and dynamics of both nucleic acids and proteins in solution on a wide range of timescales. With the impending shut-down of the National Synchrotron Light Source, it is ever more important that this tool continues to be developed at other synchrotron facilities to accommodate XF users. Toward this end, a collaborative XF program has been initiated at the Advanced Light Source using the white-light bending-magnet beamlines 5.3.1 and 3.2.1. Accessibility of the microsecond time regime for protein footprinting is demonstrated at beamline 5.3.1 using the high flux density provided by a focusing mirror in combination with a micro-capillary flow cell. It is further reported that, by saturating samples with nitrous oxide, the radiolytic labeling efficiency is increased and the imprints of bound versus bulk water can be distinguished. These results both demonstrate the suitability of the Advanced Light Source as a second home for the XF experiment, and pave the way for obtaining high-quality structural data on complex protein samples and dynamics information on the microsecond timescale.
X射线足迹法(XF)是一种重要的结构生物学工具,用于在广泛的时间尺度上确定溶液中核酸和蛋白质的大分子构象及动力学。随着国家同步辐射光源即将关闭,在其他同步辐射设施上继续开发此工具以满足XF用户的需求变得愈发重要。为此,在先进光源利用白光弯铁光束线5.3.1和3.2.1启动了一个合作的XF项目。在光束线5.3.1上,通过使用聚焦镜与微毛细管流动池提供的高通量密度,证明了蛋白质足迹法在微秒时间尺度上的可及性。进一步报道称,通过用一氧化二氮使样品饱和,辐射标记效率得以提高,并且可以区分结合水与大量水的印记。这些结果既证明了先进光源作为XF实验的第二个主场的适用性,也为获取复杂蛋白质样品的高质量结构数据以及微秒时间尺度上的动力学信息铺平了道路。