Acoustic Focusing of Protein Crystals for In-Line Monitoring and Up-Concentration during Serial Crystallography

QC 20230908
Serial femtosecond crystallography (SFX) has become one of the standard techniques at X-ray free-electron lasers (XFELs) to obtain high-resolution structural information from microcrystals of proteins. Nevertheless, reliable sample delivery is still often limiting data collection, as microcrystals can clog both field- and flow-focusing nozzles despite in-line filters. In this study, we developed acoustic 2D focusing of protein microcrystals in capillaries that enables real-time online characterization of crystal size and shape in the sample delivery line after the in-line filter. We used a piezoelectric actuator to create a standing wave perpendicular to the crystal flow, which focused lysozyme microcrystals into a single line inside a silica capillary so that they can be imaged using a high-speed camera. We characterized the acoustic contrast factor, focus size, and the coaxial flow lines and developed a splitting union that enables up-concentration to at least a factor of five. The focus size, flow rates, and geometry may enable an upper limit of up-concentration as high as 200 fold. The novel feedback and concentration control could be implemented for serial crystallography at synchrotrons with minor modifications. It will also aid the development of improved sample delivery systems that will increase SFX data collection rates at XFELs, with potential applications to many proteins that can only be purified and crystallized in small amounts.

Lane, Thomas J.Center for Free-Electron Laser Science, Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron DESY, Notkestrasse 85, 22607 Hamburg, Germany, Notkestrasse 85 (författare)
Batili, HazalKTH,Biomedicinsk fysik och röntgenfysik(Swepub:kth)u174hl0q (författare)
Sierra, RaymondLinac Coherent Light Source, SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Menlo Park, California 94025, United States (författare)
Wiklund, MartinKTH,Tillämpad fysik(Swepub:kth)u1rillco (författare)
Sellberg, Jonas A.,1985-KTH,Biomedicinsk fysik och röntgenfysik(Swepub:kth)u1ynvdbz (författare)
KTHBiofysik (creator_code:org_t)

Ingår i:Analytical Chemistry: American Chemical Society (ACS)94:37, s. 12645-126560003-27001520-6882

Av författaren/redakt...: Hammarström, Bjö ...; Lane, Thomas J.; Batili, Hazal; Sierra, Raymond; Wiklund, Martin; Sellberg, Jonas ...

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