Entering an era of dynamic structural biology…
Abstract A recent paper in BMC Biology presents a general method for mix-and-inject serial crystallography, to facilitate the visualization of enzyme intermediates via time-resolved serial femtosecond crystallography (tr-SFX). They apply their method to resolve in near atomic detail the cleavage and...
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doaj-2a2746f46c2d4e5ab59636928ff38c682020-11-24T22:06:51ZengBMCBMC Biology1741-70072018-05-011611410.1186/s12915-018-0533-4Entering an era of dynamic structural biology…Allen M. Orville0Diamond Light Source, Research Complex at Harwell, and University of OxfordAbstract A recent paper in BMC Biology presents a general method for mix-and-inject serial crystallography, to facilitate the visualization of enzyme intermediates via time-resolved serial femtosecond crystallography (tr-SFX). They apply their method to resolve in near atomic detail the cleavage and inactivation of the antibiotic ceftriaxone by a β-lactamase enzyme from Mycobacterium tuberculosis. Their work demonstrates the general applicability of time-resolved crystallography, from which dynamic structures, at atomic resolution, can be obtained. See research article: https://bmcbiol.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12915-018-0524-5.http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12915-018-0533-4 |
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Abstract A recent paper in BMC Biology presents a general method for mix-and-inject serial crystallography, to facilitate the visualization of enzyme intermediates via time-resolved serial femtosecond crystallography (tr-SFX). They apply their method to resolve in near atomic detail the cleavage and inactivation of the antibiotic ceftriaxone by a β-lactamase enzyme from Mycobacterium tuberculosis. Their work demonstrates the general applicability of time-resolved crystallography, from which dynamic structures, at atomic resolution, can be obtained. See research article: https://bmcbiol.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12915-018-0524-5. |
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