
Microcrystallography, high‐pressure cryocooling and BioSAXS at MacCHESS
Author(s) -
Englich Ulrich,
Kriksunov Irina A.,
Cerione Richard A.,
Cook Michael J.,
Gillilan Richard,
Gruner Sol M.,
Huang Qingqui,
Kim Chae Un,
Miller William,
Nielsen Soren,
Schuller David,
Smith Scott,
Szebenyi Doletha M. E.
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
journal of synchrotron radiation
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.172
H-Index - 99
ISSN - 1600-5775
DOI - 10.1107/s0909049510036010
Subject(s) - diffraction , synchrotron , resource (disambiguation) , scattering , process (computing) , materials science , high resolution , macromolecule , engineering physics , crystallography , computer science , optics , physics , chemistry , geography , computer network , biochemistry , remote sensing , operating system
The Macromolecular Diffraction Facility at the Cornell High Energy Synchrotron Source (MacCHESS) is a national research resource supported by the National Center for Research Resources of the US National Institutes of Health. MacCHESS is pursuing several research initiatives designed to benefit both CHESS users and the wider structural biology community. Three initiatives are presented in further detail: microcrystallography, which aims to improve the collection of diffraction data from crystals a few micrometers across, or small well diffracting regions of inhomogeneous crystals, so as to obtain high‐resolution structures; pressure cryocooling, which can stabilize transient structures and reduce lattice damage during the cooling process; and BioSAXS (small‐angle X‐ray scattering on biological solutions), which can extract molecular shape and other structural information from macromolecules in solution.