Is Radiation Damage Dependent on the Dose-Rate Used During Macromolecular Crystallography Data Collection?
Leiros, H.-K.S., Timmins, J., Ravelli, R.B.G., Mcsweeney, S.M.(2006) Acta Crystallogr D Biol Crystallogr 62: 125
- PubMed: 16421442 
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.1107/S0907444905033627
- Primary Citation of Related Structures:  
2BXY, 2BXZ, 2BY0, 2BY1, 2BY2, 2BY3, 2BY5, 2BY6, 2BY7, 2BY8, 2BY9, 2BYA - PubMed Abstract: 
This paper focuses on the radiation-damage effects when applying the same total X-ray dose to protein crystals at different dose rates. These experiments have been performed on both a selenomethionated protein and on bovine trypsin using dose rates that span nearly two orders of magnitude. The results show no clear dose-rate effect on the global indicators of radiation damage, but a small measurable dose-rate effect could be found when studying specific radiation damage. It is hypothesized that this observed dose-rate effect relates to differences in the steady-state free-radical concentration.
Organizational Affiliation: 
Macromolecular Crystallography Group, European Synchrotron Radiation Facility (ESRF), 6 Rue Jules Horowitz, 38043 Grenoble, France.