Separating the effects of temperature and absorbed X-ray dose on unit-cell volume.
Southworth-Davies, R.J., Murray, J.W., Carmichael, I., Rudino-Pinera, E., Weik, M., Garman, E.F.(2026) Acta Crystallogr D Struct Biol 
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- DOI: https://doi.org/10.1107/S2059798326008612
- Primary Citation Related Structures: 
31XT, 31YA, 31YB, 31YO, 31YP, 31YR, 31YU, 31YV, 31YW, 31YX, 31YY, 31ZA, 31ZC, 31ZD, 32CH, 32CI, 32CJ, 32CL, 32CM, 32CO, 32CP, 32CQ, 32CW, 32DD, 32DV, 32EA, 32ET, 32HL - PubMed Abstract: 
The behaviour of the unit-cell volume of crystals of the iron-storage molecule ferritin, both in the apo and the holo form, and of influenza A virus subtype N9 neuraminidase at 100 K and over a controlled cryo-temperature series was investigated. The purpose of this study was to separate out the effects of dose and temperature on the protein by assessing the changes in the unit-cell volume. Over the wide range of X-ray doses examined in this work, the irreversible effect of dose on the unit-cell volume could be distinguished from the reversible (below 160 K) temperature-induced effects. Specific structural damage effects were not reversible.
- Department of Biochemistry, University of Oxford, Dorothy Crowfoot Hodgkin Building, South Parks Road, Oxford OX1 3QU, United Kingdom.
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