Grease matrix as a versatile carrier of proteins for serial crystallography
Sugahara, M., Mizohata, E., Nango, E., Suzuki, M., Tanaka, T., Masuda, T., Tanaka, R., Shimamura, T., Tanaka, Y., Suno, C., Ihara, K., Pan, D., Kakinouchi, K., Sugiyama, S., Murata, M., Inoue, T., Tono, K., Song, C., Park, J., Kameshima, T., Hatsui, T., Joti, Y., Yabashi, M., Iwata, S.(2015) Nat Methods 12: 61-63
- PubMed: 25384243 
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/nmeth.3172
- Primary Citation of Related Structures:  
3WUL, 3WUM, 3WXQ, 3WXS, 3WXT, 3WXU, 4W4Q - PubMed Abstract: 
Serial femtosecond X-ray crystallography (SFX) has revolutionized atomic-resolution structural investigation by expanding applicability to micrometer-sized protein crystals, even at room temperature, and by enabling dynamics studies. However, reliable crystal-carrying media for SFX are lacking. Here we introduce a grease-matrix carrier for protein microcrystals and obtain the structures of lysozyme, glucose isomerase, thaumatin and fatty acid-binding protein type 3 under ambient conditions at a resolution of or finer than 2 Å.
Organizational Affiliation: 
RIKEN SPring-8 Center, Sayo, Japan.