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Macromolecular phasing using diffraction from multiple crystal forms

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INT UNION CRYSTALLOGRAPHY
DOI: 10.1107/S2053273320013650

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multiple crystal forms; ab initio phasing; iterative projection algorithms; X-ray free-electron lasers; XFELs

Funding

  1. New Zealand Marsden Fund
  2. University of Canterbury College of Engineering
  3. Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) through the Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Program
  4. BMBF [05K18CHA]
  5. Cluster of Excellence 'CUI: Advanced Imaging of Matter' of the DFG [EXC 2056, 390715994]
  6. Australian Research Council Centre of Excellence in Advanced Molecular Imaging
  7. US Department of Energy, Office of Science, Office of Basic Energy Sciences [DE-AC02-76SF00515]

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The proposed phasing algorithm for macromolecular crystallography utilizes diffraction data from multiple crystal forms to iteratively determine phase information without initial data. Demonstrated through simulation with known structures in multiple crystal forms, the method shows practicality with the potential for ab initio phasing when combined with other methods.
A phasing algorithm for macromolecular crystallography is proposed that utilizes diffraction data from multiple crystal forms - crystals of the same molecule with different unit-cell packings (different unit-cell parameters or space-group symmetries). The approach is based on the method of iterated projections, starting with no initial phase information. The practicality of the method is demonstrated by simulation using known structures that exist in multiple crystal forms, assuming some information on the molecular envelope and positional relationships between the molecules in the different unit cells. With incorporation of new or existing methods for determination of these parameters, the approach has potential as a method for ab initio phasing.

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