Beamline introduction
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The BL19U1 protein complex crystallorgraphy beamline has the advantages of high luminous flux and low beam divergence. The U20 unshaker is used as the beamline light source with the working energy of 7-15KeV, covering the conventional heavy atom absorption edge, and has high flux and brightness near the commonly used energy of 12keV. Diffraction experiments using X-ray beams with good collimation can reduce the diffraction point broadening caused by the incompleteness of protein crystals, significantly improve the signal-to-noise ratio of diffraction experimental data, and thus improve the resolution of structure determination, especially for the crystals of biomacromolecular complexes. The beam divergence Angle of BL19U1 can reach to 0.1 mrad, which can determine not only the crystal structure of conventional proteins, but also the structure of macromolecular complexes with large cell size. The available experimental methods for crystal structure determination include multi-wavelength anomalous scattering (MAD), single-wavelength anomalous scattering (SAD), molecular replacement (MR), isomorphous replacement (MIR), etc.
Scientific Scope
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Biological macromolecule crystal structure determination:
Multi-wavelength anomalous scattering (MAD), single-wavelength anomalous Scattering (SAD), Molecular replacement (MR), isomorphous replacement (MIR)
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Beamline Layout
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Beamline specification
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►Photon energy range(keV):7~15
►Energy resolution(DE/E):≤ 2×10-4
►Focused beam size(H×V) (µm2):≤120×80
►Flux at sample(phs/s@12keV@300 mA):≥1.5×1012 (@12keV) 
►Focused beam divergence(H×V) (mrad2): ≤0.1×0.1
Endstations
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The experimental station is equipped with MD2S diffractometer, Pilatus3 X 6M detector and ACTOR mechanical hand sample system, which can collect the diffraction data of biological macromolecules efficiently and quickly. The MD2S diffractometer is highly integrated in technology, and the coaxial microscope can magnification the sample by 10.0 times, so that the tiny crystal can be easily observed and centered under the microscope, and the Sphere of Confusion (SOC) can reach 1.3micron. The Dewar of the Rigaku Actor sampling manipulator can accommodate 5 sample devices, and each sample device can accommodate 16 samples. Users can conduct continuous data collection of 80 samples after one sample loading, which can meet the needs of daily experiments. The Pilatus3 6M is a high-speed large surface detector with a sampling rate of up to 100 frames per second to meet the requirements of sampling speed and high-resolution data acquisition.
Data Acquisition and Analysis
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The beamline is equipped with the MxCube3 data acquisition system, which enables high-performance data collection by integrating control over the MD2S diffractometer, ACTOR robotic arm, and Pilatus3 X 6M detector. Additionally, the beamline is equipped with autoProc, Xia2-XDS, and Xia2-Dials data processing software to ensure that users' data can be processed directly at the beamline. We also offer the HKL3000 and AUTOPX software tools, providing users with convenient and swift options for manually processing data.
The interface of data collection
Automated data processing