A capillary-based microfluidic device enables primary high-throughput room-temperature crystallographic screening
© Shuo Sui et al. 2021.
| Veröffentlicht in: | Journal of applied crystallography. - 1998. - 54(2021), Pt 4 vom: 01. Aug., Seite 1034-1046 |
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| Format: | Online-Aufsatz |
| Sprache: | English |
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2021
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| Zugriff auf das übergeordnete Werk: | Journal of applied crystallography |
| Schlagworte: | Journal Article X-ray diffraction compound screening microfluidics protein crystallography structural biology |
| Zusammenfassung: | © Shuo Sui et al. 2021. A novel capillary-based microfluidic strategy to accelerate the process of small-molecule-compound screening by room-temperature X-ray crystallography using protein crystals is reported. The ultra-thin microfluidic devices are composed of a UV-curable polymer, patterned by cleanroom photolithography, and have nine capillary channels per chip. The chip was designed for ease of sample manipulation, sample stability and minimal X-ray background. 3D-printed frames and cassettes conforming to SBS standards are used to house the capillary chips, providing additional mechanical stability and compatibility with automated liquid- and sample-handling robotics. These devices enable an innovative in situ crystal-soaking screening workflow, akin to high-throughput compound screening, such that quantitative electron density maps sufficient to determine weak binding events are efficiently obtained. This work paves the way for adopting a room-temperature microfluidics-based sample delivery method at synchrotron sources to facilitate high-throughput protein-crystallography-based screening of compounds at high concentration with the aim of discovering novel binding events in an automated manner |
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| Beschreibung: | Date Revised 08.11.2023 published: Electronic-eCollection Citation Status PubMed-not-MEDLINE |
| ISSN: | 0021-8898 |
| DOI: | 10.1107/S1600576721004155 |