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ArticleActa crystallographica. Section D, Structural biology2026

Radiation damage in sub-Ångström resolution macromolecular crystallography: a low-dose study.

Gleb Bourenkov, Elham Paknia, Claus Flensburg, Rasmus Fogh, Peter Keller, Clemens Vonrhein, Gérard Bricogne, Ashwin Chari

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Article in Acta crystallographica. Section D, Structural biology, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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  1. Towards routine accurate electron-density studies of biological macromolecules.Acta crystallographica. Section D, Structural biology · 2026
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8 authors.

Gleb BourenkovEuropean Molecular Biology Laboratory, Hamburg Unit, Notkestrasse 85, 22607 Hamburg, Germany.ORCID 0000-0002-2617-5920
Elham PakniaDepartment of Structural Dynamics, Max Planck Institute for Multidisciplinary Sciences, Am Fassberg 11, 37077 Göttingen, Germany.ORCID 0000-0002-9228-6215
Claus FlensburgGlobal Phasing Limited, 9 Journey Campus, Castle Park, Cambridge CB3 0AX, United Kingdom.ORCID 0000-0003-2454-5841
Rasmus FoghGlobal Phasing Limited, 9 Journey Campus, Castle Park, Cambridge CB3 0AX, United Kingdom.ORCID 0009-0000-6340-7754
Peter KellerGlobal Phasing Limited, 9 Journey Campus, Castle Park, Cambridge CB3 0AX, United Kingdom.ORCID 0000-0001-6737-9383
Clemens VonrheinGlobal Phasing Limited, 9 Journey Campus, Castle Park, Cambridge CB3 0AX, United Kingdom.ORCID 0000-0001-7835-5416
Gérard BricogneGlobal Phasing Limited, 9 Journey Campus, Castle Park, Cambridge CB3 0AX, United Kingdom.ORCID 0000-0002-0298-5507
Ashwin ChariResearch Group for Structural Biochemistry and Mechanisms, Max Planck Institute for Multidisciplinary Sciences, Am Fassberg 11, 37077 Göttingen, Germany.ORCID 0000-0001-6220-9828

Funding

Volkswagen Foundation 0200374-01
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Sub-Ångström macromolecular crystallography allows the construction of structural models without any prior chemical knowledge and stereochemical restraints, making it possible to visualize deviations from peptide planarity, distortions of the planarity of aromatic ring systems and subtle alternate conformation networks. It also holds the promise of observing aspherical density features and other quantum-mechanical phenomena. However, the degree to which radiation damage might affect the details that can be discerned from biological structures at such resolutions has remained unknown. To address this, we report here the first study of radiation-damage effects at sub-Ångström resolution on Pyrococcus abyssi rubredoxin. Our data, collected at 100 K, indicate that the oxidized (Fe

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Macromolecular SubstancesRubredoxinsCrystallography, X-RayModels, MolecularProtein ConformationMacromolecular SubstancesRubredoxinsaspherical electron densitiesFe–S4 cluster bond lengthsradiation damagesub-Ångström resolution

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PMID41973447
PMCPMC13133993

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