Time-resolved serial femtosecond crystallography for investigating structural dynamics of chemical systems.

Autor: Moon, Jungho, Lee, Yunbeom, Ihee, Hyotcherl
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Zdroj: Chemical Communications; 9/14/2024, Vol. 60 Issue 71, p9472-9482, 11p
Abstrakt: Time-resolved serial femtosecond crystallography (TR-SFX) has emerged as a crucial tool for studying the structural dynamics of proteins. In principle, TR-SFX has the potential to be a powerful tool not only for studying proteins but also for investigating chemical reactions. However, non-protein systems generally face challenges in indexing due to sparse Bragg spots and encounter difficulties in effectively exciting target molecules. Nevertheless, successful TR-SFX studies on chemical systems have been recently reported in a few instances, boding well for the application of TR-SFX to study chemical reactions in the future. In this context, we review the static SFX and TR-SFX studies conducted on chemical systems reported to date and suggest prospects for future research directions. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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