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BL-1A : Macromolecular Crystallography

Overview

Beamline group	Group 4 (Protein Crystallography)
Technique	X-ray crystallography
Features	Rapid and accurate diffraction experiment using a small beam and pixel array detectors Low background measurement under helium gas environment Native SAD phasing using a long-wavelength X-ray（>2.7 Å）
Area of research	Structural biology
Contacts	Naohiro MATSUGAKI naohiro.matsugaki(at)kek.jp Please change (at) to @ in the e-mail address.
Special notes

Performance

Source	2.5GeV PF, Short Gap Undulator (SGU#01)
Optics	Monochromator (16.5 m): Cryo-cooled channel-cut Si (111) Vertical Focusing Mirror (18.6 m): 16 electrodes bimorph (600 mm (L) x 45 mm (W)), two stripes (Rh/SiO2) with 4.0 mrad glancing angle Horizontal Focusing Mirror (19.2 m): 12 electroldes bimorph (450 mm (L) x 45 mm (W)), two stripes (Rh/SiO2) with 4.0 mrad glancing angle
Energy range	0.96 - 1.07 Å, 1.7 - 1.9 Å, 2.7 - 3.25 Å
Resolution (ΔE/E)	~ 2 x 10-4
Beam size	0.013 mm (H) x 0.013 mm (V)
Photon flux	5 x 1010 photons/s (1.07 Å) 1.1 x 1011 photons/s (2.7 Å)
Instruments	Cryocooling device: CryoIndusty Co. G2B-LT Fluorescence detector: Amptek XR-100CR(Si-PIN) Sample changer: PAM-HC (in-house developed)
Detectors	EIGER X 4M (x2) (DECTRIS Co.)
Remote / Mail-in	Available
Special notes

More information

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References

1. M. Hiraki et al., AIP Conf. Proc., 1741, 030029 (2016), doi:10.1063/1.4952852
2. D. Liebschner et al., Acta Cryst., D72, 728-741 (2016), doi:10.1107/S2059798316005349
3. S. Basu et al., IUCrJ, 6, 373-386 (2019), doi:10.1107/S2052252519002756

Publications

KEK-PF Publication Database (Publications of BL-1A)

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Last updated: 2021-9-30