The hit-and-return system enables efficient time-resolved serial synchrotron crystallography.
Schulz, E.C., Mehrabi, P., Muller-Werkmeister, H.M., Tellkamp, F., Jha, A., Stuart, W., Persch, E., De Gasparo, R., Diederich, F., Pai, E.F., Miller, R.J.D.(2018) Nat Methods 15: 901-904
- PubMed: 30377366 
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41592-018-0180-2
- Primary Citation of Related Structures:  
6FSX, 6GXD, 6GXF, 6GXH, 6GXL, 6GXT - PubMed Abstract: 
We present a 'hit-and-return' (HARE) method for time-resolved serial synchrotron crystallography with time resolution from milliseconds to seconds or longer. Timing delays are set mechanically, using the regular pattern in fixed-target crystallography chips and a translation stage system. Optical pump-probe experiments to capture intermediate structures of fluoroacetate dehalogenase binding to its ligand demonstrated that data can be collected at short (30?ms), medium (752?ms) and long (2,052?ms) intervals.
Organizational Affiliation: 
Department for Atomically Resolved Dynamics, Max Planck Institute for Structure and Dynamics of Matter, Hamburg, Germany.