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Area of Science:

  • Structural Biology
  • Biophysics
  • Crystallography

Background:

  • Time-resolved macromolecular crystallography has advanced with the advent of hard X-ray free electron lasers (XFELs).
  • Data collection and processing techniques developed for XFELs are now applied to synchrotron light sources.
  • Despite differing modalities, X-ray data analysis follows a common pathway.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To present a practical approach for calculating difference electron density (DED) maps.
  • To demonstrate the use of DED maps for determining structural models in time-resolved crystallography.

Main Methods:

  • Calculation of difference electron density (DED) maps from time-resolved X-ray diffraction data.
  • Utilizing DED maps to derive and refine structural models of macromolecules.

Main Results:

  • A robust method for generating chemically meaningful DED maps is detailed.
  • The presented approach enables the determination of structural models from experimental data.

Conclusions:

  • Successful time-resolved crystallography hinges on obtaining informative DED maps.
  • This practical approach facilitates the analysis of time-resolved X-ray data for structural determination.