[HTML][HTML] MXCuBE2: the dawn of MXCuBE Collaboration

M Oscarsson, A Beteva, D Flot, E Gordon… - Synchrotron …, 2019 - journals.iucr.org
MXCuBE2 is the second-generation evolution of the MXCuBE beamline control software,
initially developed and used at ESRF–the European Synchrotron. MXCuBE2 extends, in an …

[HTML][HTML] Data-collection strategy for challenging native SAD phasing

V Olieric, T Weinert, AD Finke, C Anders… - Biological …, 2016 - journals.iucr.org
Recent improvements in data-collection strategies have pushed the limits of native SAD
(single-wavelength anomalous diffraction) phasing, a method that uses the weak anomalous …

Dimer Asymmetry and Light Activation Mechanism in Brucella Blue-Light Sensor Histidine Kinase

J Rinaldi, I Fernández, H Shin, G Sycz… - MBio, 2021 - journals.asm.org
The ability to sense and respond to environmental cues is essential for adaptation and
survival in living organisms. In bacteria, this process is accomplished by multidomain sensor …

Status of the crystallography beamlines at synchrotron SOLEIL

A Coati, LMG Chavas, P Fontaine, N Foos… - The European Physical …, 2017 - Springer
Synchrotron SOLEIL (www. synchrotron-soleil. fr) is the French national centre for
synchrotron radiation research, and has been open, for user applications, since 2008 …

Structural insights into the HWE histidine kinase family: the Brucella blue light-activated histidine kinase domain

J Rinaldi, M Arrar, G Sycz, ML Cerutti… - Journal of molecular …, 2016 - Elsevier
In response to light, as part of a two-component system, the Brucella blue light-activated
histidine kinase (LOV-HK) increases its autophosphorylation, modulating the virulence of …

Light regulation in critical human pathogens of clinical relevance such as Acinetobacter baumannii, Staphylococcus aureus and Pseudomonas aeruginosa

N Arana, B Perez Mora, V Permingeat… - Photochemical & …, 2023 - Springer
It is now clearly recognized that light modulates the physiology of many bacterial
chemotrophs, either directly or indirectly. An interesting case are bacterial pathogens of …

[HTML][HTML] Application of sulfur SAD to small crystals with a large asymmetric unit and anomalous substructure

TC Mou, B Zeng, TI Doukov… - Biological Crystallography, 2022 - journals.iucr.org
The application of sulfur single-wavelength anomalous dispersion (S-SAD) to determine the
crystal structures of macromolecules can be challenging if the asymmetric unit is large, the …

[HTML][HTML] Crystallization and initial X-ray diffraction analysis of the multi-domain Brucella blue light-activated histidine kinase LOV-HK in its illuminated state

J Rinaldi, I Fernández, LM Poth, WE Shepard… - … and Biophysics Reports, 2018 - Elsevier
The pathogenic bacterium Brucella abortus codes for a multi-domain dimeric cytoplasmic
histidine kinase called LOV-HK, which is a key blue light-activated virulence factor in this …

In-house high-energy-remote SAD phasing using the magic triangle: how to tackle the P1 low symmetry using multiple orientations of the same crystal of human IBA57 …

S Gourdoupis, V Nasta, S Ciofi-Baffoni… - Biological …, 2019 - journals.iucr.org
This article describes the approach used to solve the structure of human IBA57 in-house by
5-amino-2, 4, 6-triiodoisophthalic acid (I3C) high-energy-remote single-wavelength …

[HTML][HTML] Phosphorus SAD phasing for nucleic acid structures: limitations and potential

JM Harp, PS Pallan, M Egli - Crystals, 2016 - mdpi.com
Phasing of nucleic acid crystal diffraction data using the anomalous signal of phosphorus, P-
SAD, at Cuk α wavelength has been previously demonstrated using Z-DNA. Since the …