Design of a novel Peltier-based cooling device and its use in neutron diffraction data collection of perdeuterated yeast pyrophosphatase

2010 ◽  
Vol 43 (5) ◽  
pp. 1113-1120 ◽  
Author(s):  
Esko Oksanen ◽  
François Dauvergne ◽  
Adrian Goldman ◽  
Monika Budayova-Spano
Keyword(s):  
Data Collection ◽  
Neutron Diffraction ◽  
Diffraction Data ◽  
Catalytic Mechanism ◽  
Inorganic Pyrophosphatase ◽  
Neutron Diffraction Data ◽  
Cooling Device ◽  
Data Set ◽  
X Ray ◽  
X Ray Crystallography

H atoms play a central role in enzymatic mechanisms, but H-atom positions cannot generally be determined by X-ray crystallography. Neutron crystallography, on the other hand, can be used to determine H-atom positions but it is experimentally very challenging. Yeast inorganic pyrophosphatase (PPase) is an essential enzyme that has been studied extensively by X-ray crystallography, yet the details of the catalytic mechanism remain incompletely understood. The temperature instability of PPase crystals has in the past prevented the collection of a neutron diffraction data set. This paper reports how the crystal growth has been optimized in temperature-controlled conditions. To stabilize the crystals during neutron data collection a Peltier cooling device that minimizes the temperature gradient along the capillary has been developed. This device allowed the collection of a full neutron diffraction data set.

Rapid structure determination of the hydrogen-containing compound Cs2C2O4·H2O by joint single-crystal X-ray and powder neutron diffraction

2007 ◽  
Vol 63 (3) ◽  
pp. 426-432 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mark T. Weller ◽  
Paul F. Henry ◽  
Mark E. Light
Keyword(s):  
Neutron Diffraction ◽  
Single Crystal ◽  
Diffraction Data ◽  
Structure Determination ◽  
Neutron Diffraction Data ◽  
Data Set ◽  
X Ray ◽  
Neutron Diffractometer ◽  
Powder Neutron Diffraction

The structure determination of caesium oxalate monohydrate using single-crystal X-ray diffraction, powder neutron diffraction data and a combination of both has been undertaken. Results show that even for hydrogen-containing materials data collected rapidly on a high-flux neutron diffractometer improve the refinement such that accurate positional and thermal displacement parameters can be extracted for all atom types. This contrasts with structural models extracted from either data set alone that demonstrate the inherent limitations of the individual diffraction methods. The rapidity with which useful neutron diffraction data has been collected from hydrogen-containing compounds, 10 min in this study, indicates that the technique should be widely applicable allowing the facile and accurate extraction of hydrogen positions for many compounds.

Molecular Motion in Crystalline Naphthalene:  Analysis of Multi-Temperature X-Ray and Neutron Diffraction Data

2006 ◽  
Vol 110 (41) ◽  
pp. 11695-11703 ◽  
Author(s):  
Silvia C. Capelli ◽  
Alberto Albinati ◽  
Sax A. Mason ◽  
Bertram T. M. Willis
Keyword(s):  
Neutron Diffraction ◽  
Diffraction Data ◽  
Molecular Motion ◽  
Neutron Diffraction Data ◽  
X Ray
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