Figure 1
Diagram of a serial crystallography experiment using either an X-ray free-electron laser (XFEL) or synchrotron radiation. Protein crystals are delivered to the X-ray beam in random orientations. The intense X-rays interact with the crystals, producing diffraction patterns that are recorded by a detector. Every crystal is only probed once. Time-resolved experiments can be conducted either by light activation using a laser or by chemical activation. In the latter case the reactant is mixed with the protein crystals at a defined time delay before probing the crystals with X-rays. (Created with BioRender.com.) |