research papers
This paper focuses on the radiation-damage effects when applying the same total X-ray dose to protein crystals at different dose rates. These experiments have been performed on both a selenomethionated protein and on bovine trypsin using dose rates that span nearly two orders of magnitude. The results show no clear dose-rate effect on the global indicators of radiation damage, but a small measurable dose-rate effect could be found when studying specific radiation damage. It is hypothesized that this observed dose-rate effect relates to differences in the steady-state free-radical concentration.
Supporting information
PDB references: selenomethionine-substituted maltooligosyltrehalohydrolase, 2bxy, r2bxysf; 2bxz, r2bxzsf; 2by0, r2by0sf; 2by1, r2by1sf; 2by2, r2by2sf; 2by3, r2by3sf; bovine trypsin, 2by5, r2by5sf; 2by6, r2by6sf; 2by7, r2by7sf; 2by8, r2by8sf; 2by9, r2by9sf; 2bya, r2byasf