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MX2: a high-flux undulator microfocus beamline serving both the chemical and macromolecular crystallography communities at the Australian Synchrotron.


ABSTRACT: MX2 is an in-vacuum undulator-based crystallography beamline at the 3?GeV Australian Synchrotron. The beamline delivers hard X-rays in the energy range 4.8-21?keV to a focal spot of 22 × 12?µm FWHM (H × V). At 13?keV the flux at the sample is 3.4 × 1012?photons s-1. The beamline endstation allows robotic handling of cryogenic samples via an updated SSRL SAM robot. This beamline is ideal for weakly diffracting hard-to-crystallize proteins, virus particles, protein assemblies and nucleic acids as well as smaller molecules such as inorganic catalysts and organic drug molecules. The beamline is now mature and has enjoyed a full user program for the last nine years. This paper describes the beamline status, plans for its future and some recent scientific highlights.

SUBMITTER: Aragao D 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5929359 | biostudies-literature | 2018 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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MX2: a high-flux undulator microfocus beamline serving both the chemical and macromolecular crystallography communities at the Australian Synchrotron.

Aragão David D   Aishima Jun J   Cherukuvada Hima H   Clarken Robert R   Clift Mark M   Cowieson Nathan Philip NP   Ericsson Daniel Jesper DJ   Gee Christine L CL   Macedo Sofia S   Mudie Nathan N   Panjikar Santosh S   Price Jason Roy JR   Riboldi-Tunnicliffe Alan A   Rostan Robert R   Williamson Rachel R   Caradoc-Davies Thomas Tudor TT  

Journal of synchrotron radiation 20180403 Pt 3


MX2 is an in-vacuum undulator-based crystallography beamline at the 3 GeV Australian Synchrotron. The beamline delivers hard X-rays in the energy range 4.8-21 keV to a focal spot of 22 × 12 µm FWHM (H × V). At 13 keV the flux at the sample is 3.4 × 10<sup>12</sup> photons s<sup>-1</sup>. The beamline endstation allows robotic handling of cryogenic samples via an updated SSRL SAM robot. This beamline is ideal for weakly diffracting hard-to-crystallize proteins, virus particles, protein assemblies  ...[more]

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