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As fast Pilatus detectors have become the gold standard at Diamond’s MX beamlines, the time needed for collecting a complete dataset is now less than two minutes. This gives a user very limited time to process data and subsequently decide what would be the best strategy for collection data from remaining crystals.
A user needs automated software which will provide information about data quality and completeness before the next sample has been loaded on goniometer. The main requirements for this system are to be fast and to produce reliable results. This is especially critical to maximise efficiency for our industrial clients who often come to Diamond with large numbers of protein-ligand complexes produced for fragment-based and structure-based drug discovery.
Diamond’s auto-processing pipeline includes strategy calculation using the EDNA and Mosflm programs which gives a user information about space group and resolution, and suggests the strategy for collection of complete data. The second part of the pipeline is automatic data processing performed by Fast_dp and Xia2. Fast_dp provides immediate data quality statistics in less than two minutes after data collection. Xia2 is more thorough, and processed data from this program are perfectly suitable for downstream analysis without additional re-processing by the user. The final part of the pipeline is represented by Dimple and Fast_ep. Dimple uses an apo-protein model and allows the user to rapidly check if the drug candidate is bound in their crystal. Fast_ep is SHELX based software for the automatic phasing of heavy atom substructures.
• Thanks to PAD detectors, data collection can take less than a minute;
• Assessing data quality during the visit is important but difficult to carry out in parallel of data collection. As the user can focus on the data collection, automating data processing speeds up the overall throughput;
• The user can provide information about crystal system, if already determined;
• Determine the presence of bound ligands during visits (useful for industrial users who bring the same crystal system soaked with different compounds).
Auto-processing pipelines are now an essential and constantly developing part of the MX beamline package and are key in helping users decide how to collect the best data and plan the most efficient use of the available beamtime. As a result, users not only get the optimum results from their samples but can also often achieve these in shorter timescales.
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