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Structure determination from single molecule X-ray scattering with three photons per image.

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von Ardenne,  B.
Department of Theoretical and Computational Biophysics, MPI for biophysical chemistry, Max Planck Society;

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Mechelke,  M.
Department of Theoretical and Computational Biophysics, MPI for biophysical chemistry, Max Planck Society;

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Grubmüller,  H.
Department of Theoretical and Computational Biophysics, MPI for biophysical chemistry, Max Planck Society;

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von Ardenne, B., Mechelke, M., & Grubmüller, H. (2018). Structure determination from single molecule X-ray scattering with three photons per image. Nature Communications, 9(1): 2375. doi:10.1038/s41467-018-04830-4.


Cite as: https://hdl.handle.net/21.11116/0000-0001-9159-7
Abstract
Scattering experiments with femtosecond high-intensity free-electron laser pulses provide a new route to macromolecular structure determination. While currently limited to nano-crystals or virus particles, the ultimate goal is scattering on single biomolecules. The main challenges in these experiments are the extremely low signal-to-noise ratio due to the very low expected photon count per scattering image, often well below 100, as well as the random orientation of the molecule in each shot. Here we present a de novo correlation-based approach and show that three coherently scattered photons per image suffice for structure determination. Using synthetic scattering data of a small protein, we demonstrate near-atomic resolution of  3.3 Å using 3.3 × 1010 coherently scattered photons from 3.3 × 109 images, which is within experimental reach. Further, our three-photon correlation approach is robust to additional noise from incoherent scattering; the number of disordered solvent molecules attached to the macromolecular surface should be kept small.