There and back again: using simulated diffraction images to optimize data processing by<i>ELVES</i>

Abstract

A high-throughput crystallization-to-structure pipeline for structural genomics has been developed at Advanced Protein Crystallography Research Group (APCR-group) of RIKEN SPring-8 Center, Japan. The structure determination pipeline includes three elemental technologies for automation developed in RIKEN SPring-8 Center: the automated crystallization and observation robot system TERA; X-ray diffraction data collection using the SPring-8 Precise Automatic Cryosample Exchanger SPACE; automatic X-ray data analysis from phasing to model checking/revision using the Package of Expert Researcher's Operation Network PERON. During five years from 2002, 234 of cryoloop-mountable crystals, 175 of diffraction data sets and 149 of refined structures have been produced from 437 of purified proteins in APCR-group, by seven researchers with assistance of the developed pipeline. Used protocols in this pipeline will be introduced.