Beam-sensitive metal-organic framework structure determination by microcrystal electron diffraction

Rapid Structural Analysis of a Synthetic Non-canonical Amino Acid by Microcrystal Electron Diffraction

“…In order to further characterize the isolated compound, we used MicroED for high-resolution structure determination. There are several methods for preparing small molecule samples for the TEM, including applying powdered sample directly to the grid, applying a crystalline suspension to the grid followed by drying, and direct crystal growth on the grid by solvent evaporation (van Genderen et al, 2016 ; Gruene et al, 2018 ; Jones et al, 2018 ; Banihashemi et al, 2020 ; Levine et al, 2020 ). For this analysis, preparing the EM grids with the sample was performed by simply placing the grids in a small amount of material as described above, a process which took less than 1 min.…”

“…Furthermore, the recent development of techniques such as microcrystal electron diffraction (MicroED) have enabled the determination of the structures of both large biomolecules and small molecules in crystalline form (Gemmi et al, 2019 ; Nannenga and Gonen, 2019 ; Nannenga, 2020 ). Electron diffraction has been successfully applied to a wide variety of samples including proteins, peptides, small organic molecules, and inorganic materials (Mugnaioli et al, 2009 , 2012 , 2018 ; Zhang et al, 2013 , 2018 ; Nannenga et al, 2014a , b ; Rodriguez et al, 2015 ; Simancas et al, 2016 ; van Genderen et al, 2016 ; Clabbers et al, 2017 , 2020 ; Krotee et al, 2017 ; Palatinus et al, 2017 ; Rozhdestvenskaya et al, 2017 ; Das et al, 2018 ; Gallagher-Jones et al, 2018 ; Gruene et al, 2018 ; Hughes et al, 2018 ; Jones et al, 2018 ; Liu and Gonen, 2018 ; Seidler et al, 2018 ; Brázda et al, 2019 ; Dick et al, 2019 ; Lanza et al, 2019 ; Warmack et al, 2019 ; Wennmacher et al, 2019 ; Xu et al, 2019 ; Zatsepin et al, 2019 ; Banihashemi et al, 2020 ; Levine et al, 2020 ; Zhu et al, 2020 ). A major benefit to this technique is that the micro and nanocrystals used for MicroED are several orders of magnitude smaller than those used in conventional X-ray crystallography.…”

“…Moreover, this technique obviates the need to grow large crystals as is the case for X-ray studies. Thus, MicroED promises to be a powerful tool for organic chemistry and pharmaceutical research (Zhang et al, 2013 ; van Genderen et al, 2016 ; Das et al, 2018 ; Ting et al, 2019 ; Banihashemi et al, 2020 ; Levine et al, 2020 ).…”

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“…Furthermore, the recent development of techniques such as microcrystal electron diffraction (MicroED) have enabled the determination of the structures of both large biomolecules and small molecules in crystalline form (Gemmi et al, 2019;Nannenga and Gonen, 2019;Nannenga, 2020). Electron diffraction has been successfully applied to a wide variety of samples including proteins, peptides, small organic molecules, and inorganic materials (Mugnaioli et al, 2009(Mugnaioli et al, , 2012(Mugnaioli et al, , 2018Zhang et al, 2013Zhang et al, , 2018Nannenga et al, 2014a,b;Rodriguez et al, 2015;Simancas et al, 2016;van Genderen et al, 2016;Clabbers et al, 2017Clabbers et al, , 2020Krotee et al, 2017;Palatinus et al, 2017;Rozhdestvenskaya et al, 2017;Das et al, 2018;Gallagher-Jones et al, 2018;Gruene et al, 2018;Hughes et al, 2018;Jones et al, 2018;Liu and Gonen, 2018;Seidler et al, 2018;Brázda et al, 2019;Dick et al, 2019;Lanza et al, 2019;Warmack et al, 2019;Wennmacher et al, 2019;Xu et al, 2019;Zatsepin et al, 2019;Banihashemi et al, 2020;Levine et al, 2020;Zhu et al, 2020). A major benefit to this technique is that the micro and nanocrystals used for MicroED are several orders of magnitude smaller than those used in conventional X-ray crystallography.…”

“…Moreover, this technique obviates the need to grow large crystals as is the case for X-ray studies. Thus, MicroED promises to be a powerful tool for organic chemistry and pharmaceutical research (Zhang et al, 2013;van Genderen et al, 2016;Das et al, 2018;Ting et al, 2019;Banihashemi et al, 2020;Levine et al, 2020).…”