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@INPROCEEDINGS{Schrader:139571,
author = {Schrader, Tobias and Ostermann, Andreas and Monkenbusch,
Michael and Laatsch, Bernhard and Jüttner, Philipp and
Petry, Winfried and Richter, Dieter},
title = {{N}ew sample environment options at the neutron
diffractometer “{B}io{D}iff”},
reportid = {FZJ-2013-05554},
year = {2013},
abstract = {The neutron diffractometer BioDiff is a joint project of
the Forschungszentrum Jülich (FZJ/JCNS) and the
Forschungs-Neutronenquelle Heinz Maier-Leibnitz (FRM II).
BioDiff is especially designed to collect data from crystals
with large unit cells. The main field of application is the
structure analysis of proteins, especially the determination
of hydrogen atom positions. Typical scientific questions
addressed are the determination of protonation states of
amino acid side chains and the characterization of the
hydrogen bonding network between the protein and an
inhibitor or substrate. The orientation of water molecules
in the active centre of the protein can also be determined.
To first solve the structure of the protein using x-rays is
a prerequisite for a successful experiment at BioDiff
because we use the x-ray structure to solve the phase
problem of crystallography. In some cases it is desirable to
record the neutron data set at the same temperature as the
x-ray data set. Especially this enables a joint
neutron/x-ray refinement. Since the x-ray data at
synchrotrons are often measured at cryogenic temperatures of
100 K we integrated a standard Oxford Cryosystems
“Cryostream 700 Plus” as a new sample environment option
to the instrument BioDiff (see Fig. 1 right). Recording data
sets at low temperatures also facilitates measurements of
frozen intermediate states of the protein or protein
substrate complexes where the substrate is not digested by
the protein due to the low mobility at cryogenic
temperatures. The main advantage of the monochromatic
instrument BioDiff is the possibility to adapt the
wavelength between 2.4 Å and 5.6 Å to obtain a compromise
between higher scattering yields at longer wavelengths and
better resolution at smaller wavelengths. The main detector
of BioDiff consists of a neutron imaging plate system in a
cylindrical geometry in order to cover a large solid angle.
A Li/ZnS scintillator imaged onto a CCD-chip is available
for additional detection purposes (see Fig. 1, left).
Applications of the BioDiff instrument as a powder
diffractometer are also discussed.},
month = {Mar},
date = {2013-03-19},
organization = {21st Annual Conference of the German
Crystallographic Society, Freiberg
(Germany), 19 Mar 2013 - 22 Mar 2013},
subtyp = {Other},
cin = {ICS-1 / JCNS-1 / JCNS (München) ; Jülich Centre for
Neutron Science JCNS (München) ; JCNS-FRM-II / ZEA-1},
cid = {I:(DE-Juel1)ICS-1-20110106 / I:(DE-Juel1)JCNS-1-20110106 /
I:(DE-Juel1)JCNS-FRM-II-20110218 /
I:(DE-Juel1)ZEA-1-20090406},
pnm = {451 - Soft Matter Composites (POF2-451) / 54G - JCNS
(POF2-54G24)},
pid = {G:(DE-HGF)POF2-451 / G:(DE-HGF)POF2-54G24},
typ = {PUB:(DE-HGF)6},
url = {https://juser.fz-juelich.de/record/139571},
}