Table 1.
SAS data collection parameters | |
Instrument | BioCAT facility at the Advanced Photon Source beamline 18ID with Pilatus3 1M (Dectris) detector |
Wavelength (Å) | 1.033 |
Beam size (μm2) | 160 (h) × 75 (v) |
Camera length (m) | 3.5 |
q measurement range (Å−1) | 0.00365–0.383 |
Absolute scaling method | NAa |
Basis for normalization to constant counts | To incident intensity, by ion chamber counter |
Method for monitoring radiation damage | Automated frame-by-frame comparison of relevant regions |
Exposure time, number of exposures | 1-s exposure time with a 2-s total exposure period of entire SEC elution |
Sample configuration | SEC-SAXS. Size separation by an ÄKTA Pure with a Superdex 200 Increase 10/300 GL column. SAXS data measured in a 1.5-mm inner diameter quartz capillary. |
Sample temperature (°C) | 20 |
Software employed for SAS data reduction, analysis, and interpretation | |
SAXS data reduction | Radial averaging; frame comparison, averaging, and subtraction done using BioXTAS RAW 1.4.0 (55) and ATSAS (56) |
Basic analysis: Guinier, molecular weight, P(r) | Guinier fit and molecular weight using BioXTAS RAW 1.4.0 (55), P(r) function using GNOM (65) |
a Not applicable.