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1 uL of 24 mg/mL MCR was mixed with 1 uL of well solution (27% (w/v) PEG400, 0.18 M magnesium acetate, 0.25 M sodium chloride, and 0.10 M HEPES pH 7.5) to make a 2-uL sitting drop in a sealed well with 30 uL well solution. Yellowish green rod MCR crystals grew in two to four hrs. The entire crystallization plate was shipped to Advanced Light Source Beamline 8.2.2 for Xe- pressurization and data collection. The crystals used to determine Xe-derivatized structure were transferred from the sitting drop into 2-5 uL of paraffin oil briefly and then sealed in a steel chamber pressurized with xenon at 180 psi for 10 mins. The Xe-derivatized crystals were flash-cooled in liquid nitrogen for data collection immediately. |