Radiation stability of protein crystals grown by nanostructured templates: synchrotron microfocus analysis

X-ray radiation damage of lysozyme single crystals by an intense monochromatic beam from a focussed third-generation synchrotron radiation source has been studied. The preliminary results show a significantly higher resistance to synchrotron radiation of lysozyme microcrystals produced by means of nanotechnology-based template with respect to those prepared by classical methodology. The implications of this finding for protein crystallography are discussed.