The simultaneous filling of the ribose-33 and ribose-34 pockets at the active site of Z. mobilis tRNA-guanine transglycosylase was investigated using a series of bifunctionalized lin-benzopurine inhibitors. A strong influence of the crystallization protocol on the solvation pattern and the residual mobility of the bound ligands was observed in the cocrystal structures.

A pressure study of the α-ReO₂ structure up to 1.2 GPa using synchrotron X-ray powder diffraction and X-ray absorption spectroscopy is reported for the first time. To study the α-ReO₂ phase under hydrostatic pressure, a new boron carbide anvil pressure cell that can be used in absorption and diffraction X-ray experiments in any synchrotron radiation facility has been developed and built.