Synchrotron SAXS data from solutions of DNA-binding protein HU-alpha (E34K mutant) bound to 80 bp DNA in 10 mM Bis-Tris, 50 mM NaCl, pH 7.5 were collected on the 12.3.1 (SIBYLS) beam line at the Advanced Light Source (ALS) storage ring (Berkeley, CA, USA) using a Pilatus3 X 2M detector at a sample-detector distance of 1.5 m and at a wavelength of λ = 0.103 nm (I(s) vs s, where s = 4πsinθ/λ, and 2θ is the scattering angle). 300 successive 3 second frames were collected at 10°C. The data were normalized to the intensity of the transmitted beam and radially averaged; the scattering of the solvent-blank was subtracted.