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Cryoelectron MicroscopyFreezingCryoultramicrotomyMicroscopy, ElectronModels, MolecularAtadenovirusNegative StainingCapsidImage Processing, Computer-AssistedProtein ConformationModels, StructuralCapsid ProteinsElectron Microscope TomographyEncephalomyelitis, Western EquineVirionProtein Structure, QuaternaryCrystallography, X-RayTomographyVirus AssemblyMicroscopyRhinovirusCrystallizationProtein Structure, TertiaryImaging, Three-DimensionalX-Ray DiffractionCryopreservationImmunoglobulin Fab FragmentsBinding SitesMolecular ConformationMicroscopy, Electron, ScanningBiophysical PhenomenaMolecular Sequence DataProtein Structure, SecondaryAmino Acid SequenceBiophysicsMacromolecular SubstancesMicroscopy, ConfocalReceptors, VirusProtein SubunitsDimerizationProtein BindingMicroscopy, FluorescenceEndoplasmic Reticulum, RoughSequence Homology, Amino AcidEscherichia coliMicroscopy, Atomic ForceRecombinant ProteinsCell LineMicroscopy, Electron, TransmissionMicroscopy, ImmunoelectronSindbis Virus
Cryoelectron Microscopy
Electron microscopy involving rapid freezing of the samples. The imaging of frozen-hydrated molecules and organelles permits the best possible resolution closest to the living state, free of chemical fixatives or stains.
Freezing
Liquids transforming into solids by the removal of heat.
Cryoultramicrotomy
The technique of using a cryostat or freezing microtome, in which the temperature is regulated to -20 degrees Celsius, to cut ultrathin frozen sections for microscopic (usually, electron microscopic) examination.
Microscopy, Electron
Microscopy using an electron beam, instead of light, to visualize the sample, thereby allowing much greater magnification. The interactions of ELECTRONS with specimens are used to provide information about the fine structure of that specimen. In TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY the reactions of the electrons that are transmitted through the specimen are imaged. In SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY an electron beam falls at a non-normal angle on the specimen and the image is derived from the reactions occurring above the plane of the specimen.
Models, Molecular
Models used experimentally or theoretically to study molecular shape, electronic properties, or interactions; includes analogous molecules, computer-generated graphics, and mechanical structures.
Atadenovirus
A genus of ADENOVIRIDAE that comprises viruses of several species of MAMMALS and BIRDS. The type species is Ovine adenovirus D.
Negative Staining
The technique of washing tissue specimens with a concentrated solution of a heavy metal salt and letting it dry. The specimen will be covered with a very thin layer of the metal salt, being excluded in areas where an adsorbed macromolecule is present. The macromolecules allow electrons from the beam of an electron microscope to pass much more readily than the heavy metal; thus, a reversed or negative image of the molecule is created.
Capsid
The outer protein protective shell of a virus, which protects the viral nucleic acid.
Image Processing, Computer-Assisted
A technique of inputting two-dimensional images into a computer and then enhancing or analyzing the imagery into a form that is more useful to the human observer.
Protein Conformation
The characteristic 3-dimensional shape of a protein, including the secondary, supersecondary (motifs), tertiary (domains) and quaternary structure of the peptide chain. PROTEIN STRUCTURE, QUATERNARY describes the conformation assumed by multimeric proteins (aggregates of more than one polypeptide chain).
Models, Structural
A representation, generally small in scale, to show the structure, construction, or appearance of something. (From Random House Unabridged Dictionary, 2d ed)
Capsid Proteins
Proteins that form the CAPSID of VIRUSES.
Electron Microscope Tomography
A tomographic technique for obtaining 3-dimensional images with transmission electron microscopy.
Encephalomyelitis, Western Equine
A form of arboviral encephalitis (which primarily affects horses) endemic to western and central regions of NORTH AMERICA. The causative organism (ENCEPHALOMYELITIS VIRUS, WESTERN EQUINE) may be transferred to humans via the bite of mosquitoes (CULEX tarsalis and others). Clinical manifestations include headache and influenza-like symptoms followed by alterations in mentation, SEIZURES, and COMA. DEATH occurs in a minority of cases. Survivors may recover fully or be left with residual neurologic dysfunction, including PARKINSONISM, POSTENCEPHALITIC. (From Joynt, Clinical Neurology, 1996, Ch26, pp8-9)
Virion
The infective system of a virus, composed of the viral genome, a protein core, and a protein coat called a capsid, which may be naked or enclosed in a lipoprotein envelope called the peplos.
Protein Structure, Quaternary
The characteristic 3-dimensional shape and arrangement of multimeric proteins (aggregates of more than one polypeptide chain).
Crystallography, X-Ray
The study of crystal structure using X-RAY DIFFRACTION techniques. (McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific and Technical Terms, 4th ed)
Tomography
Imaging methods that result in sharp images of objects located on a chosen plane and blurred images located above or below the plane.
Virus Assembly
The assembly of VIRAL STRUCTURAL PROTEINS and nucleic acid (VIRAL DNA or VIRAL RNA) to form a VIRUS PARTICLE.
Microscopy
The use of instrumentation and techniques for visualizing material and details that cannot be seen by the unaided eye. It is usually done by enlarging images, transmitted by light or electron beams, with optical or magnetic lenses that magnify the entire image field. With scanning microscopy, images are generated by collecting output from the specimen in a point-by-point fashion, on a magnified scale, as it is scanned by a narrow beam of light or electrons, a laser, a conductive probe, or a topographical probe.
Rhinovirus
A genus of PICORNAVIRIDAE inhabiting primarily the respiratory tract of mammalian hosts. It includes over 100 human serotypes associated with the COMMON COLD.
Crystallization
The formation of crystalline substances from solutions or melts. (McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific and Technical Terms, 4th ed)
Protein Structure, Tertiary
The level of protein structure in which combinations of secondary protein structures (alpha helices, beta sheets, loop regions, and motifs) pack together to form folded shapes called domains. Disulfide bridges between cysteines in two different parts of the polypeptide chain along with other interactions between the chains play a role in the formation and stabilization of tertiary structure. Small proteins usually consist of only one domain but larger proteins may contain a number of domains connected by segments of polypeptide chain which lack regular secondary structure.
Imaging, Three-Dimensional
The process of generating three-dimensional images by electronic, photographic, or other methods. For example, three-dimensional images can be generated by assembling multiple tomographic images with the aid of a computer, while photographic 3-D images (HOLOGRAPHY) can be made by exposing film to the interference pattern created when two laser light sources shine on an object.
X-Ray Diffraction
The scattering of x-rays by matter, especially crystals, with accompanying variation in intensity due to interference effects. Analysis of the crystal structure of materials is performed by passing x-rays through them and registering the diffraction image of the rays (CRYSTALLOGRAPHY, X-RAY). (From McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific and Technical Terms, 4th ed)
Cryopreservation
Preservation of cells, tissues, organs, or embryos by freezing. In histological preparations, cryopreservation or cryofixation is used to maintain the existing form, structure, and chemical composition of all the constituent elements of the specimens.
Immunoglobulin Fab Fragments
Univalent antigen-binding fragments composed of one entire IMMUNOGLOBULIN LIGHT CHAIN and the amino terminal end of one of the IMMUNOGLOBULIN HEAVY CHAINS from the hinge region, linked to each other by disulfide bonds. Fab contains the IMMUNOGLOBULIN VARIABLE REGIONS, which are part of the antigen-binding site, and the first IMMUNOGLOBULIN CONSTANT REGIONS. This fragment can be obtained by digestion of immunoglobulins with the proteolytic enzyme PAPAIN.
Binding Sites
The parts of a macromolecule that directly participate in its specific combination with another molecule.
Molecular Conformation
The characteristic three-dimensional shape of a molecule.
Microscopy, Electron, Scanning
Microscopy in which the object is examined directly by an electron beam scanning the specimen point-by-point. The image is constructed by detecting the products of specimen interactions that are projected above the plane of the sample, such as backscattered electrons. Although SCANNING TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY also scans the specimen point by point with the electron beam, the image is constructed by detecting the electrons, or their interaction products that are transmitted through the sample plane, so that is a form of TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY.
Biophysical Phenomena
The physical characteristics and processes of biological systems.
Molecular Sequence Data
Descriptions of specific amino acid, carbohydrate, or nucleotide sequences which have appeared in the published literature and/or are deposited in and maintained by databanks such as GENBANK, European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL), National Biomedical Research Foundation (NBRF), or other sequence repositories.
Protein Structure, Secondary
The level of protein structure in which regular hydrogen-bond interactions within contiguous stretches of polypeptide chain give rise to alpha helices, beta strands (which align to form beta sheets) or other types of coils. This is the first folding level of protein conformation.
Amino Acid Sequence
The order of amino acids as they occur in a polypeptide chain. This is referred to as the primary structure of proteins. It is of fundamental importance in determining PROTEIN CONFORMATION.
Biophysics
The study of PHYSICAL PHENOMENA and PHYSICAL PROCESSES as applied to living things.
Macromolecular Substances
Compounds and molecular complexes that consist of very large numbers of atoms and are generally over 500 kDa in size. In biological systems macromolecular substances usually can be visualized using ELECTRON MICROSCOPY and are distinguished from ORGANELLES by the lack of a membrane structure.
Microscopy, Confocal
A light microscopic technique in which only a small spot is illuminated and observed at a time. An image is constructed through point-by-point scanning of the field in this manner. Light sources may be conventional or laser, and fluorescence or transmitted observations are possible.
Receptors, Virus
Specific molecular components of the cell capable of recognizing and interacting with a virus, and which, after binding it, are capable of generating some signal that initiates the chain of events leading to the biological response.
Protein Subunits
Single chains of amino acids that are the units of multimeric PROTEINS. Multimeric proteins can be composed of identical or non-identical subunits. One or more monomeric subunits may compose a protomer which itself is a subunit structure of a larger assembly.
Dimerization
The process by which two molecules of the same chemical composition form a condensation product or polymer.
Protein Binding
The process in which substances, either endogenous or exogenous, bind to proteins, peptides, enzymes, protein precursors, or allied compounds. Specific protein-binding measures are often used as assays in diagnostic assessments.
Microscopy, Fluorescence
Microscopy of specimens stained with fluorescent dye (usually fluorescein isothiocyanate) or of naturally fluorescent materials, which emit light when exposed to ultraviolet or blue light. Immunofluorescence microscopy utilizes antibodies that are labeled with fluorescent dye.
Endoplasmic Reticulum, Rough
A type of endoplasmic reticulum (ER) where polyribosomes are present on the cytoplasmic surfaces of the ER membranes. This form of ER is prominent in cells specialized for protein secretion and its principal function is to segregate proteins destined for export or intracellular utilization.
Sequence Homology, Amino Acid
The degree of similarity between sequences of amino acids. This information is useful for the analyzing genetic relatedness of proteins and species.
Escherichia coli
A species of gram-negative, facultatively anaerobic, rod-shaped bacteria (GRAM-NEGATIVE FACULTATIVELY ANAEROBIC RODS) commonly found in the lower part of the intestine of warm-blooded animals. It is usually nonpathogenic, but some strains are known to produce DIARRHEA and pyogenic infections. Pathogenic strains (virotypes) are classified by their specific pathogenic mechanisms such as toxins (ENTEROTOXIGENIC ESCHERICHIA COLI), etc.
Microscopy, Atomic Force
A type of scanning probe microscopy in which a probe systematically rides across the surface of a sample being scanned in a raster pattern. The vertical position is recorded as a spring attached to the probe rises and falls in response to peaks and valleys on the surface. These deflections produce a topographic map of the sample.
Recombinant Proteins
Proteins prepared by recombinant DNA technology.
Cell Line
Established cell cultures that have the potential to propagate indefinitely.
Microscopy, Electron, Transmission
Electron microscopy in which the ELECTRONS or their reaction products that pass down through the specimen are imaged below the plane of the specimen.
Microscopy, Immunoelectron
Microscopy in which the samples are first stained immunocytochemically and then examined using an electron microscope. Immunoelectron microscopy is used extensively in diagnostic virology as part of very sensitive immunoassays.
Sindbis Virus
The type species of ALPHAVIRUS normally transmitted to birds by CULEX mosquitoes in Egypt, South Africa, India, Malaya, the Philippines, and Australia. It may be associated with fever in humans. Serotypes (differing by less than 17% in nucleotide sequence) include Babanki, Kyzylagach, and Ockelbo viruses.

Cryo-electron microscopy structure of an SH3 amyloid fibril and model of the molecular packing. (1/1790)

Amyloid fibrils are assemblies of misfolded proteins and are associated with pathological conditions such as Alzheimer's disease and the spongiform encephalopathies. In the amyloid diseases, a diverse group of normally soluble proteins self-assemble to form insoluble fibrils. X-ray fibre diffraction studies have shown that the protofilament cores of fibrils formed from the various proteins all contain a cross-beta-scaffold, with beta-strands perpendicular and beta-sheets parallel to the fibre axis. We have determined the threedimensional structure of an amyloid fibril, formed by the SH3 domain of phosphatidylinositol-3'-kinase, using cryo-electron microscopy and image processing at 25 A resolution. The structure is a double helix of two protofilament pairs wound around a hollow core, with a helical crossover repeat of approximately 600 A and an axial subunit repeat of approximately 27 A. The native SH3 domain is too compact to fit into the fibril density, and must unfold to adopt a longer, thinner shape in the amyloid form. The 20x40-A protofilaments can only accommodate one pair of flat beta-sheets stacked against each other, with very little inter-strand twist. We propose a model for the polypeptide packing as a basis for understanding the structure of amyloid fibrils in general.  (+info)

MENT, a heterochromatin protein that mediates higher order chromatin folding, is a new serpin family member. (2/1790)

Terminal cell differentiation is correlated with the extensive sequestering of previously active genes into compact transcriptionally inert heterochromatin. In vertebrate blood cells, these changes can be traced to the accumulation of a developmentally regulated heterochromatin protein, MENT. Cryoelectron microscopy of chicken granulocyte chromatin, which is highly enriched with MENT, reveals exceptionally compact polynucleosomes, which maintain a level of higher order folding above that imposed by linker histones. The amino acid sequence of MENT reveals a close structural relationship with serpins, a large family of proteins known for their ability to undergo dramatic conformational transitions. Conservation of the "hinge region" consensus in MENT indicates that this ability is retained by the protein. MENT is distinguished from the other serpins by being a basic protein, containing several positively charged surface clusters, which are likely to be involved in ionic interactions with DNA. One of the positively charged domains bears a significant similarity to the chromatin binding region of nuclear lamina proteins and with the A.T-rich DNA-binding motif, which may account for the targeting of MENT to peripheral heterochromatin. MENT ectopically expressed in a mammalian cell line is transported into nuclei and is associated with intranuclear foci of condensed chromatin.  (+info)

Characterization of two related Drosophila gamma-tubulin complexes that differ in their ability to nucleate microtubules. (3/1790)

gamma-tubulin exists in two related complexes in Drosophila embryo extracts (Moritz, M., Y. Zheng, B.M. Alberts, and K. Oegema. 1998. J. Cell Biol. 142:1- 12). Here, we report the purification and characterization of both complexes that we name gamma-tubulin small complex (gammaTuSC; approximately 280,000 D) and Drosophila gammaTuRC ( approximately 2,200,000 D). In addition to gamma-tubulin, the gammaTuSC contains Dgrip84 and Dgrip91, two proteins homologous to the Spc97/98p protein family. The gammaTuSC is a structural subunit of the gammaTuRC, a larger complex containing about six additional polypeptides. Like the gammaTuRC isolated from Xenopus egg extracts (Zheng, Y., M.L. Wong, B. Alberts, and T. Mitchison. 1995. Nature. 378:578-583), the Drosophila gammaTuRC can nucleate microtubules in vitro and has an open ring structure with a diameter of 25 nm. Cryo-electron microscopy reveals a modular structure with approximately 13 radially arranged structural repeats. The gammaTuSC also nucleates microtubules, but much less efficiently than the gammaTuRC, suggesting that assembly into a larger complex enhances nucleating activity. Analysis of the nucleotide content of the gammaTuSC reveals that gamma-tubulin binds preferentially to GDP over GTP, rendering gamma-tubulin an unusual member of the tubulin superfamily.  (+info)

Cryoelectron microscopy of a nucleating model bile in vitreous ice: formation of primordial vesicles. (4/1790)

Because gallstones form so frequently in human bile, pathophysiologically relevant supersaturated model biles are commonly employed to study cholesterol crystal formation. We used cryo-transmission electron microscopy, complemented by polarizing light microscopy, to investigate early stages of cholesterol nucleation in model bile. In the system studied, the proposed microscopic sequence involves the evolution of small unilamellar to multilamellar vesicles to lamellar liquid crystals and finally to cholesterol crystals. Small aliquots of a concentrated (total lipid concentration = 29.2 g/dl) model bile containing 8.5% cholesterol, 22.9% egg yolk lecithin, and 68.6% taurocholate (all mole %) were vitrified at 2 min to 20 days after fourfold dilution to induce supersaturation. Mixed micelles together with a category of vesicles denoted primordial, small unilamellar vesicles of two distinct morphologies (sphere/ellipsoid and cylinder/arachoid), large unilamellar vesicles, multilamellar vesicles, and cholesterol monohydrate crystals were imaged. No evidence of aggregation/fusion of small unilamellar vesicles to form multilamellar vesicles was detected. Low numbers of multilamellar vesicles were present, some of which were sufficiently large to be identified as liquid crystals by polarizing light microscopy. Dimensions, surface areas, and volumes of spherical/ellipsoidal and cylindrical/arachoidal vesicles were quantified. Early stages in the separation of vesicles from micelles, referred to as primordial vesicles, were imaged 23-31 min after dilution. Observed structures such as enlarged micelles in primordial vesicle interiors, segments of bilayer, and faceted edges at primordial vesicle peripheries are probably early stages of small unilamellar vesicle assembly. A decrease in the mean surface area of spherical/ellipsoidal vesicles was correlated with the increased production of cholesterol crystals at 10-20 days after supersaturation by dilution, supporting the role of small unilamellar vesicles as key players in cholesterol nucleation and as cholesterol donors to crystals. This is the first visualization of an intermediate structure that has been temporally linked to the development of small unilamellar vesicles in the separation of vesicles from micelles in a model bile and suggests a time-resolved system for further investigation.  (+info)

Native display of complete foreign protein domains on the surface of hepatitis B virus capsids. (5/1790)

The nucleocapsid of hepatitis B virus (HBV), or HBcAg, is a highly symmetric structure formed by multiple dimers of a single core protein that contains potent T helper epitopes in its 183-aa sequence. Both factors make HBcAg an unusually strong immunogen and an attractive candidate as a carrier for foreign epitopes. The immunodominant c/e1 epitope on the capsid has been suggested as a superior location to convey high immunogenicity to a heterologous sequence. Because of its central position, however, any c/e1 insert disrupts the core protein's primary sequence; hence, only peptides, or rather small protein fragments seemed to be compatible with particle formation. According to recent structural data, the epitope is located at the tips of prominent surface spikes formed by the very stable dimer interfaces. We therefore reasoned that much larger inserts might be tolerated, provided the individual parts of a corresponding fusion protein could fold independently. Using the green fluorescent protein (GFP) as a model insert, we show that the chimeric protein efficiently forms fluorescent particles; hence, all of its structurally important parts must be properly folded. We also demonstrate that the GFP domains are surface-exposed and that the chimeric particles elicit a potent humoral response against native GFP. Hence, proteins of at least up to 238 aa can be natively displayed on the surface of HBV core particles. Such chimeras may not only be useful as vaccines but may also open the way for high resolution structural analyses of nonassembling proteins by electron microscopy.  (+info)

Flexibility of the major antigenic loop of foot-and-mouth disease virus bound to a Fab fragment of a neutralising antibody: structure and neutralisation. (6/1790)

The interaction of foot-and-mouth disease virus (FMDV) serotype C (clone C-S8c1) with a strongly neutralising monoclonal antibody (MAb) 4C4 has been studied by combining data from cryoelectron microscopy and x-ray crystallography. The MAb 4C4 binds to the exposed flexible GH-loop of viral protein 1 (VP1), which appears to retain its flexibility, allowing movement of the bound Fab. This is in striking contrast to MAb SD6, which binds to the same GH-loop of VP1 but exhibits no movement of the bound Fab when observed under identical conditions. However, MAbs 4C4 and SD6 have very similar neutralisation characteristics. The known atomic structure of FMDV C-S8c1 and that of the 4C4 Fab cocrystallised with a synthetic peptide corresponding to the GH-loop of VP1 were fitted to the cryoelectron microscope density map. The best fit of the 4C4 Fab is compatible only with monovalent binding of the MAb in agreement with the neutralisation data on 4C4 MAbs, Fab2s, and Fabs. The position of the bound GH-loop is related to other known positions of this loop by a hinge rotation about the base of the loop. The 4C4 Fab appears to interact almost exclusively with the G-H loop of VP1, making no other contacts with the viral capsid.  (+info)

Visualization of tegument-capsid interactions and DNA in intact herpes simplex virus type 1 virions. (7/1790)

Herpes simplex virus type 1 virions were examined by electron cryomicroscopy, allowing the three-dimensional structure of the infectious particle to be visualized for the first time. The capsid shell is identical to that of B-capsids purified from the host cell nucleus, with the exception of the penton channel, which is closed. The double-stranded DNA genome is organized as regularly spaced ( approximately 26 A) concentric layers inside the capsid. This pattern suggests a spool model for DNA packaging, similar to that for some bacteriophages. The bulk of the tegument is not icosahedrally ordered. However, a small portion appears as filamentous structures around the pentons, interacting extensively with the capsid. Their locations and interactions suggest possible roles for the tegument proteins in regulating DNA transport through the penton channel and binding to cellular transport proteins during viral infection.  (+info)

Effect of buffer conditions on the position of tRNA on the 70 S ribosome as visualized by cryoelectron microscopy. (8/1790)

The effect of buffer conditions on the binding position of tRNA on the Escherichia coli 70 S ribosome have been studied by means of three-dimensional (3D) cryoelectron microscopy. Either deacylated tRNAfMet or fMet-tRNAfMet were bound to the 70 S ribosomes, which were programmed with a 46-nucleotide mRNA having AUG codon in the middle, under two different buffer conditions (conventional buffer: containing Tris and higher Mg2+ concentration [10-15 mM]; and polyamine buffer: containing Hepes, lower Mg2+ concentration [6 mM], and polyamines). Difference maps, obtained by subtracting 3D maps of naked control ribosome in the corresponding buffer from the 3D maps of tRNA.ribosome complexes, reveal the distinct locations of tRNA on the ribosome. The position of deacylated tRNAfMet depends on the buffer condition used, whereas that of fMet-tRNAfMet remains the same in both buffer conditions. The acylated tRNA binds in the classical P site, whereas deacylated tRNA binds mostly in an intermediate P/E position under the conventional buffer condition and mostly in the position corresponding to the classical P site, i. e. in the P/P state, under the polyamine buffer conditions.  (+info)

ASTM E3143 - 18b Standard Practice for Performing Cryo-Transmission Electron Microscopy of LiposomesASTM E3143 - 18b Standard Practice for Performing Cryo-Transmission Electron Microscopy of Liposomes
E3143-18b Standard Practice for Performing Cryo-Transmission Electron Microscopy of Liposomes vitrification~ transmission electron microscopes~
https://www.astm.org/Standards/E3143.htm
Single-step antibody-based affinity cryo-electron microscopy for imaging and structural analysis of macromolecular assemblies<...Single-step antibody-based affinity cryo-electron microscopy for imaging and structural analysis of macromolecular assemblies<...
TY - JOUR. T1 - Single-step antibody-based affinity cryo-electron microscopy for imaging and structural analysis of macromolecular assemblies. AU - Yu, Guimei. AU - Vago, Frank. AU - Zhang, Dongsheng. AU - Snyder, Jonathan E.. AU - Yan, Rui. AU - Zhang, Ci. AU - Benjamin, Christopher. AU - Jiang, Xi. AU - Kuhn, Richard J.. AU - Serwer, Philip. AU - Thompson, David H.. AU - Jiang, Wen. N1 - Funding Information: This work was supported in part by NIH Grant R01AI072035 . The negative staining TEM and cryo-EM images were taken at the Purdue Biological Electron Microscopy Facility. We thank Melissa Mikolaj and Thomas J. Edwards for providing some of the Sindbis virus test samples. PY - 2014/7. Y1 - 2014/7. N2 - Single particle cryo-electron microscopy (cryo-EM) is an emerging powerful tool for structural studies of macromolecular assemblies (i.e., protein complexes and viruses). Although single particle cryo-EM requires less concentrated and smaller amounts of samples than X-ray crystallography, it ...
https://scholars.uthscsa.edu/en/publications/single-step-antibody-based-affinity-cryo-electron-microscopy-for-
ASSISTANT PROFESSOR IN CRYO ELECTRON MICROSCOPY job with University of California, Irvine | 417876ASSISTANT PROFESSOR IN CRYO ELECTRON MICROSCOPY job with University of California, Irvine | 417876
ASSISTANT PROFESSOR IN CRYO ELECTRON MICROSCOPY in Full Time, Academia, Life Sciences with University of California, Irvine. Apply Today.
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Single-Particle Cryo-EM of Membrane Proteins in Lipid Nanodiscs | SpringerLinkSingle-Particle Cryo-EM of Membrane Proteins in Lipid Nanodiscs | SpringerLink
Single-particle cryo-electron microscopy has become an indispensable technique in structural biology. In particular when studying membrane proteins, it allows the use of membrane-mimicking tools,...
https://link.springer.com/protocol/10.1007%2F978-1-0716-0373-4_17
Improved methods for single-particle cryogenic electron microscopyImproved methods for single-particle cryogenic electron microscopy
Author(s): Palovcak, Eugene Joseph | Advisor(s): Cheng, Yifan | Abstract: Biological macromolecules such as enzymes are nanoscale machines. This is true in a concrete sense: if the atomic structure of a biological macromolecule can be obtained, the theories of mechanics and intermolecular forces can be applied to explain how the machine works in terms that engineers would understand, including motors, ratchets, gates and transducers. Nevertheless, biological macromolecules are complex, fragile and extremely small, so obtaining their structures is a challenging experimental endeavor. Single-particle cryogenic electron microscopy (cryo-EM) is a technique for determining the 3D structure of a biological macromolecule from a large set of 2D electron micrographs of individual structurally-identical particles. To obtain such images, a solution of the macromolecules must be prepared in the frozen-hydrated state, embedded in a thin electron-transparent glassy film of water. This specimen must then be imaged
https://escholarship.org/uc/item/51r7k7hw
Crucial steps in the structure determination of a coronavirus spike glycoprotein using cryo-electron microscopy | Research -...Crucial steps in the structure determination of a coronavirus spike glycoprotein using cryo-electron microscopy | Research -...
Link to Pubmed [PMID] - 27667334. Protein Sci. 2017 01;26(1):113-121. The tremendous pandemic potential of coronaviruses was demonstrated twice in the last 15 years by two global outbreaks of deadly pneumonia. Entry of coronaviruses into cells is mediated by the transmembrane spike glycoprotein S, which forms a trimer carrying receptor-binding and membrane fusion functions. Despite their biomedical importance, coronavirus S glycoproteins have proven difficult targets for structural characterization, precluding high-resolution studies of the biologically relevant trimer. Recent technological developments in single particle cryo-electron microscopy allowed us to determine the first structure of a coronavirus S glycoprotein trimer which provided a framework to understand the mechanisms of viral entry and suggested potential inhibition strategies for this family of viruses. Here, we describe the key factors that enabled this breakthrough.. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27667334 ...
https://research.pasteur.fr/en/publication/crucial-steps-in-the-structure-determination-of-a-coronavirus-spike-glycoprotein-using-cryo-electron-microscopy/
Structural markers in prostate cancer serum imaged ex vivo using cryogenic transmission electron microscopyStructural markers in prostate cancer serum imaged ex vivo using cryogenic transmission electron microscopy
Abstract: We used cryogenic transmission electron microscopy (cryo-TEM) to identify differences in macromolecular structures present in the serum from healthy individuals (HI) and prostate cancer (PCa) patients and show that these differences are potential markers for disease. Using a murine orthotopic model of human PCa, we determined that some of these structural markers in serum are associated with the tumour burden. These findings signify the potential of this nanoscale ex vivo imaging technology of body fluids as a platform for discovering early markers of PCa and other diseases.. ...
https://scialert.net/asci/ascidetail.php?doi=jmicro.2010.451.456&kw=
Resolving the Morphology of Peptoid Vesicles at the 1 nm Length Scale Using Cryogenic Electron Microscopy.Resolving the Morphology of Peptoid Vesicles at the 1 nm Length Scale Using Cryogenic Electron Microscopy.
Author(s): Jiang, Xi; Spencer, Ryan K; Sun, Jing; Ophus, Colin; Zuckermann, Ronald N; Downing, Kenneth H; Balsara, Nitash P | Abstract: Vesicle formation in a series of amphiphilic sequence-defined polypeptoid block co-polymers comprising a phosphonated hydrophilic block and an amorphous hydrophobic block, poly- N-(2-ethyl)hexylglycine- block-poly- N-phosphonomethylglycine (pNeh- b-pNpm), is studied. The hydrophobic/hydrophilic block ratio was varied keeping the total chain length of the co-polymers constant. A new approach for characterizing the vesicle membrane morphology based on low-dose cryogenic electron microscopy (cryo-EM) is described. The individual low-dose micrographs cannot be interpreted directly due to low signal-to-noise ratio. Sorting and averaging techniques, developed in the context of protein structure determination, were thus applied to vesicle micrographs. Molecular dynamic simulations of the vesicles were used to establish the relationship between membrane morphology and averaged
https://escholarship.org/uc/item/7n15h4b6
Structural studies of virus-antibody complexes by electron cryomicroscopy and X-ray crystallography<...Structural studies of virus-antibody complexes by electron cryomicroscopy and X-ray crystallography<...
TY - JOUR. T1 - Structural studies of virus-antibody complexes by electron cryomicroscopy and X-ray crystallography. AU - Chiu, Wah. AU - Smith, Thomas. PY - 1994. Y1 - 1994. N2 - The combined use of electron cryomicroscopy and X-ray crystallography has recently provided unprecedented and unique structural information of virus-antibody complexes. Different kinds of viral proteins have been located and identified on the capsid surface, certain residues of the viral proteins involved in antibody interactions have been identified; the elbow angle of bound antibody has been measured; and the mechanism of antibody-mediated neutralization has been elucidated. Within the next few years, this combined methodology should help investigators resolve the structures of large macromolecular assemblies to even higher resolutions.. AB - The combined use of electron cryomicroscopy and X-ray crystallography has recently provided unprecedented and unique structural information of virus-antibody complexes. ...
https://researchexperts.utmb.edu/en/publications/structural-studies-of-virus-antibody-complexes-by-electron-cryomi
RCSB PDB - 3JBP: Cryo-electron microscopy reconstruction of the Plasmodium falciparum 80S ribosome bound to E-tRNARCSB PDB - 3JBP: Cryo-electron microscopy reconstruction of the Plasmodium falciparum 80S ribosome bound to E-tRNA
As a member of the wwPDB, the RCSB PDB curates and annotates PDB data according to agreed upon standards. The RCSB PDB also provides a variety of tools and resources. Users can perform simple and advanced searches based on annotations relating to sequence, structure and function. These molecules are visualized, downloaded, and analyzed by users who range from students to specialized scientists.
https://www.rcsb.org/structure/3JBP
Mature HIV-1 capsid structure by cryo-electron microscopy and all-atom molecular dynamics. - Nuffield Department of MedicineMature HIV-1 capsid structure by cryo-electron microscopy and all-atom molecular dynamics. - Nuffield Department of Medicine
Retroviral capsid proteins are conserved structurally but assemble into different morphologies. The mature human immunodeficiency virus-1 (HIV-1) capsid is best described by a fullerene cone model, in which hexamers of the capsid protein are linked to form a hexagonal surface lattice that is closed by incorporating 12 capsid-protein pentamers. HIV-1 capsid protein contains an amino-terminal domain (NTD) comprising seven α-helices and a β-hairpin, a carboxy-terminal domain (CTD) comprising four α-helices, and a flexible linker with a 310-helix connecting the two structural domains. Structures of the capsid-protein assembly units have been determined by X-ray crystallography; however, structural information regarding the assembled capsid and the contacts between the assembly units is incomplete. Here we report the cryo-electron microscopy structure of a tubular HIV-1 capsid-protein assembly at 8 Å resolution and the three-dimensional structure of a native HIV-1 core by cryo-electron tomography. The
https://www.ndm.ox.ac.uk/publications/665213
The resolution revolution continues: GIF Quantum LS imaging filter with K2 Summit camera enables scientists to reach 2.2 Å...The resolution revolution continues: GIF Quantum LS imaging filter with K2 Summit camera enables scientists to reach 2.2 Å...
Structural biology is undergoing a seismic shift as single-particle cryo-electron microscopy (cryo-EM) is increasingly becoming the technique of choice for scientists who want to study DNA, proteins and other biological molecules at atomic resolution. Having just recently broken the 3 Å (angstrom) barrier with the use of the Gatan K2 Summit® direct detection camera, a new structure shows that there is no longer a resolution gap between x-ray crystallography and cryo-EM.
http://www.gatan.com/company/news/resolution-revolution-continues-gif-quantum-ls-imaging-filter-k2-summit-camera-enables
Structural basis of Cullin 2 RING E3 ligase regulation by the COP9 signalosome.Structural basis of Cullin 2 RING E3 ligase regulation by the COP9 signalosome.
Cullin-Ring E3 Ligases (CRLs) regulate a multitude of cellular pathways through specific substrate receptors. The COP9 signalosome (CSN) deactivates CRLs by removing NEDD8 from activated Cullins. Here we present structures of the neddylated and deneddylated CSN-CRL2 complexes by combining single-particle cryo-electron microscopy (cryo-EM) with chemical cross-linking mass spectrometry (XL-MS). These structures suggest a conserved mechanism of CSN activation, consisting of conformational clamping of the CRL2 substrate by CSN2/CSN4, release of the catalytic CSN5/CSN6 heterodimer and finally activation of the CSN5 deneddylation machinery. Using hydrogen-deuterium exchange (HDX)-MS we show that CRL2 activates CSN5/CSN6 in a neddylation-independent manner. The presence of NEDD8 is required to activate the CSN5 active site. Overall, by synergising cryo-EM with MS, we identify sensory regions of the CSN that mediate its stepwise activation and provide a framework for understanding the regulatory ...
https://repository.icr.ac.uk/handle/internal/3354
High resolution single-particle cryo-EM of a 200 kDa membrane ion channel | NIH Research FestivalHigh resolution single-particle cryo-EM of a 200 kDa membrane ion channel | NIH Research Festival
Magnesium ions are the most abundant divalent intracellular cations and are essential for life, as they play key roles in signaling, nucleic acid action and metabolism. Mg2+-deficiency is associated with diseases affecting the heart, muscle, bone, immune and nervous system, so it is very important to fully understand this ion uptake system. The ~200 kDa pentameric membrane channel CorA is the major Mg2+ uptake system in bacteria and a homolog of the eukaryotic mitochondrial Mrs2 proteins which it can complement. CorA contributes to Mg2+ homeostasis through a negative feedback loop, where Mg2+ binding at the subunit interface leads to channel closure and low Mg2+ concentrations stabilize the open conformation. Electron paramagnetic resonance (EPR) spectroscopic studies of purified CorA revealed large quaternary conformational changes associated with magnesium binding/unbinding. Using single-particle cryo-EM, we have determined the structure for the closed magnesium-bound state of CorA at a ...
https://researchfestival.nih.gov/2015/posters/high-resolution-single-particle-cryo-em-200-kda-membrane-ion-channel
Cryo Electron Microscopy Short Course 2010 | IPRIMECryo Electron Microscopy Short Course 2010 | IPRIME
Alon McCormick, course coordinator and IPrime NMP Program Leader. This course is intended to enable industrial and academic scientists and engineers with no prior knowledge of electron microscopy to gain insight into cryotechniques to image nanostructures in liquids, soft materials, and biological systems. After attending the course you will be better able to assess what experiments are feasible for samples of interest to you, and to estimate the benefits and costs of these approaches.. The main instructors are innovators and leaders in the field of cryo-electron microscopy, particularly in the study of soft materials, nanomaterials, and virus structure - Jayesh Bellare, Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay, Ishi Talmon, Technion, Israel Institute of Technology, Wei Zhang, U of MN CharFac & Institute for Molecular Virology.. Registration and fees ...
http://www.iprime.umn.edu/cryo-electron-microscopy-short-course-2010
Solubilization of nonionic monoalkyl amphiphile-cholesterol vesicles by octyl glucoside: Cryo-transmission electron microscopy...Solubilization of nonionic monoalkyl amphiphile-cholesterol vesicles by octyl glucoside: Cryo-transmission electron microscopy...
Addresses: UNIV PARIS SUD, EQUIPE PHYSICOCHIM SYST POLYPHASES, URA CNRS 1218, CHATENAY MALABRY, FRANCE. UNIV UPPSALA, INST PHYS CHEM, S-75121 UPPSALA, SWEDEN.Available from: 2008-10-17 Created: 2008-10-17 Last updated: 2011-03-21 ...
http://uu.diva-portal.org/smash/record.jsf?pid=diva2:103010
High resolution cryo-electron microscopy of clathrin cage networks at University of Warwick on FindAPhD.comHigh resolution cryo-electron microscopy of clathrin cage networks at University of Warwick on FindAPhD.com
PhD Project - High resolution cryo-electron microscopy of clathrin cage networks at University of Warwick, listed on FindAPhD.com
https://www.findaphd.com/search/projectdetails.aspx?PJID=79617&LID=1573
Cryo-EM structure of oxysterol-bound human Smoothened coupled to a heterotrimeric G<sub>i<...Cryo-EM structure of oxysterol-bound human Smoothened coupled to a heterotrimeric G<sub>i<...
TY - JOUR. T1 - Cryo-EM structure of oxysterol-bound human Smoothened coupled to a heterotrimeric Gi. AU - Qi, Xiaofeng. AU - Liu, Heng. AU - Thompson, Bonne. AU - McDonald, Jeffrey. AU - Zhang, Cheng. AU - Li, Xiaochun. PY - 2019/1/1. Y1 - 2019/1/1. N2 - The oncoprotein Smoothened (SMO), a G-protein-coupled receptor (GPCR) of the Frizzled-class (class-F), transduces the Hedgehog signal from the tumour suppressor Patched-1 (PTCH1) to the glioma-associated-oncogene (GLI) transcription factors, which activates the Hedgehog signalling pathway1,2. It has remained unknown how PTCH1 modulates SMO, how SMO is stimulated to form a complex with heterotrimeric G proteins and whether G-protein coupling contributes to the activation of GLI proteins3. Here we show that 24,25-epoxycholesterol, which we identify as an endogenous ligand of PTCH1, can stimulate Hedgehog signalling in cells and can trigger G-protein signalling via human SMO in vitro. We present a cryo-electron microscopy structure of human SMO ...
https://utsouthwestern.pure.elsevier.com/en/publications/cryo-em-structure-of-oxysterol-bound-human-smoothened-coupled-to-
Localization of eukaryote-specific ribosomal proteins in a 5.5-Å cryo-EM map of the 80S eukaryotic ribosome<...Localization of eukaryote-specific ribosomal proteins in a 5.5-Å cryo-EM map of the 80S eukaryotic ribosome<...
TY - JOUR. T1 - Localization of eukaryote-specific ribosomal proteins in a 5.5-Å cryo-EM map of the 80S eukaryotic ribosome. AU - Armache, Jean Paul. AU - Jarasch, Alexander. AU - Anger, Andreas M.. AU - Villa, Elizabeth. AU - Becker, Thomas. AU - Bhushan, Shashi. AU - Jossinet, Fabrice. AU - Habeck, Michael. AU - Dindar, Gülcin. AU - Franckenberg, Sibylle. AU - Marquez, Viter. AU - Mielke, Thorsten. AU - Thomm, Michael. AU - Berninghausen, Otto. AU - Beatrix, Birgitta. AU - Söding, Johannes. AU - Westhof, Eric. AU - Wilson, Daniel N.. AU - Beckmann, Roland. PY - 2010/11/16. Y1 - 2010/11/16. N2 - Protein synthesis in all living organisms occurs on ribonucleoprotein particles, called ribosomes. Despite the universality of this process, eukaryotic ribosomes are significantly larger in size than their bacterial counterparts due in part to the presence of 80 r proteins rather than 54 in bacteria. Using cryoelectron microscopy reconstructions of a translating plant (Triticum aestivum) 80S ribosome ...
https://pennstate.pure.elsevier.com/en/publications/localization-of-eukaryote-specific-ribosomal-proteins-in-a-55-%C3%A5-c
ccp4bb] EMBO practical course on image processing for cryo-electron microscopyccp4bb] EMBO practical course on image processing for cryo-electron microscopy
Posted on behalf of Elena Orlova... Dear All, It is a pleasure to announce that we are running the next EMBO practical course on image processing for cryo-electron microscopy in Birkbeck College , ISMB, London . This 10 day course will be held in September (5 - 15), 2017. You can find our announcement on the following sites: Twitter ( https://twitter.com/EMBOevents/status/818487485814730759 ), Facebook ( https://www.facebook.com/events/590421591166869/ ) EMBO events calendar ( http://www.embo.org/events/events-calendar ). Birkbeck College (http://www.bbk.ac.uk/biology/about-us/events/image-processing-for-cryo-electron-microscopy-1) Deadline for applications: Monday 15 May 2017 The aim of the course is to teach the basic principles and practical aspects of image processing to bioscientists and structural biologists wishing to determine macromolecular structures by cryo electron microscopy (EM). The course will concentrate on processing of single particle images, and will be aimed at advanced PhD ...
http://www.ccp4.ac.uk/news/msg00021.html
single-particle electron cryomicroscopy Archives | The Emory Wheelsingle-particle electron cryomicroscopy Archives | The Emory Wheel
The Robert P. Apkarian Integrated Electron Microscopy Core (IECM) facility at Cherry Logan Emerson Hall is expanding to the O. Wayne Rollins Research Center, according to Assistant Dean of Research at the Emory University School of Medicine Michael E. Zwick. ... ...
http://emorywheel.com/tag/single-particle-electron-cryomicroscopy/
Cryo electron microscopy of membrane proteins and biomolecular assemblies - Hans Hebert | Department of Biosciences and...Cryo electron microscopy of membrane proteins and biomolecular assemblies - Hans Hebert | Department of Biosciences and...
Mucins are large glycoproteins that coat the surface of cells in the respiratory, digestive, and urogenital tracts. The first insights into the packing and secretion of intestinal MUC2 in molecular terms have now been obtained. Purified MUC2-N protein was analyzed by electron microscopy and image processing, suggesting how MUC2-N is packed in granulae of goblet cells. Dysregulation of the normal |1000-fold expansion upon release could explain the extreme viscosity of the produced mucus seen in cystic fibrosis.
http://ki.se/en/bionut/cryo-electron-microscopy-of-membrane-proteins-and-biomolecular-assemblies-hans-hebert
Single particle analysis - WikipediaSingle particle analysis - Wikipedia
Single particle analysis is a group of related computerized image processing techniques used to analyze images from transmission electron microscopy (TEM). These methods were developed to improve and extend the information obtainable from TEM images of particulate samples, typically proteins or other large biological entities such as viruses. Individual images of stained or unstained particles are very noisy, and so hard to interpret. Combining several digitized images of similar particles together gives an image with stronger and more easily interpretable features. An extension of this technique uses single particle methods to build up a three-dimensional reconstruction of the particle. Using cryo-electron microscopy it has become possible to generate reconstructions with sub-nanometer resolution and near-atomic resolution first in the case of highly symmetric viruses, and now in smaller, asymmetric proteins as well. Single particle analysis can be done on both negatively stained and vitreous ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Single_particle_analysis
Single-particle cryo-EM of the ryanodine receptor from skeletal muscle by Alex H. WillSingle-particle cryo-EM of the ryanodine receptor from skeletal muscle by Alex H. Will
The RyR1 acts as an intracellular calcium channel that allows passage of Ca2+ from the sarcoplasmic reticulum to the cytoplasm; this increase in cytosolic Ca2+ is required for excitation-contraction coupling. Certain mutations in RyR1 have been directly linked to malignant hyperthermia (MH) and central core disease. In a series of studies, the role of Mg2+ has been explored as it pertains to MH, and it has been determined that dysregulation of Mg2+ can even lead to MH in patients without mutations. Consequently, the aim of the study was to insert the RyR1 into nanodiscs, small, circular lipid bilayers used to solubilize membrane proteins, and to use cryo-electron microscopy to assess the conformation of the RyR1 in the presence of Mg2+ and AMP-PCP. Particle reconstruction generated a 9.0 Å resolution map that confirmed successful incorporation of the RyR1 into nanodiscs and allowed visualization of the RyR1 in a physiological closed state.
https://scholarscompass.vcu.edu/etd/4998/
A Bayesian adaptive basis algorithm for single particle reconstruction. - PubMed - NCBIA Bayesian adaptive basis algorithm for single particle reconstruction. - PubMed - NCBI
J Struct Biol. 2012 Jul;179(1):56-67. doi: 10.1016/j.jsb.2012.04.012. Epub 2012 May 1. Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural; Research Support, Non-U.S. Govt
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed?term=22564910
Stringent Response: Tet(O) cryoEM structure is out!Stringent Response: Tet(O) cryoEM structure is out!
So it is finally out: the cryoEM structure of Tet(O) on the ribosome we have collaborated on with Joachim Franks lab is finally published on in Nature Communications. Tet(O) is a bacterial translational GTPase that clears the ribosome from tetracycline antibiotic, and structural data provided in the paper shed light on the mechanism of Tet(O)-mediated resistance. Recently cryoEM of Tet(O)s close relative, Tet(M) was published by Beckmann and Wilson labs, so now one can compare the two. And yes, they look very similar. No surprise there. ...
http://stringentresponse.blogspot.com/2013/02/teto-cryoem-structure-is-out.html
PDB-6id0: Cryo-EM structure of a human intron lariat spliceosome prior to P... - YorodumiPDB-6id0: Cryo-EM structure of a human intron lariat spliceosome prior to P... - Yorodumi
Pre-mRNA splicing is executed by the spliceosome, which has eight major functional states each with distinct composition. Five of these eight human spliceosomal complexes, all preceding exon ligation, have been structurally characterized. In this study, we report the cryo-electron microscopy structures of the human post-catalytic spliceosome (P complex) and intron lariat spliceosome (ILS) at average resolutions of 3.0 and 2.9 Å, respectively. In the P complex, the ligated exon remains anchored to loop I of U5 small nuclear RNA, and the 3-splice site is recognized by the junction between the 5-splice site and the branch point sequence. The ATPase/helicase Prp22, along with the ligated exon and eight other proteins, are dissociated in the P-to-ILS transition. Intriguingly, the ILS complex exists in two distinct conformations, one with the ATPase/helicase Prp43 and one without. Comparison of these three late-stage human spliceosomes reveals mechanistic insights into exon release and spliceosome ...
https://pdbj.org/emnavi/quick.php?id=pdb-6id0
PDB-5n5n: Cryo-EM structure of tsA201 cell alpha1B and betaI and betaIVb mi... - YorodumiPDB-5n5n: Cryo-EM structure of tsA201 cell alpha1B and betaI and betaIVb mi... - Yorodumi
Joachim Frank (Columbia University, New York, USA) is a pioneer of single particle reconstruction, which is the most used reconstruction method for 3DEM structures in EMDB and EM entries in PDB. And also, he is a develper of Spider, which is one of the most famous software in this field, and is used for some EM Navigor data (e.g. map projection/slice images ...
https://pdbj.org/emnavi/quick.php?id=pdb-5n5n
News : EMDataResourceNews : EMDataResource
The use of 3D cryo-electron microscopy reconstruction (3DEM) methods to experimentally determine structures of biological macromolecules, complexes and machines is rapidly increasing in the structural biology community. For journal articles reporting new 3DEM structures via single particle, helical, electron crystallography, and sub-tomogram averaging methods, we find that the overall map-deposition rate to EM Data Bank (EMDB) is approaching 70%. However, the rate varies significantly per journal, and tends to be highest for journals with well-defined and consistently enforced 3DEM deposition policies in place ...
https://www.emdataresource.org/allnews.html
How smart, ultrathin nanosheets go fishing for proteins | Max Planck Institute of BiophysicsHow smart, ultrathin nanosheets go fishing for proteins | Max Planck Institute of Biophysics
With our process, new types of proteins can be isolated from mixtures and characterized within a week, explains Daniel Rhinow from the Max Planck Institute of Biophysics. To date, just the isolation of the proteins was often part of a doctorate lasting several years. Together with Andreas Terfort (Goethe University Frankfurt) and Andrey Turchanin (Friedrich Schiller University Jena), the idea evolved a few years ago of fishing the desired proteins directly out of mixtures by equipping a nanosheet with recognition sites onto which the target protein bonds. The researchers have now succeeded in making proteins directly available for examination using electron cryo-microscopy through a smart nanosheet.. Cryo electron microscopy is based on the shock- reezing of a sample at temperatures below minus 150 degrees Celsius. During this process, the protein maintains its structure, no interfering fixing and coloring agents are needed, and the electrons can easily irradiate the frozen object. The ...
https://www.biophys.mpg.de/2299068/news_publication_15177567_transferred?c=2360
Forschungszentrum Jülich - Ansprechpartner - Prof. Dr. Carsten SachseForschungszentrum Jülich - Ansprechpartner - Prof. Dr. Carsten Sachse
I am the director of the newly founded Ernst-Ruska-Centre 3 for Structural Biology at the Forschungszentrum Jülich. I was a group leader at the EMBL from 2010 - 2018. I got in touch with electron cryomicroscopy by studying amyloid fibrils in the groups of Marcus Fändrich (now in Ulm, Germany) and Niko Grigorieff (now at Janelia Farm, USA).. For my postdoctoral period, I went to the MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology (Cambridge, UK) to work with Richard Henderson and Roger Williams. In the last few years, we set up a group to study the mechanisms of autophagy by electron cryomicroscopy. Traditionally, I have been interested in the advancement of high-resolution single-particle EM with a particular focus on helical reconstruction. These developments have led to our recent helical processing software package Spring. More recently, we became interested in improving means of cryo-EM map interpretation by atomic models.. ...
https://kfa-juelich.de/SharedDocs/Personen/ER-C/ER-C-3/EN/Sachse_C.html?nn=2090670
Electron cryomicroscopy shows cardiac thin filament structure -- MEDICA - World Forum for MedicineElectron cryomicroscopy shows cardiac thin filament structure -- MEDICA - World Forum for Medicine
Researchers at Osaka University used electron cryomicroscopy (CryoEM) to image essential cardiac muscle components, known as thin filaments, with unprecedented resolution. They also discovered the mechanism by which these filaments regulate heartbeat via cardiac muscle contractions in the presence or absence of calcium ions by changing their conformations.
https://www.medica-tradefair.com/en/News/Archive/Electron_cryomicroscopy_shows_cardiac_thin_filament_structure
APPROACHING VIRUS LIFE CYCLE WITH ELECTRON MICROSCOPY | IMRIAPPROACHING VIRUS LIFE CYCLE WITH ELECTRON MICROSCOPY | IMRI
US Air Force Research Lab. Monday, April 24, 2017, Colloquia Auditorium. Electron microscopy has been one of the robust tools in characterizing the life cycle of viruses, such as Semliki Forest Virus (SFV), an alphavirus that belongs to Togavirus family and causes encephalitis in human. The viral particle of SFV is composed of a nucleocapsid enclosed by a lipid-anchored glycoprotein spikes and infects cell through clathrin-dependent endocytosis pathway where it releases the nucleocapsid into the cytoplasm after membrane fusion at the late endosome. Cryo-electron microscopy and single particle reconstruction revealed the structure of SFV virion that both the nucleocapsid and surface spikes adapted into icosahedral symmetry with T4 surface lattice and that the connection between nucleocapsid protein and C-terminal tail of the glycoprotein stabilizes the particle integrity. Mutation at nucleocapsid does not changed the assembly of the viral particle although truncation at the RNA-binding domain ...
http://imri.uci.edu/node/291
Cryoelectron Microscopy of Icosahedral Virus Particles | SpringerLinkCryoelectron Microscopy of Icosahedral Virus Particles | SpringerLink
With the rapid progresses in both instrumentation and computing, it is increasingly straightforward and routine to determine the structures of icosahedral viruses to subnanometer resolutions (6-10 Å)...
https://link.springer.com/protocol/10.1007%2F978-1-59745-294-6_17
Zinc in the structure of Drosophila Nod (3DC4) and Bovine Tubulin (1JFF) Docked Into The 11-Angstrom Cryo-Em Map of Nucleotide...Zinc in the structure of Drosophila Nod (3DC4) and Bovine Tubulin (1JFF) Docked Into The 11-Angstrom Cryo-Em Map of Nucleotide...
Mono- and Stereopictres of 5.0 Angstrom coordination sphere of Zinc atom in PDB 3dco: Drosophila Nod (3DC4) and Bovine Tubulin (1JFF) Docked Into The 11-Angstrom Cryo-Em Map of Nucleotide-Free Nod Complexed to the Microtubule
http://zinc.atomistry.com/pdb3dco.html
PublicationsPublications
by Victor A. Kostyuchenko, Elisa X. Y. Lim, Shuijun Zhang, Guntur Fibriansah, Thiam-Seng Ng, Justin S. G. Ooi, Jian Shi & Shee-Mei Lok. Nature (2016) doi:10.1038/nature17994 Published online 19 April 2016. Zika virus (ZIKV), formerly a neglected pathogen, has recently been associated with microcephaly in fetuses1, and with Guillian-Barré syndrome in adults2. Here we present the 3.7 Å resolution cryo-electron microscopy structure of ZIKV, and show that the overall architecture of the virus is similar to that of other flaviviruses. Sequence and structural comparisons of the ZIKV envelope (E) protein with other flaviviruses show that parts of the E protein closely resemble the neurovirulent West Nile and Japanese encephalitis viruses, while others are similar to dengue virus (DENV). However, the contribution of the E protein to flavivirus pathobiology is currently not understood. The virus particle was observed to be structurally stable even when incubated at 40 °C, in sharp contrast to the less ...
https://cbis.nus.edu.sg/category/publications/
New indication of a link between Alzheimers and diabetes | EurekAlert! Science NewsNew indication of a link between Alzheimers and diabetes | EurekAlert! Science News
Pathological protein clumps are characteristic of a series of diseases, such as Alzheimers disease, Parkinsons disease, and type 2 diabetes. Scientists at Forschungszentrum Jülich, Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf, and Maastricht University have now used cryo-electron microscopy to obtain a sharp image for the first time of how individual molecules are arranged in protein strings, which constitute the deposits typical for diabetes. The structure of the fibrils is very similar to that of Alzheimers fibrils.
https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2020-06/fj-nio061520.php
Scientists take cool look at dendrite growth - Materials TodayScientists take cool look at dendrite growth - Materials Today
Scientists have used cryo-electron microscopy to capture the first atomic-level images of the crystalline dendrites that can grow in batteries.
https://www.materialstoday.com/characterization/news/scientists-take-cool-look-at-dendrite-growth/
Mapping the Structure and Function of the E1 and E2 Glycoproteins in Alphaviruses - CaltechAUTHORSMapping the Structure and Function of the E1 and E2 Glycoproteins in Alphaviruses - CaltechAUTHORS
The 9 Å resolution cryo-electron microscopy map of Sindbis virus presented here provides structural information on the polypeptide topology of the E2 protein, on the interactions between the E1 and E2 glycoproteins in the formation of a heterodimer, on the difference in conformation of the two types of trimeric spikes, on the interaction between the transmembrane helices of the E1 and E2 proteins, and on the conformational changes that occur when fusing with a host cell. The positions of various markers on the E2 protein established the approximate topology of the E2 structure. The largest conformational differences between the icosahedral surface spikes at icosahedral 3-fold and quasi-3-fold positions are associated with the monomers closest to the 5-fold axes. The long E2 monomers, containing the cell receptor recognition motif at their extremities, are shown to rotate by about 180^o and to move away from the center of the spikes during fusion. ...
https://authors.library.caltech.edu/63550/
Cryo-electron microscopy of viruses | Gelbart LabCryo-electron microscopy of viruses | Gelbart Lab
Cryo-electron microscopy (cryo-EM) is a structural technique that images biological macromolecules in native-like conditions, and has been widely applied to the study of viruses. Virus structures have been determined by cryo-EM at resolutions ranging from molecular (~30-50Angstrom) to near atomic (~4 angstrom).... ...
http://virus.chem.ucla.edu/biblio/cryo-electron-microscopy-viruses
First appointment in new Salk Fellows Program - Salk Institute for Biological StudiesFirst appointment in new Salk Fellows Program - Salk Institute for Biological Studies
Most fellows will come directly from a PhD or MD program and have expertise in a wide range of innovative technologies. Their work will have a combination of novelty, originality and risk, factors that often lower the chances of obtaining support through traditional channels. Salk Fellows will be independent group leaders and will be appointed for an initial period of three years, which may be followed by a two-year extension.. Salks first Fellow in this new program, Dmitry Lyumkis, joined the Salk on July 1 from The Scripps Research Institute and has made groundbreaking innovations in biological imaging. He uses single-particle cryo-electron microscopy-a cutting-edge technology that enables the visualization of large proteins and protein complexes under near-native conditions-to build three-dimensional models of the imaged objects. The resulting 3D models, which can now be resolved at near-atomic resolution with select specimens, facilitate a better understanding of protein function and ...
https://www.salk.edu/news-release/first-appointment-in-new-salk-fellows-program/
Worlds leading supplier of electron microscopy solutions partners with Imaging CoE for R&D - Imaging CoEWorlds leading supplier of electron microscopy solutions partners with Imaging CoE for R&D - Imaging CoE
FEI have recently collaborated with the ARC Centre of Excellence in Advanced Molecular Imaging (Imaging CoE) to test a new approach to optimise samples prior to preparing them for vitrification and subsequent cryo-transmission electron microscopy (cryo-EM).
http://imagingcoe.org/fei-partnership-2015/
Mature HIV-1 capsid structure by cryo-electron microscopy and all-atom molecular dynamics - Fingerprint - University of...Mature HIV-1 capsid structure by cryo-electron microscopy and all-atom molecular dynamics - Fingerprint - University of...
Fingerprint Dive into the research topics of Mature HIV-1 capsid structure by cryo-electron microscopy and all-atom molecular dynamics. Together they form a unique fingerprint. ...
https://experts.illinois.edu/en/publications/mature-hiv-1-capsid-structure-by-cryo-electron-microscopy-and-all/fingerprints/
Gene Therapy / VaccineGene Therapy / Vaccine
A fundamental challenge in manufacturing virus-based products is achieving sufficient purity while maintaining virus integrity. TEM is a direct visual method that provides high-resolution morphology information on viruses and their associated impurities.. For viral characterization, Vironova services offer a complete EM analysis package that includes both negative stain transmission electron microscopy and cryo-transmission electron microscopy. Each of these methods provides powerful image datasets representative of the sample and a report that highlights the sample morphology with a graphical presentation of quantitative data and conclusions from the analysis. In addition to our TEM services, we also offer MiniTEM - a movable 25kV TEM microscope with a high level of automation and ~1nm resolution. MiniTEM allows a user-friendly electron microscopy technology for viral characterization to be put in the hands of any process developer in the gene therapy or vaccine field.. With MiniTEM you can ...
https://www.vironova.com/application-areas/gene-therapy-vaccine/
Fibril structure of amyloid-β(1-42) by cryo-electron microscopy | ScienceFibril structure of amyloid-β(1-42) by cryo-electron microscopy | Science
Amyloids are implicated in neurodegenerative diseases. Fibrillar aggregates of the amyloid-β protein (Aβ) are the main component of the senile plaques found in brains of Alzheimers disease patients. We present the structure of an Aβ(1-42) fibril composed of two intertwined protofilaments determined by cryo-electron microscopy (cryo-EM) to 4.0-angstrom resolution, complemented by solid-state nuclear magnetic resonance experiments. The backbone of all 42 residues and nearly all side chains are well resolved in the EM density map, including the entire N terminus, which is part of the cross-β structure resulting in an overall LS-shaped topology of individual subunits. The dimer interface protects the hydrophobic C termini from the solvent. The characteristic staggering of the nonplanar subunits results in markedly different fibril ends, termed groove and ridge, leading to different binding pathways on both fibril ends, which has implications for fibril growth. ...
http://science.sciencemag.org/content/358/6359/116
VirusesViruses
Introduction to Virus Structure Tutorial Jonathan King, Peter Weigele, Greg Pintilie, David Gossard (MIT) v.November, 2008 Virus Structure • Size †• Basic shape ††• 17 nm †3000 nm diameter Rod-like “Spherical” Protective Shell - Capsid †Made of many identical protein subunits †Symmetrically organized †50% of weight †Enveloped or non-enveloped • Genomic material †DNA or RNA †Single- or double-stranded Virus Structure • Virus capsids function in: †Packaging and protecting nucleic acid †Host cell recognition • Protein on coat or envelope “feels” or “recognizes” host cell receptors †Genomic material delivery • Enveloped: cell fusion event • Non-enveloped: more complex strategies & specialized structures Electron Microscopy Mitra, K. & Frank, J., 2006. Ribosome dynamics: insights from atomic structure modeling into cryo-electron microscopy maps. Annual review of ...
https://www.docme.ru/doc/482966/viruses
IUCr) Workshop on single-particle cryo-EM and tomographyIUCr) Workshop on single-particle cryo-EM and tomography
The International Union of Crystallography is a non-profit scientific union serving the world-wide interests of crystallographers and other scientists employing crystallographic methods ...
http://www.iucr.org/calendar/events/types/workshops/workshop-on-single-particle-cryo-em-and-tomography
Localization of the coactivator Cdh1 and the cullin subunit Apc2 in a cryo-electron microscopy model of vertebrate APC/C - edocLocalization of the coactivator Cdh1 and the cullin subunit Apc2 in a cryo-electron microscopy model of vertebrate APC/C - edoc
The anaphase-promoting complex/cyclosome (APC/C) is a ubiquitin ligase with essential functions in mitosis, meiosis, and G1 phase of the cell cycle. APC/C recognizes substrates via coactivator proteins such as Cdh1, and bound substrates are ubiquitinated by E2 enzymes that interact with a hetero-dimer of the RING subunit Apc11 and the cullin Apc2. We have obtained three-dimensional (3D) models of human and Xenopus APC/C by angular reconstitution and random conical tilt (RCT) analyses of negatively stained cryo-electron microscopy (cryo-EM) preparations, have determined the masses of these particles by scanning transmission electron microscopy (STEM), and have mapped the locations of Cdh1 and Apc2. These proteins are located on the same side of the asymmetric APC/C, implying that this is where substrates are ubiquitinated. We have further identified a large flexible domain in APC/C that adopts a different orientation upon Cdh1 binding. Cdh1 may thus activate APC/C both by recruiting substrates ...
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Phasing of the Triatoma virus diffraction data using a cryo-electron microscopy reconstruction. - Institut PasteurPhasing of the Triatoma virus diffraction data using a cryo-electron microscopy reconstruction. - Institut Pasteur
The blood-sucking reduviid bug Triatoma infestans, one of the most important vector of American human trypanosomiasis (Chagas disease) is infected by the Triatoma virus (TrV). TrV has been classified as a member of the Cripavirus genus (type cricket paralysis virus) in the Dicistroviridae family. This work presents the three-dimensional cryo-electron microscopy (cryo-EM) reconstruction of the TrV capsid at about 25 A resolution and its use as a template for phasing the available crystallographic data by the molecular replacement method. The main structural differences between the cryo-EM reconstruction of TrV and other two viruses, one from the same family, the cricket paralysis virus (CrPV) and the human rhinovirus 16 from the Picornaviridae family are presented and discussed.
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Cryo Electron Microscopy and Electron Tomography - Drug Discovery World (DDW)Cryo Electron Microscopy and Electron Tomography - Drug Discovery World (DDW)
Cryo electron microscopy and electron tomography will play a crucial role in the future of drug development.. The completion of the human genome project has focused tremendous interest in determining the structure and function of the tens of thousands of proteins that the genome encodes. Current structural determination techniques are difficult, time-consuming and not generally applicable to all proteins.. Cryo Electron Tomography (ET) is, by comparison, relatively straightforward and fast. While it does not achieve atomic scale resolution, it can resolve tertiary and quaternary structure - the level at which much of the critical interaction between proteins occurs. Because it does not require crystallisation, it is applicable to most proteins, including large proteins and protein complexes, flexible proteins and membrane proteins. Because it operates on a single protein molecule, it can provide information that is critical to drug development and unavailable from other techniques, for example, ...
https://www.ddw-online.com/cryo-electron-microscopy-and-electron-tomography-1155-200504/
Cryo-electron tomography of cells: connecting structure and function :: MPG.PuReCryo-electron tomography of cells: connecting structure and function :: MPG.PuRe
Author: Lucic, V. et al.; Genre: Journal Article; Published in Print: 2008-08; Keywords: cryo-electron tomography; correlative light microscopy; electron microscopy; Title: Cryo-electron tomography of cells: connecting structure and function
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Combined Cryogenic Transmission Electron Microscopy and Electron Spin Resonance Studies of Egg Phosphatidylchloline Liposomes...Combined Cryogenic Transmission Electron Microscopy and Electron Spin Resonance Studies of Egg Phosphatidylchloline Liposomes...
Combined Cryogenic Transmission Electron Microscopy and Electron Spin Resonance Studies of Egg Phosphatidylchloline Liposomes Loaded with a Carboranyl Compound Intended for Boron Neutron Capture Therapy ...
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Cryo-electron Microscopy Structure of the Native Prototype Foamy Virus Glycoprotein and Virus Architecture - Université...Cryo-electron Microscopy Structure of the Native Prototype Foamy Virus Glycoprotein and Virus Architecture - Université...
Foamy viruses (FV) belong to the genus Spumavirus, which forms a distinct lineage in the Retroviridae family. Although the infection in natural hosts and zoonotic transmission to humans is asymptomatic, FVs can replicate well in human cells making it an attractive gene therapy vector candidate. Here we present cryo-electron microscopy and (cryo-)electron tomography ultrastructural data on purified prototype FV (PFV) and PFV infected cells. Mature PFV particles have a distinct morphology with a capsid of constant dimension as well as a less ordered shell of density between the capsid and the membrane likely formed by the Gag N-terminal domain and the cytoplasmic part of the Env leader peptide gp18LP. The viral membrane contains trimeric Env glycoproteins partly arranged in interlocked hexagonal assemblies. In situ 3D reconstruction by subtomogram averaging of wild type Env and of a Env gp48TM- gp80SU cleavage site mutant showed a similar spike architecture as well as stabilization of the hexagonal
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Cryo Electron Microscopy scoops Nobel Prize in Chemistry. | Department of Political StudiesCryo Electron Microscopy scoops Nobel Prize in Chemistry. | Department of Political Studies
The Nobel prize in chemistry has been awarded to the three scientists for developing a technique to produce images of the molecules of life frozen in time. The technique, called cryo-electron microscopy, allows biomolecules to be visualised in their natural configuration for the first time, triggering a revolution in biochemistry, according to the Nobel committee. The latest versions of the technology mean scientists can record biochemical processes as they unfold in film-like sequences.. Richard Henderson, a Scottish scientist and professor at the MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology, was the first to successfully modify the electron microscope to image a protein involved in photosynthesis, by using a weaker beam and taking pictures from many angles. Joachim Frank, a German-born professor at Columbia University in New York, developed mathematical algorithms that allowed the method to be applied to a wider array of molecules. Jacques Dubochet, who is Swiss and an honorary professor at the ...
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Insights into bunyavirus architecture from electron cryotomography of Uukuniemi virusInsights into bunyavirus architecture from electron cryotomography of Uukuniemi virus
Bunyaviridae is a large family of viruses that have gained attention as emerging viruses because many members cause serious disease in humans, with an increasing number of outbreaks. These negative-strand RNA viruses possess a membrane envelope covered by glycoproteins. The virions are pleiomorphic and thus have not been amenable to structural characterization using common techniques that involve averaging of electron microscopic images. Here, we determined the three-dimensional structure of a member of the Bunyaviridae family by using electron cryotomography. The genome, incorporated as a complex with the nucleoprotein inside the virions, was seen as a thread-like structure partially interacting with the viral membrane. Although no ordered nucleocapsid was observed, lateral interactions between the two membrane glycoproteins determine the structure of the viral particles. In the most regular particles, the glycoprotein protrusions, or spikes, were seen to be arranged on an icosahedral ...
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Delmic Microscopy Blog | cryo-electron tomographyDelmic Microscopy Blog | cryo-electron tomography
cryo-electron tomography | This blog addresses the various applications and techniques to be discovered in the fields of cathodoluminescence and correlative light and electron microscopy.
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Simulating cryo electron tomograms of crowded cell cytoplasm for assessment of automated particle picking | BMC Bioinformatics ...Simulating cryo electron tomograms of crowded cell cytoplasm for assessment of automated particle picking | BMC Bioinformatics ...
Cryo-electron tomography is an important tool to study structures of macromolecular complexes in close to native states. A whole cell cryo electron tomogram contains structural information of all its macromolecular complexes. However, extracting this information remains challenging, and relies on sophisticated image processing, in particular for template-free particle extraction, classification and averaging. To develop these methods it is crucial to realistically simulate tomograms of crowded cellular environments, which can then serve as ground truth models for assessing and optimizing methods for detection of complexes in cell tomograms. We present a framework to generate crowded mixtures of macromolecular complexes for realistically simulating cryo electron tomograms including noise and image distortions due to the missing-wedge effects. Simulated tomograms are then used for assessing the template-free Difference-of-Gaussian (DoG) particle-picking method to detect complexes of different shapes and
https://bmcbioinformatics.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12859-016-1283-3
Joachim Frank Wins Nobel Prize in ChemistryJoachim Frank Wins Nobel Prize in Chemistry
Now we can see the intricate details of the biomolecules in every corner of our cells, in every drop of our body fluids, says Sara Snogerup Linse, a Swedish scientist who chairs the Nobel committee for chemistry. Frank, who was born in Germany during World War II, received degrees from the Universities of Freiburg and Munich before earning a doctorate in physics from the Technical University of Munich in 1970. Over the next few decades, he held positions at a number of academic institutions in Germany, the United Kingdom, and the United States, all the while researching the computational-imaging methods that eventually made cryo-electron microscopy possible. He joined Columbia as a professor in the Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics and the Department of Biological Sciences in 2008. In his own research, Frank has used cryo-electron microscopy to investigate the interactions between ribosomes - which serve as the protein factories of the cell - and other molecules. In a 2013 ...
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Structural studies of human immunodeficiency virus type 1 by cryo-electron tomography - CaltechTHESISStructural studies of human immunodeficiency virus type 1 by cryo-electron tomography - CaltechTHESIS
Gag, the major structural component of the type 1 human immunodeficiency virus (HIV-1), comprises the matrix (MA), capsid (CA), nucleocapsid (NC), and p6 proteins, as well as the SP1 and SP2 spacer peptides. In the immature HIV-1 virion, the domains of Gag are arranged radially with the amino-terminus of MA at the membrane. Mature viral particles are formed when Gag is proteolytically cleaved, allowing CA to reassemble into the viral core, which contains NC bound to genomic RNA. While the structures of nearly every HIV-1 protein are known in atomic detail from X-ray crystallography and NMR spectroscopy, many questions remain about the intermolecular interactions in both the immature and mature particles. We have obtained three-dimensional structures of individual immature and mature HIV-1 virus-like particles by cryoelectron tomography. Reconstructions of the mature particles revealed diverse core morphologies with a preference for conical shapes consistent with 5,7 fullerene cones. Uniform ...
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Electron Crystallography of Soluble and Membrane Proteins - beck-shop.deElectron Crystallography of Soluble and Membrane Proteins - beck-shop.de
The basic principle of electron crystallography is to calculate a 3D density map by combining the amplitudes obtained from electron diffraction patterns with the experimental phases calculated from images of two-dimensional crystals of membrane or soluble proteins. This technology is very well developed and has produced a number of atomic models of membrane proteins in a lipid environment. Focused on comprehensive experimental protocols, Electron Crystallography of Soluble and Membrane Proteins: Methods and Protocols covers the entire range of techniques used in electron crystallography, including protein sample preparation, 2D crystallization, and screening in negative stain over electron cryo-microscopy (cryo-EM) and data processing, as well as modeling of conformational changes. Additional chapters provide perspective on past, present, and future challenges as well as complementary methods. Written for the popular Methods in Molecular Biology™ series, the work contains the kind of detailed ...
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Cryoelectron tomography - Latest research and news | NatureCryoelectron tomography - Latest research and news | Nature
Oda and Yanagisawa report 3D cryo-electron tomography structures of Z-disc from porcine cardiac myofibrils in relaxed and activated states. They show that α-actinin dimers exhibit contraction dependent swinging and sliding motions in response to a global twist in the F-actin lattice. These findings provide insights into conformational changes of the Z-disc in the context of active myofibrils.. ...
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Structure of the full-length HCV IRES in solutionStructure of the full-length HCV IRES in solution
The 5-untranslated region of the hepatitis C virus genome contains an internal ribosome entry site (IRES) that initiates cap-independent translation of the viral RNA. Until now, the structural characterization of the entire (IRES) remained limited to cryo-electron microscopy reconstructions of the (IRES) bound to different cellular partners. Here we report an atomic model of free full-length hepatitis C virus (IRES) refined by selection against small-angle X-ray scattering data that incorporates the known structures of different fragments. We found that an ensemble of conformers reproduces small-angle X-ray scattering data better than a single structure suggesting in combination with molecular dynamics simulations that the hepatitis C virus (IRES) is an articulated molecule made of rigid parts that move relative to each other. Principal component analysis on an ensemble of physically accessible conformers of hepatitis C virus (IRES) revealed dominant collective motions in the molecule, which may
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Structure and conformational states of the bovine mitochondrial ATP synthase by cryo-EM. | MRC Mitochondrial Biology UnitStructure and conformational states of the bovine mitochondrial ATP synthase by cryo-EM. | MRC Mitochondrial Biology Unit
Adenosine triphosphate (ATP), the chemical energy currency of biology, is synthesized in eukaryotic cells primarily by the mitochondrial ATP synthase. ATP synthases operate by a rotary catalytic mechanism where proton translocation through the membrane-inserted FO region is coupled to ATP synthesis in the catalytic F1 region via rotation of a central rotor subcomplex. We report here single particle electron cryomicroscopy (cryo-EM) analysis of the bovine mitochondrial ATP synthase. Combining cryo-EM data with bioinformatic analysis allowed us to determine the fold of the a subunit, suggesting a proton translocation path through the FO region that involves both the a and b subunits. 3D classification of images revealed seven distinct states of the enzyme that show different modes of bending and twisting in the intact ATP synthase. Rotational fluctuations of the c8-ring within the FO region support a Brownian ratchet mechanism for proton-translocation-driven rotation in ATP synthases.. ...
http://www.mrc-mbu.cam.ac.uk/publications/2468/structure-and-conformational-states-bovine-mitochondrial-atp-synthase-cryo-em
Protein structure could unlock new treatments for cystic fibrosis - Scienmag: Latest Science and Health NewsProtein structure could unlock new treatments for cystic fibrosis - Scienmag: Latest Science and Health News
The structure of a TMEM16 scramblase, which functions as a lipid transporter and plays an important role in blood coagulation, was already known from previous work. Researchers of the Department of Biochemistry at the University of Zurich have now also succeeded in decrypting the structure of the chloride channel TMEM16A. To do so, the team led by Professor Raimund Dutzler used cryo-electron microscopy (cryo-EM), a technique whose pioneers were recently awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry. The molecular architecture of this membrane protein is crucial for the targeted development of drugs for treating cystic fibrosis, emphasizes Dutzler.. Discovery of a novel activation mechanism. The chloride channel TMEM16A can be found in different organs of the body and plays a key role in the secretion of chloride in the lung, the contraction of smooth muscles, and the perception of pain. How its structure differs from closely related scramblases of the same family and how the protein is activated by ...
https://scienmag.com/protein-structure-could-unlock-new-treatments-for-cystic-fibrosis/
Capsids of tricorn protease studied by electron cryomicroscopy :: MPG.PuReCapsids of tricorn protease studied by electron cryomicroscopy :: MPG.PuRe
Author: Walz, J. et al.; Genre: Journal Article; Published in Print: 1999; Keywords: Electron microscopy; Icosahedral capsids; Image analysis; Thermoplasma.; Degradation; Microscopy; Resolution; Products.; Biochemistry & Biophysics in Current Contents(R)/Life Sciences.; Title: Capsids of tricorn protease studied by electron cryomicroscopy
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Coacervation of Elastin-Like Recombinamer MicrogelsCoacervation of Elastin-Like Recombinamer Microgels
The investigation of the coacervation (self-aggregation) behavior of biomicrogels which can potentially be used as drug carriers is an important topic, because self-aggregation can not only cause loss of activity, but also toxicity and immunogenicity. To study this effect microgels from elastin-like recombinamer are synthesized using miniemulsion technique. The existence of coacervation for such microgels, at different concentrations and temperatures, is studied and proved by cryo-field emission scanning clectron microscopy (cryo-FESEM), cryo-transmission electron microscopy (cryo-TEM), and by a novel 1H high-resolution magic angle sample spinning (HRMAS), nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectroscopy, and relaxometry methods. The findings by 1H HRMAS NMR spectroscopy and relaxometry show simultaneous processes of volume phase temperature transition and coacervation with different sensitivity for hydrophobic and hydrophilic amino acid side-chains in the microgel. The coacervation process is more ...
https://uvadoc.uva.es/handle/10324/24805
Cryo-EM structure of the small subunit of the mammalian mitochondrial ribosome. « RNomicsCryo-EM structure of the small subunit of the mammalian mitochondrial ribosome. « RNomics
Related Articles Cryo-EM structure of the small subunit of the mammalian mitochondrial ribosome. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2014 May 20;111(20):7284-9 Authors: Kaushal PS, Sharma MR, Booth TM, Haque EM, Tung CS, Sanbonmatsu KY, Spremulli LL, Agrawal RK Abstract The mammalian mitochondrial ribosomes (mitoribosomes) are responsible for synthesizing 13 membrane proteins that form…
https://rnomics.wordpress.com/2014/07/18/cryo-em-structure-of-the-small-subunit-of-the-mammalian-mitochondrial-ribosome/
Soft cellulose II nanospheres: sol gel behaviour, swelling and material synthesisBeaumont, Marco; Rosenfeldt, Sabine; Tardy,...Soft cellulose II nanospheres: sol gel behaviour, swelling and material synthesisBeaumont, Marco; Rosenfeldt, Sabine; Tardy,...
High axial aspect crystalline nanomaterials have emerged as polymeric building blocks for the construction of supermaterials. In contrast to this form, amorphous nanospheres have remained largely untapped. This is especially peculiar in the context of material assembly, due to the wide range of opportunities they offer by virtue of their soft particle characteristics, high volume ratio at low solid content and their highly swollen and accessible structure. In the context of cellulose, these colloids represent a new field in the family of nanocelluloses. We report an organic solvent-free, heterogeneous and simple synthesis of spherical carboxylated nanoparticles bearing a distinctive, amorphous outer shell structure. The particle shape is evaluated by atomic force microscopy, cryo-transmission electron microscopy, dynamic light scattering and small-angle X-ray scattering. The soft shell structure of the particles and their responsiveness to ionic strength and pH are quantified by the combination ...
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Project abstract for group mccormic | Minnesota Supercomputing InstituteProject abstract for group mccormic | Minnesota Supercomputing Institute
Cryo-Electron Three-Dimensional Imaging of Soft Materials. Cryogenic transmission electron microscopy (Cryo-TEM) is used to characterize labile systems that are not allowed in room temperature electron microscopy due to a high vapor pressure. Although soft materials are characterized with cryo-TEM, the original structure of the sample is lost. This is because a three-dimensional (3D) structure is projected to a two-dimensional (2D) image. These researchers used a single-particle construction method to visualize conventional 2D images to 3D microstructures with a high resolution. They are exploring an electron tomography method to construct 3D images. This method combines a series of 2D images that are collected at different angles and constructs a 3D image. To do this, mathematical algorithms of cross-correlation and an image alignment must be combined and solved simultaneously. Computer calculations are indispensable in structure characterization study and allow researchers to understand the ...
https://www.msi.umn.edu/project-abstract/mccormic/Cryo-Electron%203D%20Imaging%20of%20Soft%20Materials%20%20
Averaging of Viral Envelope Glycoprotein Spikes from Electron Cryotomography Reconstructions using Jsubtomo - Oxford Particle...Averaging of Viral Envelope Glycoprotein Spikes from Electron Cryotomography Reconstructions using Jsubtomo - Oxford Particle...
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Ariane Briegel - Leiden UniversityAriane Briegel - Leiden University
I am professor in electron cryotomography and bacterial chemotaxis. I am interested in understanding how microbes sense and respond to their environment. In order to gain insight into the structure and function of the molecular complexes involved in these behaviors, my lab uses electron cryotomography (ECT). This technique allows us to directly study microbes in their native state at resolutions capable of visualizing individual proteins.
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Viruses | Free Full-Text | Fluorescent Protein-Tagged Sindbis Virus E2 Glycoprotein Allows Single Particle Analysis of Virus...Viruses | Free Full-Text | Fluorescent Protein-Tagged Sindbis Virus E2 Glycoprotein Allows Single Particle Analysis of Virus...
Sindbis virus (SINV) is an enveloped, mosquito-borne alphavirus. Here we generated and characterized a fluorescent protein-tagged (FP-tagged) SINV and found that the presence of the FP-tag (mCherry) affected glycoprotein transport to the plasma membrane whereas the specific infectivity of the virus was not affected. We examined the virions by transmission electron cryo-microscopy and determined the arrangement of the FP-tag on the surface of the virion. The fluorescent proteins are arranged icosahedrally on the virus surface in a stable manner that did not adversely affect receptor binding or fusion functions of E2 and E1, respectively. The delay in surface expression of the viral glycoproteins, as demonstrated by flow cytometry analysis, contributed to a 10-fold reduction in mCherry-E2 virus titer. There is a 1:1 ratio of mCherry to E2 incorporated into the virion, which leads to a strong fluorescence signal and thus facilitates single-particle tracking experiments. We used the FP-tagged virus for high
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Horizontal membrane-intrinsic α-helices in the stator a-subunit of an F-type ATP synthase. | MRC Mitochondrial Biology UnitHorizontal membrane-intrinsic α-helices in the stator a-subunit of an F-type ATP synthase. | MRC Mitochondrial Biology Unit
ATP, the universal energy currency of cells, is produced by F-type ATP synthases, which are ancient, membrane-bound nanomachines. F-type ATP synthases use the energy of a transmembrane electrochemical gradient to generate ATP by rotary catalysis. Protons moving across the membrane drive a rotor ring composed of 8-15 c-subunits. A central stalk transmits the rotation of the c-ring to the catalytic F1 head, where a series of conformational changes results in ATP synthesis. A key unresolved question in this fundamental process is how protons pass through the membrane to drive ATP production. Mitochondrial ATP synthases form V-shaped homodimers in cristae membranes. Here we report the structure of a native and active mitochondrial ATP synthase dimer, determined by single-particle electron cryomicroscopy at 6.2 Å resolution. Our structure shows four long, horizontal membrane-intrinsic α-helices in the a-subunit, arranged in two hairpins at an angle of approximately 70° relative to the c-ring ...
http://www.mrc-mbu.cam.ac.uk/publications/2697/horizontal-membrane-intrinsic-%CE%B1-helices-stator-subunit-f-type-atp-synthase
The Stephen Long Lab: Publications | Sloan Kettering InstituteThe Stephen Long Lab: Publications | Sloan Kettering Institute
Miller, A. N.*, Vaisey, G.*, & Long, S. B. (2019). Molecular mechanisms of gating in the calcium-activated chloride channel bestrophin. eLife (Abstract , open state Cryo-EM map , Atomic Coordinates). *A. N. Miller and G. Vaisey are co-first authors.. Vaisey, G., & Long, S. B. (2018). An allosteric mechanism of inactivation in the calcium-dependent chloride channel BEST1. The Journal of General Physiology, jgp.201812190. (Abstract). Hou, X., Burstein, S. R., & Long, S. B. (2018). Structures reveal opening of the store-operated calcium channel Orai. eLife, 7. (Manuscript , Atomic Coordinates). Baradaran, R., Wang, C., Siliciano, A. F., & Long, S. B. (2018). Cryo-EM structures of fungal and metazoan mitochondrial calcium uniporters. Nature, 559(7715), 580-584. (Abstract , Atomic Coordinates , Cryo-EM map). Melinda Diver, Leanne Pedi, Akiko Koide, Shohei Koide, Stephen B. Long (2018). Atomic structure of the eukaryotic intramembrane RAS methyltransferase ICMT. Nature. Jan 25; 553(7689):526-529. ...
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Freezing immunoglobulins to see them moveFreezing immunoglobulins to see them move
The issue of protein dynamics and its implications in the biological function of proteins are arousing greater and greater interest in different fields of molecular biology. In cryo-electron tomography experiments one may take several snapshots of a given biological macromolecule. In principle, a large enough collection of snapshots of the molecule may then be used to calculate its equilibrium configuration in terms of the experimentally accessible degrees of freedom and, hence, to estimate its potential energy. This information would be crucial in order to analyze the biological functions of biomolecules by directly accessing the relevant dynamical indicators. In this article, we analyze the results of cryo-electron tomography experiments performed on monoclonal murine IgG2a antibodies. We measure the equilibrium distribution of the molecule in terms of the relevant angular coordinates and build a mechanical model of the antibody dynamics. This approach enables us to derive an explicit ...
https://infoscience.epfl.ch/record/147438
Virus caught in the act of infecting a cellVirus caught in the act of infecting a cell
For example, the researchers now know that most of the fibers are usually bound to the virus head rather than extended, as was previously thought. That those fibers are in a dynamic equilibrium between bound and extended states is also new. Molineux said that the idea that phages walk over the cell surface was previously proposed, but their paper provides the first experimental evidence that this is the case. This is also the first time that scientists have made actual images showing how the viruss tail extends into the host - the very action that allows it to infect a cell with its DNA.. I first hypothesized that T7 made an extended tail more than 10 years ago, said Molineux, but this is the first irrefutable experimental evidence for the idea and provides the first images of what it looks like.. The researchers used a combination of genetics and cryo-electron tomography to image the infection process. Cryo-electron tomography is a process similar to a CT scan, but it is scaled to study ...
http://www.innovations-report.com/html/reports/life-sciences/virus-caught-act-infecting-a-cell-207890.html
Spatial Localization of the Ebola Virus Glycoprotein Mucin-Like Domain Determined by Cryo-Electron TomographySpatial Localization of the Ebola Virus Glycoprotein Mucin-Like Domain Determined by Cryo-Electron Tomography
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HIV-1 Biogenesis Studied by Cellular Cryo-Electron Tomography and Biochemical in vitro Reconstitution - ORA - Oxford University...HIV-1 Biogenesis Studied by Cellular Cryo-Electron Tomography and Biochemical in vitro Reconstitution - ORA - Oxford University...
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Glycoprotein Ib clustering in platelets can be inhibited by α-linolenic acid as revealed by cryo-electron tomography |...Glycoprotein Ib clustering in platelets can be inhibited by α-linolenic acid as revealed by cryo-electron tomography |...
ALA is a plant-derived n-3 FA readily available in certain plant oils such as flaxseed, soybean and canola oil. Epidemiological studies have shown an inverse correlation between dietary ALA and cardiovascular events,11,30,31 although the molecular mechanisms of this protection are not completely known. Our group has investigated the molecular basis of several cardio-protective effects of ALA, showing that at least some of its effects are mediated by its action on endothelial cells, leukocytes and platelets.9,10,19 In this study, we have focused in particular on platelet adhesion to vWF under high-shear conditions, which represents the first step mediating platelet activation under arterial flow and is especially important in stenosed (atherosclerotic) arteries, where shear can reach extremely high values (,5,000 s−1).7,32,33. Here we show for the first time that ALA is able to partially inhibit platelet adhesion to vWF under a shear flow of 10,000 s−1, when whole blood is pre-incubated for 1 ...
http://www.haematologica.org/node/85732.full.print
Conveyor technology: Non-Contact Optical Vibration Measurement with Subnanometer ResolutionConveyor technology: Non-Contact Optical Vibration Measurement with Subnanometer Resolution
The new LSV laser-interferometric vibrometer is the ideal instrument for accurate, non-contact determination of temporal changes in the positions of objects or surfaces of arbitrary roughness
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Multivariate Statistical Analysis of Large Datasets: Single Particle Electron MicroscopyMultivariate Statistical Analysis of Large Datasets: Single Particle Electron Microscopy
Biology is a challenging and complicated mess. Understanding this challenging complexity is the realm of the biological sciences: Trying to make sense of the massive, messy data in terms of discovering patterns and revealing its underlying general rules. Among the most powerful mathematical tools for organizing and helping to structure complex, heterogeneous and noisy data are the tools provided by multivariate statistical analysis (MSA) approaches. These eigenvector/eigenvalue data-compression approaches were first introduced to electron microscopy (EM) in 1980 to help sort out different views of macromolecules in a micrograph. After 35 years of continuous use and developments, new MSA applications are still being proposed regularly. The speed of computing has increased dramatically in the decades since their first use in electron microscopy. However, we have also seen a possibly even more rapid increase in the size and complexity of the EM data sets to be studied. MSA computations had thus become a
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Structural properties of AMP-activated protein kinase: dimerization, molecular shape, and changes upon ligand binding.Structural properties of AMP-activated protein kinase: dimerization, molecular shape, and changes upon ligand binding.
Heterotrimeric AMP-activated protein kinase (AMPK) is crucial for energy homeostasis of eukaryotic cells and organisms. Here we report on (i) bacterial expression of untagged mammalian AMPK isoform combinations, all containing gamma(1), (ii) an automated four-dimensional purification protocol, and (iii) biophysical characterization of AMPK heterotrimers by small angle x-ray scattering in solution (SAXS), transmission and scanning transmission electron microscopy (TEM, STEM), and mass spectrometry (MS). AMPK in solution at low concentrations (~1 mg/ml) largely consisted of individual heterotrimers in TEM analysis, revealed a precise 1:1:1 stoichiometry of the three subunits in MS, and behaved as an ideal solution in SAXS. At higher AMPK concentrations, SAXS revealed concentration-dependent, reversible dimerization of AMPK heterotrimers and formation of higher oligomers, also confirmed by STEM mass measurements. Single particle reconstruction and averaging by SAXS and TEM, respectively, revealed similar
http://www.hal.inserm.fr/inserm-00390926
Magnetic imaging with a Zernike-type phase plate in a transmission electron microscopeMagnetic imaging with a Zernike-type phase plate in a transmission electron microscope
We demonstrate the use of a hole-free phase plate (HFPP) for magnetic imaging in transmission electron microscopy by mapping the domain structure in PrDyFeB samples. The HFPP, a Zernike-like imaging method, allows for detecting magnetic signals in-focus to correlate the sample crystal structure and defects with the local magnetization topography, and to evidence stray fields protruding from the sample. Experimental and simulated results are shown and are compared with conventional Fresnel (out-of-focus) images without a phase plate. A key advantage of HFPP imaging is that the technique is free from the reference wave distortion from long-range fields affecting electron holography ...
http://connection.ebscohost.com/c/articles/87655875/magnetic-imaging-zernike-type-phase-plate-transmission-electron-microscope
Undergraduate | Stanford EEUndergraduate | Stanford EE
Cryo-Electron Microscopy (cryo-EM) is an imaging technology that is revolutionizing structural biology; the Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2017 was recently awarded to Jacques Dubochet, Joachim Frank and Richard Henderson for developing cryo-electron microscopy for the high-resolution structure determination of biomolecules in solution.. Cryo-electron microscopes produce a large number of very noisy two-dimensional projection images of individual frozen molecules. Unlike related methods, such as computed tomography (CT), the viewing direction of each image is unknown. The unknown directions, together with extreme levels of noise and additional technical factors, make the determination of the structure of molecules challenging.. While other methods for structure determination, such as x-ray crystallography and nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR), measure ensembles of molecules, cryo-electron microscopes produce images of individual molecules. Therefore, cryo-EM could potentially be used to study ...
https://ee.stanford.edu/events/undergraduate
Ribosome and ribosomal RNA Structure : An experimental and computational analysis of expansion segments in eukaryotic ribosomal...Ribosome and ribosomal RNA Structure : An experimental and computational analysis of expansion segments in eukaryotic ribosomal...
Ribosomes are large ribonucleoprotein complexes which incorporate amino acids into peptide chains during translational process in all types of living cells. The eukaryotic ribosome is larger compared to its prokaryotic counterpart. The size differences are due to a larger protein part and that the rRNA contains eukaryote specific expansion segments (ES). Cryo-EM reconstruction has visualized many ES on the ribosomal surface which have given clues about function and structural features. However, the secondary structures of most ES are unknown or ill defined. In this thesis, the secondary and also to a certain extent the tertiary structures of several ES are determined by using computational methods and biochemical experimental techniques. The juxtaposition of ES6 close to ES3 in the Cryo-EM image of the yeast ribosome suggested that ES3 and ES6 might interact. A computational analysis of more than 2900 sequences shows that a complementary helical region of seven to nine contiguous base pairs can ...
http://su.diva-portal.org/smash/record.jsf?pid=diva2:198453
Difference between revisions of Colloquia - MathDifference between revisions of Colloquia - Math
Title: Inverse Problems and Unsupervised Learning with applications to Cryo-Electron Microscopy (cryo-EM) Abstract: Cryo-EM is an imaging technology that is revolutionizing structural biology; the Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2017 was recently awarded to Jacques Dubochet, Joachim Frank and Richard Henderson for developing cryo-electron microscopy for the high-resolution structure determination of biomolecules in solution. Cryo-electron microscopes produce a large number of very noisy two-dimensional projection images of individual frozen molecules. Unlike related methods, such as computed tomography (CT), the viewing direction of each image is unknown. The unknown directions, together with extreme levels of noise and additional technical factors, make the determination of the structure of molecules challenging. While other methods for structure determination, such as x-ray crystallography and nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR), measure ensembles of molecules together, cryo-EM produces measurements ...
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Difference between revisions of Colloquia - MathDifference between revisions of Colloquia - Math
Title: Inverse Problems and Unsupervised Learning with applications to Cryo-Electron Microscopy (cryo-EM) Abstract: Cryo-EM is an imaging technology that is revolutionizing structural biology; the Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2017 was recently awarded to Jacques Dubochet, Joachim Frank and Richard Henderson for developing cryo-electron microscopy for the high-resolution structure determination of biomolecules in solution. Cryo-electron microscopes produce a large number of very noisy two-dimensional projection images of individual frozen molecules. Unlike related methods, such as computed tomography (CT), the viewing direction of each image is unknown. The unknown directions, together with extreme levels of noise and additional technical factors, make the determination of the structure of molecules challenging. While other methods for structure determination, such as x-ray crystallography and nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR), measure ensembles of molecules together, cryo-EM produces measurements ...
http://www.math.wisc.edu/wiki/index.php?title=Colloquia&curid=277&diff=14634&oldid=14630
An allosteric switch regulates Mycobacterium tuberculosis ClpP1P2 protease function as established by cryo-EM and methyl-TROSY...An allosteric switch regulates Mycobacterium tuberculosis ClpP1P2 protease function as established by cryo-EM and methyl-TROSY...
The 300-kDa ClpP1P2 protease from Mycobacterium tuberculosis collaborates with the AAA+ (ATPases associated with a variety of cellular activities) unfoldases, ClpC1 and ClpX, to degrade substrate proteins. Unlike in other bacteria, all of the components of the Clp system are essential for growth and virulence of mycobacteria, and their inhibitors show promise as antibiotics. MtClpP1P2 is unique in that it contains a pair of distinct ClpP1 and ClpP2 rings and also requires the presence of activator peptides, such as benzoyl-leucyl-leucine (Bz-LL), for function. Understanding the structural basis for this requirement has been elusive but is critical for the rational design and improvement of antituberculosis (anti-TB) therapeutics that target the Clp system. Here, we present a combined biophysical and biochemical study to explore the structure-dynamics-function relationship in MtClpP1P2. Electron cryomicroscopy (cryo-EM) structures of apo and acyldepsipeptide-bound MtClpP1P2 explain their lack of ...
https://www.pnas.org/content/117/11/5895.short?rss=1
Search Articles | University of Toronto LibrariesSearch Articles | University of Toronto Libraries
In recent years, cryo-electron tomography (cryo-ET) has emerged as a powerful method for visualizing the molecular organization of unperturbed cellular landscapes with the potential to attain near-atomic resolution ...
https://query.library.utoronto.ca/index.php/search/q?kw=SubjectTerms:CRYOELECTRON%20TOMOGRAPHY
ccp4bb] Two postdoctoral positions at Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, NY, USAccp4bb] Two postdoctoral positions at Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, NY, USA
develop interdisciplinary skills in membrane protein structural biology, DNA nanotechnology, X-ray diffraction and scattering, cryo-electron microscopy and cryo-electron tomography. They have the opportunity to work synergistically to harness X-rays and electrons for structural and functional investigation of biological problems in time and space ...
http://www.ccp4.ac.uk/jobs/msg00496.html
SnRNPSnRNP
Several human and yeast snRNP structures were determined by the cryo-electron microscopy and successive single particle ... Stark, Holger; Reinhard Lührmann (2006). "Cryo-Electron Microscopy of Spliceosomal Components". Annual Review of Biophysics and ... The structures determined by single particle electron microscopy analysis are: human U1 snRNP, human U11/U12 di-snRNP, human U5 ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SnRNP
Electron cryotomographyElectron cryotomography
Zhang, Peijun (2013-10-01). "Correlative cryo-electron tomography and optical microscopy of cells". Current Opinion in ... One solution is to apply correlated cryo-fluorescence light microscopy, and even super-resolution light microscopy (e.g. cryo- ... Electron microscopy Electron tomography Transmission electron cryomicroscopy Transmission electron microscopy Gan, Lu; Jensen, ... "Cryo-electron microscopy of vitreous sections". The EMBO Journal. 23 (18): 3583-3588. doi:10.1038/sj.emboj.7600366. ISSN 0261- ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electron_cryotomography
CryofixationCryofixation
Dubochet J, Adrian M, Chang JJ, Homo JC, Lepault J, McDowall AW, Schulz P (1988). "Cryo-electron microscopy of vitrified ... of biological materials as the first step in specimen preparation for electron microscopy and cryo-electron microscopy. Typical ... "The construction and operation of a simple and inexpensive slam freezing device for electron microscopy". Journal of Microscopy ... doi:10.1111/j.1365-2818.1994.tb03505.x. Ryan, Keith P. (1992). "Cryofixation of tissues for electron microscopy: a review of ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cryofixation
Amorphous iceAmorphous ice
... is used in some scientific experiments, especially in cryo-electron microscopy of biomolecules. The individual ... "Cryo-electron microscopy of vitrified specimens" (PDF). Quarterly Reviews of Biophysics. 21 (2): 129-228. doi:10.1017/ ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amorphous_ice
Bridget CarragherBridget Carragher
"An improved holey carbon film for cryo-electron microscopy". Microscopy and Microanalysis. 13 (5): 365-371. Bibcode:2007MiMic.. ... The company's goal is to provide cryoEM and other microscopy services to the biopharmaceutical and biotechnology industry. In ... Carragher and her team have developed a number of novel technologies for transmission electron microscopy (TEM). These include ... Bridget Olivia Carragher (born 17 June 1957, in South Africa) is an American physicist specializing in electron microscopy. She ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bridget_Carragher
Joachim FrankJoachim Frank
He is regarded as the founder of single-particle cryo-electron microscopy (cryo-EM), for which he shared the Nobel Prize in ... "Nobel Prize in Chemistry Awarded for Cryo-Electron Microscopy". The New York Times. 4 October 2017. Retrieved 4 October 2017. " ... "The 16th Annual Wiley Prize in Biomedical Sciences Awarded for Pioneering Developments in Electron Microscopy". newsroom.wiley. ... Frank, Joachim (2015). "Generalized single-particle cryo-EM - a historical perspective". Microscopy. 65 (1): 3-8. doi:10.1093/ ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joachim_Frank
Jacques DubochetJacques Dubochet
... developed technologies in cryo-electron microscopy, cryo-electron tomography and cryo-electron microscopy of ... "Nobel Prize in Chemistry Awarded for Cryo-Electron Microscopy". The New York Times. 4 October 2017. Retrieved 4 October 2017. ... Dubochet, J.; McDowall, A. W. (December 1981). "Vitrification of pure water for electron microscopy". Journal of Microscopy. ... Blog Jacques Dubochet on Nobelprize.org including the Nobel Lecture on 8 December 2017 Early cryo-electron microscopy Biography ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacques_Dubochet
Transmission electron cryomicroscopyTransmission electron cryomicroscopy
Presentation on Cryoelectron Microscopy , PharmaXChange.info Shi D, Nannenga BL, Iadanza MG, Gonen T (November 2013). "Three- ... Adrian M, Dubochet J, Lepault J, McDowall AW (1984). "Cryo-electron microscopy of viruses". Nature. 308 (5954): 32-6. Bibcode: ... Murata K, Wolf M (Feb 2018). "Cryo-electron microscopy for structural analysis of dynamic biological macromolecules". ... "for developing cryo-electron microscopy for the high-resolution structure determination of biomolecules in solution". The ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transmission_electron_cryomicroscopy
Single particle analysisSingle particle analysis
Using cryo-electron microscopy it has become possible to generate reconstructions with sub-nanometer resolution and near-atomic ... "Towards atomic resolution structural determination by single-particle cryo-electron microscopy". Current Opinion in Structural ... Transmission electron microscopy images are projections of the object showing the distribution of density through the object, ... EM Data Bank (EM Data Bank) Frank, Joachim (2006). Three-dimensional electron microscopy of macromolecular assemblies: ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Single_particle_analysis
FolditFoldit
November 2019). "Building de novo cryo-electron microscopy structures collaboratively with citizen scientists". PLOS Biology. ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foldit
Bacteriophage pRNABacteriophage pRNA
2001). "Cryoelectron-microscopy image reconstruction of symmetry mismatches in bacteriophage phi29". J. Struct. Biol. 135 (1): ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bacteriophage_pRNA
ProteinProtein
Cryoelectron microscopy is used to produce lower-resolution structural information about very large protein complexes, ... In more recent times, cryo-electron microscopy of large macromolecular assemblies and computational protein structure ... Zhou ZH (April 2008). "Towards atomic resolution structural determination by single-particle cryo-electron microscopy". Current ... This technique also uses an antibody to the protein of interest, along with classical electron microscopy techniques. The ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Protein
Electron microscopeElectron microscope
An entire field called cryo-electron microscopy has branched from this technique. With the development of cryo-electron ... "Vitrification of cryoelectron microscopy specimens revealed by high-speed photographic imaging". Journal of Microscopy. 211 (1 ... Field emission microscope HiRISE Immune electron microscopy In situ electron microscopy Microscope image processing Microscopy ... Adrian, Marc; Dubochet, Jacques; Lepault, Jean; McDowall, Alasdair W. (1984). "Cryo-electron microscopy of viruses". Nature ( ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electron_microscope
Michael RossmannMichael Rossmann
Using cryo-electron microscopy, in 2016 his lab reported the first known structure of the Zika virus, responsible for a severe ... using a combination of cryo-electron microscopy and X-ray crystallography. Rossmann also had a long-term interest in ... "Visualization of membrane protein domains by cryo-electron microscopy of dengue virus". Nature Structural Biology. 10 (11): 907 ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Rossmann
SapovirusSapovirus
"Antigenic and Cryo-Electron Microscopy Structure Analysis of a Chimeric Sapovirus Capsid". Journal of Virology. 90 (5): 2664- ... Assembly of new virus particles and release by cell lysis." Using electron microscopy, the sapovirus was first seen diarrheic ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sapovirus
DNA nanotechnologyDNA nanotechnology
... transmission electron microscopy and cryo-electron microscopy are often used in this case. Extended three-dimensional lattices ... The proposed nanoparticle was characterized by atomic force microscopy (AFM), transmission electron microscopy (TEM) and ... Nucleic acid structures can be directly imaged by atomic force microscopy, which is well suited to extended two-dimensional ... "Designed two-dimensional DNA Holliday junction arrays visualized by atomic force microscopy". Journal of the American Chemical ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DNA_nanotechnology
Everglades virusEverglades virus
"Construction and organization of a BSL-3 cryo-electron microscopy laboratory at UTMB". Journal of Structural Biology. 181 (3): ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Everglades_virus
Junonia coeniaJunonia coenia
Determined by Cryo-electron Microscopy". Journal of Molecular Biology. 347 (4): 791-801. doi:10.1016/j.jmb.2005.02.009. PMID ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Junonia_coenia
Protein Data BankProtein Data Bank
After 2013, a growing number of proteins are determined by cryo-electron microscopy. Clicking on the numbers in the linked ... The data, typically obtained by X-ray crystallography, NMR spectroscopy, or, increasingly, cryo-electron microscopy, and ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Protein_Data_Bank
Sindbis virusSindbis virus
"Characterization of an early-stage fusion intermediate of Sindbis virus using cryoelectron microscopy". Proceedings of the ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sindbis_virus
Klaus SchultenKlaus Schulten
A practical guide to combine cryo-electron microscopy and X-ray crystallography". Methods. 49 (2): 174-180. doi:10.1016/j.ymeth ... using molecular dynamics in combination with cryo-electron microscopy and X-ray crystallography. to study the structures of ... "Mature HIV-1 capsid structure by cryo-electron microscopy and all-atom molecular dynamics". Nature. 497 (7451): 643-6. Bibcode: ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Klaus_Schulten
Leonid SazanovLeonid Sazanov
Fiedorczuk, Karol (2017). Cryo-electron microscopy studies on ovine mitochondrial complex I. cam.ac.uk (PhD thesis). University ... using new cryogenic electron microscopy methods. Sazanov research investigates the coupling mechanism of complex I using a ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leonid_Sazanov
Tachyon (software)Tachyon (software)
"Mature HIV-1 capsid structure by cryo-electron microscopy and all-atom molecular dynamics". Nature. 497 (7451): 643-646. ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tachyon_(software)
Semliki Forest virusSemliki Forest virus
"Cryo-electron microscopy reveals the functional organization of an enveloped virus, Semliki Forest virus". Molecular Cell. 5 (2 ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Semliki_Forest_virus
Chikashi ToyoshimaChikashi Toyoshima
Chikashi, Toyoshima; Sasabe, H; Stokes, DL (1 April 1993). "Three-dimensional cryo-electron microscopy of the calcium ion pump ... He decided to carry out a small project in Ebashi's laboratory, where he continued to work on microscopy of muscle thin ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chikashi_Toyoshima
Virus nanotechnologyVirus nanotechnology
Cryo-Electron Microscopy at 4.5 Å Resolution". Structure. 20 (8): 1310-20. doi:10.1016/j.str.2012.05.004. PMC 3418430. PMID ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virus_nanotechnology
Encapsulin nanocompartmentEncapsulin nanocompartment
Their structure has been studied in great detail using X-ray crystallography and cryo-electron microscopy. A number of ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Encapsulin_nanocompartment
TelomeraseTelomerase
Two years later, the first cryo-electron microscopy (cryo-EM) structure of telomerase holoenzyme (Tetrahymena) was determined. ... The negative stain electron microscopy (EM) structures of human and Tetrahymena telomerases were characterized in 2013. ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Telomerase
Mark MayerMark Mayer
... and gating using X-ray diffraction and cryoelectron microscopy. Mayer was educated at the University of Bristol, graduating ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Mayer
GiardiaGiardia
"Identification of endoplasmic reticulum in the primitive eukaryote Giardia lamblia using cryoelectron microscopy and antibody ... A more common and less time-consuming means of identifying different species of Giardia includes microscopy and ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giardia
PicornavirusPicornavirus
... using X-ray crystallography and cryo-electron microscopy. Depending on the type and degree of dehydration the viral particle is ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Picornavirus
ChikungunyaChikungunya
Cryoelectron microscopy reconstruction of Chikungunya virus. From EMDB entry EMD-5577[33] ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chikungunya_vaccine
ProteinProtein
Cryoelectron microscopy is used to produce lower-resolution structural information about very large protein complexes, ... cryo-electron microscopy of large macromolecular assemblies[97] and computational protein structure prediction of small protein ... "Towards atomic resolution structural determination by single-particle cryo-electron microscopy". Current Opinion in Structural ... Yuste R (December 2005). "Fluorescence microscopy today". Nature Methods. 2 (12): 902-4. doi:10.1038/nmeth1205-902. PMID ...
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Protein_synthesis
வேதியியலுக்கான நோபல் பரிசு பெற்றவர்கள் - தமிழ் விக்கிப்பீடியாவேதியியலுக்கான நோபல் பரிசு பெற்றவர்கள் - தமிழ் விக்கிப்பீடியா
"for developing cryo-electron microscopy for the high-resolution structure determination of biomolecules in solution"[119] ... "for his development of crystallographic electron microscopy and his structural elucidation of biologically important nucleic ...
https://ta.wikipedia.org/wiki/வேதியியலுக்கான_நோபல்_பரிசு_பெற்றவர்கள்
SmallpoxSmallpox
"Structure of intracellular mature vaccinia virus observed by cryoelectron microscopy". J. Virol. 68 (3): 1935-41. doi:10.1128/ ... All orthopoxviruses exhibit identical brick-shaped virions by electron microscopy.[24] If particles with the characteristic ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smallpox
Nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy of proteinsNuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy of proteins
Cryo-electron microscopy. *X-ray crystallography. *NMR. *Electron crystallography. *EPR. Medium resolution. *Fiber diffraction ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Protein_nuclear_magnetic_resonance_spectroscopy
5S ribosomal RNA5S ribosomal RNA
This structure is of the 5S rRNA from the Escherichia coli 50S ribosomal subunit and is based on a cryo-electron microscopic ... Using a variety of molecular techniques, including immuno-electron microscopy, intermolecular chemical cross-linking, and X-ray ... "The 3D arrangement of the 23 S and 5 S rRNA in the Escherichia coli 50 S ribosomal subunit based on a cryo-electron microscopic ...
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/5S_ribosomal_RNA
Cryogenic electron microscopyCryogenic electron microscopy
Cressey D, Callaway E (October 2017). "Cryo-electron microscopy wins chemistry Nobel". Nature. 550 (7675): 167. Bibcode: ... Cryogenic electron microscopy (cryo-EM) is an electron microscopy (EM) technique applied on samples cooled to cryogenic ... Knapek E, Dubochet J (August 1980). "Beam damage to organic material is considerably reduced in cryo-electron microscopy". ... "A primer to single-particle cryo-electron microscopy". Cell. 161 (3): 438-449. doi:10.1016/j.cell.2015.03.050. PMC 4409659. ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cryo-electron_microscopy
Green fluorescent proteinGreen fluorescent protein
Cryo-electron microscopy. *Freeze-fracture electron microscopy. Bioinformatics. *Protein structure prediction. *Protein-protein ... Yuste R (Dec 2005). "Fluorescence microscopy today". Nature Methods. 2 (12): 902-4. doi:10.1038/nmeth1205-902. PMID 16299474. ... The availability of GFP and its derivatives has thoroughly redefined fluorescence microscopy and the way it is used in cell ... This has triggered the development of highly automated live-cell fluorescence microscopy systems, which can be used to observe ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Green_fluorescent_protein
Electron crystallographyElectron crystallography
Klug, A (1978/79) Image Analysis and Reconstruction in the Electron Microscopy of Biological Macromolecules Chemica Scripta vol ... Electron microscopy image of an inorganic tantalum oxide, with its Fourier transform, inset. Notice how the appearance changes ... Electron crystallographic studies on inorganic crystals using high-resolution electron microscopy (HREM) images were first ... There was a serious disagreement in the field of electron microscopy of inorganic compounds; while some have claimed that "the ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electron_crystallography
Action potentialAction potential
... and cryo-electron microscopy studies.[bk]. Julius Bernstein was also the first to introduce the Nernst equation for resting ...
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Action_potentials
Electron microscopeElectron microscope
An entire field called cryo-electron microscopy has branched from this technique. With the development of cryo-electron ... "Vitrification of cryoelectron microscopy specimens revealed by high-speed photographic imaging". Journal of Microscopy. 211 (1 ... Scanning tunneling microscopy (STM)Edit. Main article: Scanning tunneling microscopy. In STM, a conductive tip held at a ... Serial-section electron microscopy (ssEM)Edit. One application of TEM is serial-section electron microscopy (ssEM), for example ...
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electron_microscopy
Max Planck Institute of BiochemistryMax Planck Institute of Biochemistry
Cellular and Membrane Trafficking (Naoko Mizuno / Structural Biology, Cryo Electron Microscopy, Biophysics, Membrane ... Cellular and Molecular Biophysics (Petra Schwille / Biophysics, Fluorescence Correlation Spectroscopy, Atomic Force Microscopy ... Molecular Imaging and Bionanotechnology (Ralf Jungmann / Super-Resolution Microscopy, DNA Nanotechnology, Biophysics, Single- ... Molecular Structural Biology (Wolfgang Baumeister / Cryo-Electron Tomography, Electron Microscopical Structure Research, ...
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Max_Planck_Institute_of_Biochemistry
RibosomeRibosome
... a structure based on cryo-electron microscopy was published,[31] which depicts the ribosome at 11-15Å resolution in the act of ... 3D electron microscopy structures of ribosomes at the EM Data Bank(EMDB) ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ribosome
Cowpea chlorotic mottle virusCowpea chlorotic mottle virus
... the native and swollen forms of cowpea chlorotic mottle virus determined by X-ray crystallography and cryo-electron microscopy" ...
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cowpea_chlorotic_mottle_virus
Эукариоты - ВикипедияЭукариоты - Википедия
Three-dimensional cryo-electron microscopy localization of EF2 in the Saccharomyces cerevisiae 80S ribosome at 17.5 angstrom ...
https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/Эукариоты
AlbuminAlbumin
Cryo-electron microscopy. *Freeze-fracture electron microscopy. Bioinformatics. *Protein structure prediction. *Protein-protein ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albumins
Bradford protein assayBradford protein assay
Cryo-electron microscopy. *Freeze-fracture electron microscopy. Bioinformatics. *Protein structure prediction. *Protein-protein ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bradford_protein_assay
মাইটোকন্ড্রিয়া - উইকিপিডিয়ামাইটোকন্ড্রিয়া - উইকিপিডিয়া
Two mitochondria from mammalian lung tissue displaying their matrix and membranes as shown by electron microscopy ... Video Clip of Rat-liver Mitochondrion from Cryo-electron Tomography. টেমপ্লেট:Organelles টেমপ্লেট:Mitochondrial enzymes ...
https://bn.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/মাইটোকন্ড্রিয়া
Macromolecular assemblyMacromolecular assembly
... and transmission electron microscopy and cryo-electron microscopy. Aaron Klug was recognized with the 1982 Nobel Prize in ... Chemistry for his work on structural elucidation using electron microscopy, in particular for protein-nucleic acid MAs ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Macromolecular_Assembly
پروتئین - ویکی‌پدیا، دانشنامهٔ آزادپروتئین - ویکی‌پدیا، دانشنامهٔ آزاد
cryo-electron microscopy روش دیگری است برای مطالعه ساختار پروتئین که معمولاً در دمای نزدیگ به نیتروژن مایع انجام می‌شود. ... Cryoelectron microscopy is used to produce lower-resolution structural information about very large protein complexes, ... cryo-electron microscopy of large macromolecular assemblies[93] and computational protein structure prediction of small protein ... "Towards atomic resolution structural determination by single-particle cryo-electron microscopy". Current Opinion in Structural ...
https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/پروتئین?match=en
Technical University of MunichTechnical University of Munich
2017 Joachim Frank, Chemistry (cryo-electron microscopy). See also[edit]. *Education in Germany ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Technical_University_Munich
Alpha helixAlpha helix
... cryo electron microscopy is now capable of discerning individual α-helices within a protein, although their assignment to ...
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alpha_helix
Marburg virusMarburg virus
Ryabchikova, Elena I.; Price, Barbara B. (2004). Ebola and Marburg Viruses: A View of Infection Using Electron Microscopy. ... "Cryo-Electron Tomography of Marburg Virus Particles and Their Morphogenesis within Infected Cells". PLoS Biology. 9 (11): ... "Differentiation of filoviruses by electron microscopy" (PDF). Virus Research. 39 (2-3): 129-150. doi:10.1016/0168-1702(95) ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marburg_virus
Polyacrylamide gel electrophoresisPolyacrylamide gel electrophoresis
Cryo-electron microscopy. *Freeze-fracture electron microscopy. Bioinformatics. *Protein structure prediction. *Protein-protein ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PAGE
Scanning transmission electron microscopyScanning transmission electron microscopy
Cryo-electron microscopy in STEM (Cryo-STEM) allows specimens to be held in the microscope at liquid nitrogen or liquid helium ... Microscopy". Microscopy and Microanalysis. 22(S3): 1412-1413. Bibcode:2016MiMic..22S1412C. doi:10.1017/S143192761600790X.. ... "High Dynamic Range Pixel Array Detector for Scanning Transmission Electron Microscopy". Microscopy and Microanalysis. 22 (1): ... "Microscopy and Microanalysis. 12 (1): 2-25. Bibcode:2006MiMic..12....2F. doi:10.1017/S1431927606060211. PMID 17481338.. ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scanning_transmission_electron_microscopy
Microscale thermophoresisMicroscale thermophoresis
Cryo-electron microscopy. *Freeze-fracture electron microscopy. Bioinformatics. *Protein structure prediction. *Protein-protein ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microscale_thermophoresis
ATPase V, a enciclopedia libreATPase V, a enciclopedia libre
March 2009). "Cryo-electron microscopy of the vacuolar ATPase motor reveals its mechanical and regulatory complexity". J. Mol. ...
https://gl.wikipedia.org/wiki/ATPase_V
Cryoelectron Microscopy of Vitrified Specimens | SpringerLinkCryoelectron Microscopy of Vitrified Specimens | SpringerLink
... but it is systematically excluded from conventional electron microscopy. This is because water evaporates rapidly under the ... Lepault J (1985) Cryo-electron microscopy of helical particles TMV and T4 polyheads. J Microsc (Oxford) 140:73-80.CrossRef ... McDowall AW, Smith JM, Dubochet J (1986) Cryo-electron microscopy of vitrified chromosomes in situ. EMBO J 5:1395-1402.PubMed ... Cryoelectron microscopy has long been seen as a possible avenue to overcome this limitation, but until recently the direct ...
https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-642-72815-0_5
Cryo-electron microscopy | imaging technique | Britannica.comCryo-electron microscopy | imaging technique | Britannica.com
... critical to the advance of cryo-electron microscopy, allowing researchers to obtain images of biological materials that more ... he continued to refine techniques for structural imaging of biological materials by cryo-electron microscopy. He developed a ... Other articles where Cryo-electron microscopy is discussed: Jacques Dubochet: … ... using a technique known as cryo-electron microscopy. Hendersons refinement of imaging methods for cryo-electron microscopy, in ...
https://www.britannica.com/technology/cryo-electron-microscopy
Computational Reconstruction in Cryo-Electron Microscopy | KTHComputational Reconstruction in Cryo-Electron Microscopy | KTH
Computational Reconstruction in Cryo-Electron Microscopy Computational Reconstruction in Cryo-Electron Microscopy ... and extract the inherent molecular flexibility and motions from the cryo-electron micrographs. Finally, I will describe some ...
https://www.kth.se/en/2.82511/calendar/computational-reconstruction-in-cryo-electron-microscopy-1.785759
Cryoelectron Microscopy of Icosahedral Virus Particles | SpringerLinkCryoelectron Microscopy of Icosahedral Virus Particles | SpringerLink
Jiang W., Chiu W. (2007) Cryoelectron Microscopy of Icosahedral Virus Particles. In: Kuo J. (eds) Electron Microscopy. Methods ... 1988) Cryo-electron microscopy of vitrified specimens. Q. Rev. Biophys. 21, 129-228.PubMedCrossRefGoogle Scholar ... Adrian, M., Dubochet, J., Lepault, J., and McDowall, A. W. (1984) Cryo-electron microscopy of viruses. Nature 308, 32-36.PubMed ... Cryo-EM cryoelectron microscopy icosahedral virus 3D reconstruction subnanometer resolution secondary structure elements ...
https://link.springer.com/protocol/10.1007%2F978-1-59745-294-6_17
Real-time cryo-electron microscopy data preprocessing with Warp | Nature MethodsReal-time cryo-electron microscopy data preprocessing with Warp | Nature Methods
The acquisition of cryo-electron microscopy (cryo-EM) data from biological specimens must be tightly coupled to data ... Real-time cryo-electron microscopy data preprocessing with Warp. *Dimitry Tegunov. ORCID: orcid.org/0000-0001-7019-32211. & ... Saibil, H. R., Grünewald, K. & Stuart, D. I. A national facility for biological cryo-electron microscopy. Acta Crystallogr. D. ... Henderson, R. Avoiding the pitfalls of single particle cryo-electron microscopy: Einstein from noise. Proc. Natl Acad. Sci. USA ...
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41592-019-0580-y?error=cookies_not_supported&code=8ab766c7-942d-4e31-992a-a71e2f1c4343
Ryan H Lilien - Project Profile: Cryo-Electron MicroscopyRyan H Lilien - Project Profile: Cryo-Electron Microscopy
The experimental technique of Cryo Electron Microscopy (Cryo-EM) complements those of X-Ray Crystallography and Nuclear ...
http://www.cs.toronto.edu/~lilien/lilien_projCEM.html
Biochem boffins win the Nobel Prize for cryo-electron microscopy • The RegisterBiochem boffins win the Nobel Prize for cryo-electron microscopy • The Register
The method dubbed "cryo-electron microscopy" (cryo-EM) allows "high-resolution structure determination of biomolecules in ... Biochem boffins win the Nobel Prize for cryo-electron microscopy. Fancy method captures three-dimensional images of ...
https://www.theregister.co.uk/2017/10/05/biochem_boffins_win_the_nobel_prize_for_cryoelectron_microscopy/
cryo-electron microscopycryo-electron microscopy
... cryo-electron microscopy, cryo-EM, MBIB Division, microscopy, molecular biology, Molecular Biophysics and Integrated Bioimaging ... Researchers at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory and UC Berkeley have combined cutting-edge cryo-electron microscopy (cryo- ...
https://newscenter.lbl.gov/tag/cryo-electron-microscopy/
Access National Cryo-Electron Microscopy Facility - National Cancer InstituteAccess National Cryo-Electron Microscopy Facility - National Cancer Institute
"Access to the National Cryo-Electron Microscopy Facility was originally published by the National Cancer Institute." ...
https://www.cancer.gov/research/resources/cryoem/access
IUCr) Cryo-electron microscopy of chromatin biologyIUCr) Cryo-electron microscopy of chromatin biology
Cryo-electron microscopy of chromatin biology. Marcus D. Wilsona* and Alessandro Costaa* ... Owing to the nature of single-particle averaging in electron microscopy, an EM structure can span a large resolution range, ... Recent electron-microscopy (EM) studies on NCP-containing assemblies have helped to describe important chromatin transactions ... For example, early electron-microscopy (EM) work confirmed biochemical conclusions that the basic unit of chromatin is the ...
http://journals.iucr.org/d/issues/2017/06/00/id5002/index.html
Biophysics 101- Cryo-electron microscopy (Cryo-EM)Biophysics 101- Cryo-electron microscopy (Cryo-EM)
Cryo electron microscopy is booming, with new atomic structures appearing every week and new facilities being installed at ... Biophysics 101- Cryo-electron microscopy (Cryo-EM). 01:13:24. This video can only be viewed by current BPS members ... Cryo electron microscopy is booming, with new atomic structures appearing every week and new facilities being installed at ... Tags: Structural Biology cryo-EM Brandeis University Biophysics 101 Cryo electron microscopy atomic structures single-particle ...
https://www.biophysics.org/video-library/biophysics-101-cryo-electron-microscopy-cryo-em
Avoiding the pitfalls of single particle cryo-electron microscopy: Einstein from noise | PNASAvoiding the pitfalls of single particle cryo-electron microscopy: Einstein from noise | PNAS
Avoiding the pitfalls of single particle cryo-electron microscopy: Einstein from noise Message Subject (Your Name) has sent you ... 2013) De novo modeling of the F420-reducing [NiFe]-hydrogenase from a methanogenic archaeon by cryo-electron microscopy. Elife ... Single particle cryo-electron microscopy is currently poised to produce high-resolution structures of many biological ... 2012) Four-dimensional cryo-electron microscopy at quasi atomic resolution: IMAGIC 4D. International Tables for Crystallography ...
https://www.pnas.org/content/110/45/18037.full
Structure of a CLC chloride ion channel by cryo-electron microscopy. - PubMed - NCBIStructure of a CLC chloride ion channel by cryo-electron microscopy. - PubMed - NCBI
Structure of a CLC chloride ion channel by cryo-electron microscopy.. Park E1, Campbell EB1, MacKinnon R1. ... Here we determined the structure of a bovine CLC channel (CLC-K) using cryo-electron microscopy. A conserved loop in the Cl- ...
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28002411
Cryoelectron microscopy structure of purified gamma-secretase at 12 A resolution. - PubMed - NCBICryoelectron microscopy structure of purified gamma-secretase at 12 A resolution. - PubMed - NCBI
Cryoelectron microscopy structure of purified gamma-secretase at 12 A resolution.. Osenkowski P1, Li H, Ye W, Li D, Aeschbach L ... Cryo-Electron Microscopy Structure of Purified γ-Secretase at 12 Å Resolution ... Cryo-Electron Microscopy Structure of Purified γ-Secretase at 12 Å Resolution ... Cryo-Electron Microscopy Structure of Purified γ-Secretase at 12 Å Resolution ...
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19013469?dopt=Abstract
Philips CM120 cryo-electron microscope Core Electron Microscopy Facility - UMASS Medical SchoolPhilips CM120 cryo-electron microscope Core Electron Microscopy Facility - UMASS Medical School
Philips CM120 Cryo-Electron Microscope. Philips CM120 cryo-electron microscope is a computer-controlled transmission instrument ... Electron Microscopy Facility • 55 Lake Avenue North Worcester, Massachusetts 01655-0160 Questions or Comments? Email: gregory. ... dedicated to low dose and cryo-electron microscopic observations. Low electron dose images minimize specimen damage due to ...
https://www.umassmed.edu/cemf/cm120cryo/
Phys.org - cryo electron microscopyPhys.org - cryo electron microscopy
News tagged with cryo electron microscopy. * Date 6 hours 12 hours 1 day 3 days all ...
https://phys.org/tags/cryo%20electron%20microscopy/sort/liverank/1w/
Cryo-electron microscopy reveals how protein crystals growCryo-electron microscopy reveals how protein crystals grow
... Insights allow researchers to control crystallization and could be ... Now, scientists have used cryo-electron microscopy (cryo-EM), the technique that took home the 2017 Nobel Prize in Chemistry, ...
https://cen.acs.org/analytical-chemistry/structural-biology/Cryo-electron-microscopy-reveals-protein/96/i15
cryoelectron microscopy Protocols and Video...'cryoelectron microscopy' Protocols and Video...
... cryoelectron microscopy include Cryo-electron Microscopy Specimen Preparation By Means Of a Focused Ion Beam, Determination ... Dos and Donts of Cryo-electron Microscopy: A Primer on Sample Preparation and High Quality Data Collection for Macromolecular ... Structure of HIV-1 Capsid Assemblies by Cryo-electron Microscopy and Iterative Helical Real-space Reconstruction. ... Cryoelectron Microscopy: Electron microscopy involving rapid freezing of the samples. The imaging of frozen-hydrated molecules ...
https://www.jove.com/keyword/cryoelectron+microscopy
The History of Cryo-Electron Microscopy | Thermo Fisher ScientificThe History of Cryo-Electron Microscopy | Thermo Fisher Scientific
Volta phase plate cryo-electron microscopy structure of a calcitonin receptor-heterotrimeric Gs protein complex ... Here, we present the virion structures of DWV determined to a resolution of 3.1 Å using cryo-electron microscopy and 3.8 Å by X ... Structure of beta-galactosidase at 3.2-A resolution obtained by cryo-electron microscopy ... Cryo-Electron Microscopy (Cryo-EM) begins with vitrification, in which the protein solution is cooled so rapidly that water ...
https://www.fei.com/cryo-em/
Cryo-Electron Microscopy and the Complexity of Cancer | HipcastCryo-Electron Microscopy and the Complexity of Cancer | Hipcast
Cryo-Electron Microscopy and the Complexity of Cancer. Updated about 1 year ago. ... Covering both biology and methodology, this webinar will explain how single-particle cryo-electron microscopy enables us to ...
https://www.hipcast.com/podcast/HMN4HRr4
Estimation in Extreme Noise Levels with Application to Cryo-Electron Microscopy | Duke Computer ScienceEstimation in Extreme Noise Levels with Application to Cryo-Electron Microscopy | Duke Computer Science
Single-particle cryo-electron microscopy (cryo-EM) is an innovative technology for elucidating structures of biological ... Single-particle cryo-electron microscopy (cryo-EM) is an innovative technology for elucidating structures of biological ... Estimation in Extreme Noise Levels with Application to Cryo-Electron Microscopy Special Talk ... His current research is mainly focused on devising efficient computational tools for single particle reconstruction using cryo-electron ...
https://www.cs.duke.edu/events/node/3211
Cryo-electron Microscopy Structure of the Native Prototype Foamy Virus Glycoprotein and Virus ArchitectureCryo-electron Microscopy Structure of the Native Prototype Foamy Virus Glycoprotein and Virus Architecture
... electron tomography and microscopy of infected cells and of isolated virions. We find that PFV contains a nucleocapsid of ... Electron cryo-microscopy Is the Subject Area "Electron cryo-microscopy" applicable to this article? Yes. No. ...
https://journals.plos.org/plospathogens/article?id=10.1371/journal.ppat.1005721
Cryo-Electron Microscopy Service Platform - Members - EMBLCryo-Electron Microscopy Service Platform - Members - EMBL
Cryo-electron microscopy of tubular arrays of HIV-1 Gag resolves structures essential for immature virus assembly ... Implementation of a cryo-electron tomography tilt-scheme optimized for high resolution subtomogram averaging. ... Determination of protein structure at 8.5Å resolution using cryo-electron tomography and sub-tomogram averaging ... Determination of protein structure at 8.5A resolution using cryo-electron tomography and sub-tomogram averaging ...
https://www.embl.de/services/cryo-em-platform/members/index.php?s_personId=CP-60014193
Advancing Cryo-Electron Microscopy for Life SciencesAdvancing Cryo-Electron Microscopy for Life Sciences
Kristina Kermanshahche demos Cryo-Electron Microscopy for mapping protein structures on the Intel® Scalable System Framework at ... Cryo-Electron Microscopy (1:12) Jacquelyn Kottig demos using Intel® Xeon Phi™ processors and the ROME* system to visualize ... Advancing Cryo-Electron Microscopy for Life Sciences. Intel Life Sciences Global Director Kristina Kermanshahche demonstrates ... Cryo-Electron Microscopy for mapping protein structures and how the Intel® Scalable System Framework supports the required HPC ...
https://www.intel.co.uk/content/www/uk/en/research/cryo-electron-microscopy-life-sciences-video.html
Cryo-Electron Microscopy Achieves Unprecedented Resolution Using New Computational Methods | Berkeley LabCryo-Electron Microscopy Achieves Unprecedented Resolution Using New Computational Methods | Berkeley Lab
Cryo-electron microscopy (cryo-EM)-which enables the visualization of viruses, proteins, and other biological structures at the ... Cryo-Electron Microscopy Achieves Unprecedented Resolution Using New Computational Methods. Berkeley Lab researchers develop ... "This is a great example of how to exploit electron microscopy technology and combine it with new computational methods to ... of bacteriophage P22 generated with validated atomic models that were derived from a high-resolution cryo-electron microscopy ...
https://newscenter.lbl.gov/2017/03/23/cryo-electron-microscopy-achieves-unprecedented-resolution-using-new-computational-methods/
Fibril structure of amyloid-β(1-42) by cryo-electron microscopy | ScienceFibril structure of amyloid-β(1-42) by cryo-electron microscopy | Science
Fibril structure of amyloid-β(1-42) by cryo-electron microscopy Message Subject. (Your Name) has forwarded a page to you from ... Fibril structure of amyloid-β(1-42) by cryo-electron microscopy. By Lothar Gremer, Daniel Schölzel, Carla Schenk, Elke Reinartz ... Fibril structure of amyloid-β(1-42) by cryo-electron microscopy. By Lothar Gremer, Daniel Schölzel, Carla Schenk, Elke Reinartz ... Cryo-electron microscopy structure of an amyloid-β(1-42) fibril reveals a protofilament interface and the entire N-terminal ...
http://science.sciencemag.org/content/358/6359/116
Medical Xpress - cryo-electron microscopyMedical Xpress - cryo-electron microscopy
Electron microscopy captures snapshot of structure coronaviruses use to enter cells. High-resolution cryo-electron microscopy ... UT Southwestern researchers used cryo-electron microscopy (cryo-EM) to determine the near-atomic structure of the smallest ... and Forschungszentrum Jülich have now been able to use cryo-electron microscopy (cryo-EM) to ... ...
https://medicalxpress.com/tags/cryo-electron%20microscopy/sort/date/all/
756: Unsolved Salmonella Bacteriophage: Cryo-electron microscopy | Foldit756: Unsolved Salmonella Bacteriophage: Cryo-electron microscopy | Foldit
More info about Cryo-electron microscopy here:. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cryo-electron_microscopy ... has Cryo-electron microscopy (cryo-EM) data that we can use. We are giving you the same puzzle, but this time with Cryo-EM data ...
https://fold.it/portal/node/995657
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Thread-topic: EMBO practical course on image processing for cryo-electron microscopy. Posted on behalf of Elena Orlova... Dear ... ccp4bb] EMBO practical course on image processing for cryo-electron microscopy. *To: ,[email protected], ... Subject: [ccp4bb] EMBO practical course on image processing for cryo-electron microscopy. *From: Martyn Winn ,[email protected] ... www.bbk.ac.uk/biology/about-us/events/image-processing-for-cryo-electron-microscopy-1) Deadline for applications: Monday 15 May ...
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Obtained by cryo-electron mParticleStructuralCrystallographyReconstructionState-of-art electron microscLight microscopyPotential of electron cryo-microFacility2017Cryo tomographyMacromoleculesStructuresCryoEMCentreScientistsBiological specimensResearchersComputationalUltrastructureVirusesParticlesMacromolecularTomographyHigh-resolutionImageAssembliesBiologyMethodsStructureProteinsDataRibosomesTechniqueBoundFrozen
Obtained by cryo-electron m1
  • The accuracy of these registration methods is measured using simulated density maps, and then the methods are used to register structures of individual proteins and subunits with density maps obtained by cryo-electron microscopy. (mit.edu)
Particle14
  • Single particle cryo-electron microscopy is currently poised to produce high-resolution structures of many biological assemblies, but several pitfalls can trap the unwary. (pnas.org)
  • We further report the three-dimensional structure of the gamma-secretase complex at 12 A resolution as obtained by cryoelectron microscopy and single-particle image reconstruction. (nih.gov)
  • Covering both biology and methodology, this webinar will explain how single-particle cryo-electron microscopy enables us to gain insight into cancer development through the detailed analysis of molecular structure. (hipcast.com)
  • Single-particle cryo-electron microscopy (cryo-EM) is an innovative technology for elucidating structures of biological molecules at atomic-scale resolution. (duke.edu)
  • His current research is mainly focused on devising efficient computational tools for single particle reconstruction using cryo-electron microscopy, and phase retrieval. (duke.edu)
  • Bern, M. W. Model-based particle picking for cryo-electron microscopy. (parc.com)
  • The facility's expert team supports and collaborates on a large number of bio EM techniques ranging from standard SEM and TEM to immuno EM, correlative light and electron microscopy, cryo tomography and single particle analysis. (monash.edu)
  • This award is a testament to the early efforts of many single particle cryo-EM pioneers in persevering in this field of study when most structural biologists thought pairing 'high resolution' with 'electron microscopy' was an impossibility for biological samples. (umich.edu)
  • To avoid the challenges of crystallization and the size limitations of NMR, it has long been hoped that single-particle cryo-electron microscopy (cryo-EM) would eventually yield atomically interpretable reconstructions. (caltech.edu)
  • A major impediment in the determination of high resolution protein structures by single particle cryo-electron microscopy has been the presence of sample heterogeneity. (bitesizebio.com)
  • In the new work, first authors Erhu Cao and Maofu Liao pushed the envelope with single-particle cryo-electron microscopy (cryo-EM) techniques to achieve a high-resolution view of a rat TRPV1 channel. (painresearchforum.org)
  • Recent technological developments in single particle cryo-electron microscopy allowed us to determine the first structure of a coronavirus S glycoprotein trimer which provided a framework to understand the mechanisms of viral entry and suggested potential inhibition strategies for this family of viruses. (pasteur.fr)
  • The fluorophore E2 fusion protein was readily detectable in purified virus particles by Western blot and fluorescence microscopy and the particle integrity and morphology was confirmed by cryo electron microscopy. (nature.com)
  • In revealing the promise of these techniques to the structural biology community, their two papers should play a seminal role for single particle work, similar to that of the work of Unwin and Henderson [I] on bacteriorhodopsin in revealing the potential of electron microscopy of membrane protein crystals. (sussex.ac.uk)
Structural15
  • Throughout the remainder of his career, he continued to refine techniques for structural imaging of biological materials by cryo-electron microscopy . (britannica.com)
  • Birkbeck College ( http://www.bbk.ac.uk/biology/about-us/events/image-processing-for-cryo-electron-microscopy-1 ) Deadline for applications: Monday 15 May 2017 The aim of the course is to teach the basic principles and practical aspects of image processing to bioscientists and structural biologists wishing to determine macromolecular structures by cryo electron microscopy (EM). (ccp4.ac.uk)
  • The purpose of the event is to familiarize students, graduate students, researchers of academic and scientific organizations with a modern and dynamically developing structural research method - cryoelectron microscopy. (gatan.com)
  • This advanced service center is located at Simons Electron Microscopy Center at the New York Structural Biology Center. (nih.gov)
  • While the team used cryo-electron microscopy for the main structural study the results from those experiments were underpinned by measurements obtained using solid-state NMR spectroscopy and X-ray crystallography. (spectroscopynow.com)
  • Registration of molecular structures with density maps helps to relate the vast structural information from X-ray crystallography with the structural information contained in cryo-electron microscopy density maps. (mit.edu)
  • What exactly are you researching at the Centre for Structural Systems Biology (CSSB) using cryo-electron microscopy and what insights do you hope to gain? (uni-hamburg.de)
  • In 2017 Prof. Dr. Kay Grünewald received funds to the tune of €15.6 million für Universität Hamburg to establish a cryo-electron microscopy facility in the new building of the Centre for Structural Systems Biology (CSSB) on the Bahrenfeld Campus. (uni-hamburg.de)
  • Roger Cone , the Mary Sue Coleman Director of the U-M Life Sciences Institute, has overseen continuing investment in the institute's expertise in structural biology, which includes cryo-electron microscopy. (umich.edu)
  • Cryo-electron microscopy (cryo-EM) can now be used to determine high-resolution structural information on a diverse range of biological specimens. (whiterose.ac.uk)
  • Dr Ed Morris , Team Leader in Structural Electron Microscopy at the ICR, is an enthusiastic proponent of the power of Cryo-EM. (icr.ac.uk)
  • Cryo-electron microscopy is widely used within the Division of Structural Biology at ICR to study a range of protein complexes," said Dr Morris. (icr.ac.uk)
  • The Department of Molecular Biology and Biochemistry in the Francisco J Ayala School of Biological Sciences invites applications for a tenure-track Assistant Professorship position in structural biology in the area of cryo-electron microscopy. (sciencecareers.org)
  • Cryo-electron microscopy is a cutting edge tool for modern structural biology, allowing the structures of large macromolecular complexes to be calculated in native-like conditions, trapped in a layer of vitreous ice. (leeds.ac.uk)
  • Complementing crystallography: the role of cryo-electron microscopy in structural biology. (ox.ac.uk)
Crystallography3
  • The experimental technique of Cryo Electron Microscopy (Cryo-EM) complements those of X-Ray Crystallography and Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy for the experimental determination of protein structure. (toronto.edu)
  • Lead a project to develop computer tools for the processing of cryo-EM data online in interaction with the engineers of the electron microscopy modules and crystallography of the biostructure platform. (structuralbiology.eu)
  • In cryo-electron microscopy, the superior signal sensitivity of new direct electron detectors has revolutionised the field of structure determination allowing sub-4Å structures of challenging targets such as membrane proteins and ribosomes to be obtained without using X-ray crystallography. (findaphd.com)
Reconstruction4
  • Finally, I will describe some very recent work where we try to combine experimental and theoretical methods to study ensembles of molecular conformations, and how we would like to use these types of reconstruction methods for wider classes of experimental data, including e.g. neutron scattering and light microscopy. (kth.se)
  • With the rapid progresses in both instrumentation and computing, it is increasingly straightforward and routine to determine the structures of icosahedral viruses to subnanometer resolutions (6-10 Å) by cryoelectron microscopy and image reconstruction. (springer.com)
  • Cryo-electron microscopy and three-dimensional reconstruction of the calcium release channel/ryanodine receptor from skeletal muscle. (rupress.org)
  • Two recent papers have defined the secondary structure of the hepatitis B virus capsid using a combination of cryoelectron microscopy and icosahedral image reconstruction. (sussex.ac.uk)
State-of-art electron microsc1
  • Pacific Northwest Center for Cryo-EM (PNCC): This state-of-art electron microscopy user facility is operated jointly by Oregon Health and Science University (OHSU) and Pacific Northwest National Laboratory. (nih.gov)
Light microscopy2
  • The University's bio-imaging facility gives you access to state-of-the-art light microscopy equipment, such as the Delta Vision Widefield Deconvolution microscope and the Microinjection and Phase Contrast Microscope, and image analysis software. (leeds.ac.uk)
  • One solution is to apply correlated cryo-fluorescence light microscopy, and even super-resolution light microscopy (e.g. cryo-PALM), and CryoET. (wikipedia.org)
Potential of electron cryo-micro1
  • article{H, author={Henderson, R.}, TITLE={Realizing the potential of electron cryo-microscopy}, JOURNAL={Q. Rev. Biophys. (princeton.edu)
Facility3
  • Access to the National Cryo-Electron Microscopy Facility was originally published by the National Cancer Institute. (cancer.gov)
  • The Monash Ramaciotti Centre is a leading facility for life sciences electron microscopy. (monash.edu)
  • UCI has recently established a multidisciplinary state-of-the-art electron microscopy facility http://www.imri.uci.edu/content/jeol-jem-2100f-tem . (sciencecareers.org)
20177
  • Now, scientists have used cryo-electron microscopy (cryo-EM), the technique that took home the 2017 Nobel Prize in Chemistry , to watch the earliest stages of protein crystal formation ( Nature 2018, DOI: 10.1038/nature25971 ). (acs.org)
  • The 2017 Nobel Prize in chemistry has been awarded to three scientists who developed a technique called cryo-electron microscopy (Cryo-EM), which simplifies the process for looking at the machinery of life. (astrazeneca.com)
  • Jacques Dubochet, Joachim Frank and Richard Henderson have been awarded the 2017 Nobel prize for Chemistry "for developing cryo-electron microscopy for the high-resolution structure determination of biomolecules in solution" a method by which the structure of biological matter can be analysed at the atomic scale. (u-psud.fr)
  • The 2017 Nobel Prize in Chemistry was awarded today to three pioneers of cryo-electron microscopy, a field that is revolutionizing our ability to visualize biomolecular machinery. (umich.edu)
  • Thanks to their recent advances in cryo-electron microscopy (cryo-EM) - a technique whose inventors were honored with the 2017 Nobel Prize in Chemistry - these researchers have enabled rapid progress in the search for more precise and powerful therapies for a wide array of human diseases. (ucsf.edu)
  • This week, many of our researchers are excited by the news that the pioneers of a technology called cryo-electron microscopy - cryo-EM for short - have won the 2017 Nobel Prize for Chemistry . (icr.ac.uk)
  • Many people will never have heard of cryo-electron microscopy before the announcement that Jacques Dubochet, Joachim Frank and Richard Henderson had won the 2017 Nobel Prize in chemistry for their work developing this technology. (econotimes.com)
Cryo tomography1
  • With workflows for 3D Electron Microscopy (EM) imaging in both vitrified and plastic embedded samples, cryo-tomography, and cryo-electron microscopy (cryo-EM), we provide access to statistical analysis and ultrastructural data. (bitesizebio.com)
Macromolecules4
  • Dubochet J, Groom M, Müller-Neuteboom S (1982c) The mounting of macromolecules for electron microscopy. (springer.com)
  • Cryo-elctron microscopy (cryo-EM) allows us to analyze in 3D the individual macromolecules directly in their native watery environment and their functional interaction. (uni-hamburg.de)
  • In parallel, Joachim Frank, at Albany then Columbia University, laid the ground of the numerical tools to reconstruct the 3D structure of macromolecules from 2D cryo-electron microscopy images. (u-psud.fr)
  • Cheng, R.Holland 1996-01-01 00:00:00 A polar Fourier transform (PFT) method is described that facilitates determination and refinement of orientations of individual biological macromolecules imaged with cryoelectron microscopy techniques. (deepdyve.com)
Structures8
  • Cryo electron microscopy is booming, with new atomic structures appearing every week and new facilities being installed at research centers across the globe. (biophysics.org)
  • Intel Life Sciences Global Director Kristina Kermanshahche demonstrates Cryo-Electron Microscopy for mapping protein structures and how the Intel® Scalable System Framework supports the required HPC infrastructure at Supercomputing 2016. (intel.co.uk)
  • Cryo-electron microscopy (cryo-EM)-which enables the visualization of viruses, proteins, and other biological structures at the molecular level-is a critical tool used to advance biochemical knowledge. (lbl.gov)
  • The consortium aims to evaluate the potential of an emerging analytical technique, cryo-electron microscopy (cryo-EM), for determining three-dimensional (3D) information about protein structures at the molecular level. (bio-medicine.org)
  • The Nobel Prize announced today goes to three titans in the field who helped push the boundaries of technology to enable cryo-electron microscopy to become a powerful technique for visualizing protein structures," he said. (umich.edu)
  • We determined structures of full-length Manduca sexta sGC in both inactive and active states using cryo-electron microscopy. (elifesciences.org)
  • used a technique called cryo-electron microscopy to determine the three-dimensional structures of the inactive and active forms of a soluble guanylate cyclase from a moth known as Manduca sexta . (elifesciences.org)
  • It not only offers far higher resolution than traditional electron microscopy methods - allowing the visualisation of atomic structures - but also means we can study protein complexes in conditions closer to those in the human body," he said. (icr.ac.uk)
CryoEM3
  • A. The purpose of this funding opportunity announcement (FOA) is to provide regional access to state-of-the-art data collection capabilities to cryoelectron microscopy (cryoEM) laboratories. (nih.gov)
  • The tool is cryo-electron microscopy (cryoEM), a suite of methods that allows researchers to construct three-dimensional images of microscopic objects using focused beams of electrons and super-cold temperatures. (biomedicalcomputationreview.org)
  • The NIH launched an initiative to increase biomedical scientists' access to cryo-electron microscopy, by establishing three National Service Centers, through the Transformative High Resolution Cryo-Electron Microscopy program (CryoEM). (nih.gov)
Centre1
  • The Leeds Electron Microscopy and Spectroscopy Centre houses a large proportion of the electron microscopy and analysis facilities at the University of Leeds. (leeds.ac.uk)
Scientists5
  • Located at the Department of Energy's SLAC National Accelerator laboratory, this cryo-electron microscopy center provides access to cryo-EM instruments for data collection and prepares our nation's scientists to become independent cryo-EM investigators. (nih.gov)
  • As early adopters of cryo-electron microscopy (Cryo-EM) and total internal reflection fluorescence (TIRF) microscopy, AstraZeneca scientists are at the forefront of single molecule science - using it to define the structure and function of large complex proteins and better understand interactions between potential new medicines and target receptors. (astrazeneca.com)
  • The awarding of the Nobel Prize to these accomplished scientists reflects, I believe, just how much cryo-electron microscopy is poised to transform how we study biology," she said. (umich.edu)
  • This course is intended to enable industrial and academic scientists and engineers with no prior knowledge of electron microscopy to gain insight into cryotechniques to image nanostructures in liquids, soft materials, and biological systems. (umn.edu)
  • Cryo-electron microscopy - or cryo-EM - is an imaging technology that allows scientists to obtain pictures of the biological "machines" that work inside our cells. (econotimes.com)
Biological specimens2
  • Chiu W (1986) Electron microscopy of frozen hydrated biological specimens. (springer.com)
  • The acquisition of cryo-electron microscopy (cryo-EM) data from biological specimens must be tightly coupled to data preprocessing to ensure the best data quality and microscope usage. (nature.com)
Researchers7
  • critical to the advance of cryo-electron microscopy , allowing researchers to obtain images of biological materials that more closely resembled the natural state of the material. (britannica.com)
  • Researchers at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory and UC Berkeley have combined cutting-edge cryo-electron microscopy (cryo-EM) with computational molecular modeling to produce a near atomic-resolution model of the interaction between microtubules - crucial components of eukaryotic cell ultrastructure - and microtubule-associated proteins called tau. (lbl.gov)
  • UT Southwestern researchers used cryo-electron microscopy (cryo-EM) to determine the near-atomic structure of the smallest membrane protein solved to date. (medicalxpress.com)
  • Leading researchers in the field of cryoelectron microscopy from Russia, Great Britain, Switzerland, Germany, and France will be tutors of the school. (gatan.com)
  • Cryo-electron microscopy enables researchers to vastly expand the number of biological proteins that can be studied at near-atomic resolution, and allows them to be visualized in more true-to-life configurations. (umich.edu)
  • A groundbreaking cryo-electron microscopy image shows in extreme detail how a novel therapeutic molecule interacts with a protein, giving researchers insights into how it works in the human body. (ucsf.edu)
  • In the quest to find faster, better ways of mapping the structure of proteins and other key biological molecules, a growing number of researchers are turning to an innovative method that pushes the idea of a freeze frame to a whole new level: cryo-electron microscopy (cryo-EM). (nih.gov)
Computational2
  • This is a great example of how to exploit electron microscopy technology and combine it with new computational methods to determine a bacteriophage's structure," said Paul Adams, Berkeley Lab's Molecular Biophysics & Integrated Bioimaging division director and a co-author of the paper. (lbl.gov)
  • These will include molecular cloning, protein expression and purification, electron microscopy, hydrogen-deuterium exchange mass spectrometry, computational modelling, and in silico-based drug design. (findaphd.com)
Ultrastructure1
  • The properties of polymer microbubbles, intended to be used for multimodal medical imaging, have been studied by electron microscopy both with regard to ultrastructure and distribution in different organs. (ki.se)
Viruses2
  • Adrian M, Dubochet J, Lepault J, McDowall AW (1984) Cryo-electron microscopy of viruses. (springer.com)
  • Electron microscopy (EM), cryo-electron microscopy (cryo-EM), and cryo-electron tomography (cryo-ET) are essential techniques used for characterizing basic virus morphology and determining the three-dimensional structure of viruses. (vt.edu)
Particles2
  • The three-dimensional structure of the rotavirus spike haemagglutinin viral protein 4 (VP4) has been determined to a resolution of 26 A by cryo-electron microscopy and difference analysis of intact virions and smooth (spikeless) particles. (nih.gov)
  • Also, BVDV E2_fluo particles bound to fluorophore labelled CD46 expressing cells could be resolved in fluorescence microscopy. (nature.com)
Macromolecular4
  • Cryo-electron microscopy is a method that produces 3D density maps of macromolecular complexes. (mit.edu)
  • Here, using cryo-electron microscopy and image analysis, we show that recombinant H7 HA in vaccines formed macromolecular complexes consisting of variable numbers of HA subunits (range, 6 to 8). (pubmedcentralcanada.ca)
  • F] J. Frank, 'Three-Dimensional Electron Microscopy of Macromolecular Assemblies,' in Visualization of Biological Molecules in Their Native State , Oxford: Oxford, 2006. (princeton.edu)
  • Cryo-electron microscopy (cryo-EM) is capable of directly imaging large macromolecular complexes. (uu.nl)
Tomography2
  • Cryo electron microscopy and electron tomography will play a crucial role in the future of drug development. (ddw-online.com)
  • Cryogenic-electron microscopy (cryo-EM) and tomography (cryo-ET) strengthen these metagenomics-based ultrastructural predictions. (nih.gov)
High-resolution6
  • The method dubbed "cryo-electron microscopy" (cryo-EM) allows "high-resolution structure determination of biomolecules in solution" at the atomic level. (theregister.co.uk)
  • Complete capsid of bacteriophage P22 generated with validated atomic models that were derived from a high-resolution cryo-electron microscopy density map. (lbl.gov)
  • High-resolution cryo-electron microscopy and supercomputing have now made it possible to analyze in detail the infection mechanisms of coronaviruses. (medicalxpress.com)
  • This year's Nobel Prize in Chemistry goes to three pioneers of cryo-electron microscopy, a path-breaking technology enabling us to examine native biological samples using high resolution at low temperatures. (uni-hamburg.de)
  • In this project you will use high resolution 3D cryo-electron microscopy to visualise adaptor proteins binding to clathrin cages and biophysical approaches such as dynamic light scattering, time-resolved fluorescence anisotropy and isothermal titrating calorimetry to investigate how clathrin-adaptor interactions result in formation of a functional coated vesicle network. (findaphd.com)
  • This review outlines a number of methodologies used within the electron-microscopy community to address these challenges, providing a range of approaches which may aid in obtaining optimal grids for high-resolution data collection. (whiterose.ac.uk)
Image2
  • The engineer will administer and operate computer, hardware (computing and storage) means and software, and will provide the commissioning of new systems and products and drive developments in the type of computing pipelines as part of cryo-electron microscopy image processing. (structuralbiology.eu)
  • Purified MUC2-N protein was analyzed by electron microscopy and image processing, suggesting how MUC2-N is packed in granulae of goblet cells. (ki.se)
Assemblies1
  • Recent electron-microscopy (EM) studies on NCP-containing assemblies have helped to describe important chromatin transactions at a molecular level. (iucr.org)
Biology2
  • Cryo-electron microscopy is now widely used in the "soft matter and physics-biology interface" pole, with applications in the fields of polymer and polyelectrolytes, liquid crystals, nanomaterials or physical virology. (u-psud.fr)
  • Cryo-electron microscopy is revolutionising molecular and cellular biology, allowing the detailed understanding of the molecular machines within cells and how they work. (icr.ac.uk)
Methods1
  • The school is a three-day intensive course on the methods used in cryo-electron microscopy, including theoretical training, an overview of the modern world instrumentation infrastructure, sample preparation methods, conducting experiments and analyzing the results. (gatan.com)
Structure7
  • Structure of a CLC chloride ion channel by cryo-electron microscopy. (nih.gov)
  • Here we determined the structure of a bovine CLC channel (CLC-K) using cryo-electron microscopy. (nih.gov)
  • Cryoelectron microscopy structure of purified gamma-secretase at 12 A resolution. (nih.gov)
  • Cryo-Electron Microscopy (Cryo-EM) begins with vitrification, in which the protein solution is cooled so rapidly that water molecules do not have time to crystallize, forming an amorphous solid that does little or no damage to the sample structure (a process known as vitrification). (fei.com)
  • Here we used cryo-electron microscopy to investigate the procapsid structure and describe the transition of capsid protein VP0 to the cleaved forms of VP4 and VP2. (asm.org)
  • Heptares Joins Pharma Consortium Applying State of the Art Cryo-Electron Microscopy to Advance Structure Based Drug. (bio-medicine.org)
  • We have studied this interaction by using cryoelectron microscopy to determine the structure, at 21-Å resolution, of poliovirus complexed with a soluble form of its receptor (sPvr). (pnas.org)
Proteins1
  • The individual images in cryo-electron microscopy are usually extremely noisy since proteins are very sensitive to electron radiation and the pictures can only be generated with very low radiation intensity. (spectroscopynow.com)
Data5
  • used cryoelectron microscopy data to build a high-quality de novo atomic model of Aβ fibrils (see the Perspective by Pospich and Raunser). (sciencemag.org)
  • The Unsolved Salmonella Bacteriophage protein that you have been working on (in puzzles 737 , 740 , 749 ) has Cryo-electron microscopy (cryo-EM) data that we can use. (fold.it)
  • The latter two techniques also helped validate the data from microscopy. (spectroscopynow.com)
  • The solid-state NMR spectra provided useful data to allow the team to build a model and so validate the microscopy data. (spectroscopynow.com)
  • Development and deployment of applications for the acquisition, storage and processing of data from cryo electron microscopy for users within the framework of the national FRISBI and European Instruct-ERIC infrastructures. (structuralbiology.eu)
Ribosomes2
  • Here, we present five cryo-electron microscopy (cryo-EM) reconstructions of ribosomes purified from P. falciparum blood-stage schizonts at sub-nanometer resolution. (rcsb.org)
  • Here we report the cryo-electron microscopy study on 100S ribosomes from Lactococcus lactis and a dimerization mechanism involving a single protein: HPFlong. (rug.nl)
Technique2
  • using a technique known as cryo-electron microscopy . (britannica.com)
  • They used a cutting-edge technique called cryo-electron microscopy and combined it with supercomputer analysis. (insidehpc.com)
Bound2
  • This includes the proteasome, a cellular recycling unit with a role in many diseases, where cryo-electron microscopy was used to view a drug related inhibitor bound to its active sites. (icr.ac.uk)
  • To complement these genetic analyses, we have analyzed the complex of poliovirus type 1 bound to sPvr by cryoelectron microscopy. (pnas.org)
Frozen4
  • Cryoelectron microscopy has long been seen as a possible avenue to overcome this limitation, but until recently the direct observation of frozen-hydrated specimens was relatively unsuccessful because of a number of serious difficulties. (springer.com)
  • Chang J-J, McDowall AW, Lepault J, Freeman R, Walter CA, Dubochet J (1983) Freezing, sectioning and observation artefacts of frozen hydrated sections for electron microscopy. (springer.com)
  • Dubochet J, Lepault J, Freeman R, Berriman JA, Homo J-C (1982b) Electron microscopy of frozen water and aqueous solutions. (springer.com)
  • One of the reasons for using cryo techniques in electron microscopy is that the specimen is frozen in time. (snaggledworks.com)
Head of the Cryo-Electron Microscopy Facility - Human Technopole, Milan
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