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Title | Programming Conventional Electron Microscopes for Solving Ultrahigh-Resolution Structures of Small and Macro-Molecules. |
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Journal, issue, pages | Anal Chem, Vol. 91, Issue 17, Page 10996-11003, Year 2019 |
Publish date | Sep 3, 2019 |
Authors | Heng Zhou / Feng Luo / Zhipu Luo / Dan Li / Cong Liu / Xueming Li / |
PubMed Abstract | Microcrystal electron diffraction (MicroED) is becoming a powerful tool in determining the crystal structures of biological macromolecules and small organic compounds. However, wide applications of ...Microcrystal electron diffraction (MicroED) is becoming a powerful tool in determining the crystal structures of biological macromolecules and small organic compounds. However, wide applications of this technique are still limited by the special requirement for radiation-tolerated movie-mode camera and the lack of automated data collection methods. Herein, we develop a stage-camera synchronization scheme to minimize the hardware requirements and enable the use of the conventional electron cryo-microscope with a single-frame CCD camera, which ensures not only the acquisition of ultrahigh-resolution diffraction data but also low cost in practice. This method renders the structure determination of both peptide and small organic compounds at ultrahigh resolution up to ∼0.60 Å with unambiguous assignment of nearly all hydrogen atoms. The present work provides a widely applicable solution for routine structure determination of MicroED and demonstrates the capability of the low-end 120 kV microscope with a CCD camera in solving ultrahigh resolution structures of both organic compounds and biological macromolecules. |
External links | Anal Chem / PubMed:31334636 |
Methods | EM (electron crystallography) |
Resolution | 0.6 - 0.67 Å |
Structure data | EMDB-0696, PDB-6kj1: EMDB-0697, PDB-6kj2: |
Chemicals | ChemComp-HOH: |
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Keywords | RNA BINDING PROTEIN / FUS / MicroED / Ultrahigh resolution |