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タイトル | Batch Production of High-Quality Graphene Grids for Cryo-EM: Cryo-EM Structure of Soluble Methane Monooxygenase Hydroxylase. |
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ジャーナル・号・ページ | ACS Nano, Vol. 17, Issue 6, Page 6011-6022, Year 2023 |
掲載日 | 2023年3月28日 |
著者 | Eungjin Ahn / Byungchul Kim / Soyoung Park / Amanda L Erwin / Suk Hyun Sung / Robert Hovden / Shyamal Mosalaganti / Uhn-Soo Cho / |
PubMed 要旨 | Cryogenic electron microscopy (cryo-EM) has become a widely used tool for determining the protein structure. Despite recent technical advances, sample preparation remains a major bottleneck for ...Cryogenic electron microscopy (cryo-EM) has become a widely used tool for determining the protein structure. Despite recent technical advances, sample preparation remains a major bottleneck for several reasons, including protein denaturation at the air-water interface, the presence of preferred orientations, nonuniform ice layers, etc. Graphene, a two-dimensional allotrope of carbon consisting of a single atomic layer, has recently gained attention as a near-ideal support film for cryo-EM that can overcome these challenges because of its superior properties, including mechanical strength and electrical conductivity. Here, we introduce a reliable, easily implemented, and reproducible method to produce 36 graphene-coated grids within 1.5 days. To demonstrate their practical application, we determined the cryo-EM structure of soluble methane monooxygenase hydroxylase (sMMOH) at resolutions of 2.9 and 2.5 Å using Quantifoil and graphene-coated grids, respectively. We found that the graphene-coated grid has several advantages, including a smaller amount of protein required and avoiding protein denaturation at the air-water interface. By comparing the cryo-EM structure of sMMOH with its crystal structure, we identified subtle yet significant geometrical changes at the nonheme diiron center, which may better indicate the active site configuration of sMMOH in the resting/oxidized state. |
リンク | ACS Nano / PubMed:36926824 / PubMed Central |
手法 | EM (単粒子) |
解像度 | 2.4 - 2.9 Å |
構造データ | EMDB-25804, PDB-7tc7: EMDB-25805, PDB-7tc8: |
化合物 | ChemComp-FE: |
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キーワード | OXIDOREDUCTASE (酸化還元酵素) / methane monooxygenase (メタンモノオキシゲナーゼ) / hydroxylase (ヒドロキシル化) / cryo-EM (低温電子顕微鏡法) / electron transport (電子伝達系) |