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Title | In situ structure determination at nanometer resolution using TYGRESS. |
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Journal, issue, pages | Nat Methods, Vol. 17, Issue 2, Page 201-208, Year 2020 |
Publish date | Nov 25, 2019 |
Authors | Kangkang Song / Zhiguo Shang / Xiaofeng Fu / Xiaochu Lou / Nikolaus Grigorieff / Daniela Nicastro / |
PubMed Abstract | The resolution of subtomogram averages calculated from cryo-electron tomograms (cryo-ET) of crowded cellular environments is often limited owing to signal loss in, and misalignment of, the ...The resolution of subtomogram averages calculated from cryo-electron tomograms (cryo-ET) of crowded cellular environments is often limited owing to signal loss in, and misalignment of, the subtomograms. By contrast, single-particle cryo-electron microscopy (SP-cryo-EM) routinely reaches near-atomic resolution of isolated complexes. We report a method called 'tomography-guided 3D reconstruction of subcellular structures' (TYGRESS) that is a hybrid of cryo-ET and SP-cryo-EM, and is able to achieve close-to-nanometer resolution of complexes inside crowded cellular environments. TYGRESS combines the advantages of SP-cryo-EM (images with good signal-to-noise ratio and contrast, as well as minimal radiation damage) and subtomogram averaging (three-dimensional alignment of macromolecules in a complex sample). Using TYGRESS, we determined the structure of the intact ciliary axoneme with up to resolution of 12 Å. These results reveal many structural details that were not visible by cryo-ET alone. TYGRESS is generally applicable to cellular complexes that are amenable to subtomogram averaging. |
External links | Nat Methods / PubMed:31768058 / PubMed Central |
Methods | EM (single particle) |
Resolution | 12.0 Å |
Structure data | EMDB-9023: |
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