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Title | Time resolution in cryo-EM using a PDMS-based microfluidic chip assembly and its application to the study of HflX-mediated ribosome recycling. |
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Journal, issue, pages | Cell, Vol. 187, Issue 3, Page 782-796.e23, Year 2024 |
Publish date | Feb 1, 2024 |
Authors | Sayan Bhattacharjee / Xiangsong Feng / Suvrajit Maji / Prikshat Dadhwal / Zhening Zhang / Zuben P Brown / Joachim Frank / |
PubMed Abstract | The rapid kinetics of biological processes and associated short-lived conformational changes pose a significant challenge in attempts to structurally visualize biomolecules during a reaction in real ...The rapid kinetics of biological processes and associated short-lived conformational changes pose a significant challenge in attempts to structurally visualize biomolecules during a reaction in real time. Conventionally, on-pathway intermediates have been trapped using chemical modifications or reduced temperature, giving limited insights. Here, we introduce a time-resolved cryo-EM method using a reusable PDMS-based microfluidic chip assembly with high reactant mixing efficiency. Coating of PDMS walls with SiO virtually eliminates non-specific sample adsorption and ensures maintenance of the stoichiometry of the reaction, rendering it highly reproducible. In an operating range from 10 to 1,000 ms, the device allows us to follow in vitro reactions of biological molecules at resolution levels in the range of 3 Å. By employing this method, we show the mechanism of progressive HflX-mediated splitting of the 70S E. coli ribosome in the presence of the GTP via capture of three high-resolution reaction intermediates within 140 ms. |
External links | Cell / PubMed:38244547 / PubMed Central |
Methods | EM (single particle) |
Resolution | 3.0 - 4.1 Å |
Structure data | EMDB-29681, PDB-8g2u: EMDB-29687, PDB-8g31: EMDB-29688, PDB-8g34: EMDB-29689, PDB-8g38: EMDB-29723: Time-resolved cryo-EM study of the 70S recycling by the HflX:3rd Intermediate, 30S focused map EMDB-29724: Time-resolved cryo-EM study of the 70S recycling by the HflX:2nd Intermediate consensus, 30S focused EMDB-29833: Time-resolved cryo-EM study of the 70S recycling by the HflX:1st intermediate, 30S focused EMDB-29834: Time-resolved cryo-EM study of the 70S recycling by the HflX:1st intermediate, 50S focused from 30S subtracted EMDB-29842: Time-resolved cryo-EM study of the 70S recycling by the HflX:3rd Intermediate, 50S focused and 30S subtracted EMDB-29844: Time-resolved cryo-EM study of the 70S recycling by the HflX:2nd Intermediate, 50S focused and 30S subtracted |
Chemicals | ChemComp-GTP: ChemComp-HOH: |
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Keywords | RIBOSOME / Recycling / Time-resolved Cryo-EM / 70S / HflX |