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| Title | MagIC-Cryo-EM, structural determination on magnetic beads for scarce macromolecules in heterogeneous samples. |
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| Journal, issue, pages | Elife, Vol. 13, Year 2025 |
| Publish date | May 20, 2025 |
Authors | Yasuhiro Arimura / Hide A Konishi / Hironori Funabiki / ![]() |
| PubMed Abstract | Cryo-EM single-particle analyses typically require target macromolecule concentration at 0.05~5.0 mg/ml, which is often difficult to achieve. Here, we devise netic solation and oncentration (MagIC)- ...Cryo-EM single-particle analyses typically require target macromolecule concentration at 0.05~5.0 mg/ml, which is often difficult to achieve. Here, we devise netic solation and oncentration (MagIC)-cryo-EM, a technique enabling direct structural analysis of targets captured on magnetic beads, thereby reducing the targets' concentration requirement to <0.0005 mg/mL. Adapting MagIC-cryo-EM to a Chromatin Immunoprecipitation protocol, we characterized structural variations of the linker histone H1.8-associated nucleosomes that were isolated from interphase and metaphase chromosomes in egg extract. Combining plicated election o xclude ubbish particles (DuSTER), a particle curation method that excludes low signal-to-noise ratio particles, we also resolved the 3D cryo-EM structures of nucleoplasmin NPM2 co-isolated with the linker histone H1.8 and revealed distinct open and closed structural variants. Our study demonstrates the utility of MagIC-cryo-EM for structural analysis of scarce macromolecules in heterogeneous samples and provides structural insights into the cell cycle-regulation of H1.8 association to nucleosomes. |
External links | Elife / PubMed:40390365 / PubMed Central |
| Methods | EM (single particle) |
| Resolution | 5.0 - 5.9 Å |
| Structure data | EMDB-43238, PDB-8vhi: EMDB-43239, PDB-8vhj: EMDB-43240, PDB-8vhk: |
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Keywords | CHAPERONE / H1 / Xenopus egg extract / MagIC-cryo-EM / Histone chaperone |
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