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Title | Equilibrium Dynamics of a Biomolecular Complex Analyzed at Single-amino Acid Resolution by Cryo-electron Microscopy. |
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Journal, issue, pages | J Mol Biol, Vol. 435, Issue 8, Page 168024, Year 2023 |
Publish date | Apr 15, 2023 |
Authors | Daniel Luque / Alvaro Ortega-Esteban / Alejandro Valbuena / Jose Luis Vilas / Alicia Rodríguez-Huete / Mauricio G Mateu / José R Castón / |
PubMed Abstract | The biological function of macromolecular complexes depends not only on large-scale transitions between conformations, but also on small-scale conformational fluctuations at equilibrium. Information ...The biological function of macromolecular complexes depends not only on large-scale transitions between conformations, but also on small-scale conformational fluctuations at equilibrium. Information on the equilibrium dynamics of biomolecular complexes could, in principle, be obtained from local resolution (LR) data in cryo-electron microscopy (cryo-EM) maps. However, this possibility had not been validated by comparing, for a same biomolecular complex, LR data with quantitative information on equilibrium dynamics obtained by an established solution technique. In this study we determined the cryo-EM structure of the minute virus of mice (MVM) capsid as a model biomolecular complex. The LR values obtained correlated with crystallographic B factors and with hydrogen/deuterium exchange (HDX) rates obtained by mass spectrometry (HDX-MS), a gold standard for determining equilibrium dynamics in solution. This result validated a LR-based cryo-EM approach to investigate, with high spatial resolution, the equilibrium dynamics of biomolecular complexes. As an application of this approach, we determined the cryo-EM structure of two mutant MVM capsids and compared their equilibrium dynamics with that of the wild-type MVM capsid. The results supported a previously suggested linkage between mechanical stiffening and impaired equilibrium dynamics of a virus particle. Cryo-EM is emerging as a powerful approach for simultaneously acquiring information on the atomic structure and local equilibrium dynamics of biomolecular complexes. |
External links | J Mol Biol / PubMed:36828271 |
Methods | EM (single particle) |
Resolution | 3.22 - 3.42 Å |
Structure data | EMDB-14519, PDB-7z5d: EMDB-14520, PDB-7z5e: EMDB-14521: VP2-only capsid of wt MVM prototype strain p |
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Keywords | VIRUS LIKE PARTICLE / Capsid / MVM / VLP |