New Energy and Industrial Technology Development Organization (NEDO)
16102003-0
Japan
New Energy and Industrial Technology Development Organization (NEDO)
17101509-0
Japan
Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS)
JP25000013
Japan
Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS)
JP20K22630
Japan
Japan Agency for Medical Research and Development (AMED)
JP19am0101117
Japan
Japan Agency for Medical Research and Development (AMED)
JP17pc0101020
Japan
Citation
Journal: Sci Rep / Year: 2023 Title: Epoxidized graphene grid for highly efficient high-resolution cryoEM structural analysis. Authors: Junso Fujita / Fumiaki Makino / Haruyasu Asahara / Maiko Moriguchi / Shota Kumano / Itsuki Anzai / Jun-Ichi Kishikawa / Yoshiharu Matsuura / Takayuki Kato / Keiichi Namba / Tsuyoshi Inoue / Abstract: Functionalization of graphene is one of the most important fundamental technologies in a wide variety of fields including industry and biochemistry. We have successfully achieved a novel oxidative ...Functionalization of graphene is one of the most important fundamental technologies in a wide variety of fields including industry and biochemistry. We have successfully achieved a novel oxidative modification of graphene using photoactivated ClO as a mild oxidant and confirmed the oxidized graphene grid is storable with its functionality for at least three months under N atmosphere. Subsequent chemical functionalization enabled us to develop an epoxidized graphene grid (EG-grid™), which effectively adsorbs protein particles for electron cryomicroscopy (cryoEM) image analysis. The EG-grid dramatically improved the particle density and orientation distribution. The density maps of GroEL and glyceraldehyde 3-phosphate dehydrogenase (GAPDH) were reconstructed at 1.99 and 2.16 Å resolution from only 504 and 241 micrographs, respectively. A sample solution of 0.1 mg ml was sufficient to reconstruct a 3.10 Å resolution map of SARS-CoV-2 spike protein from 1163 micrographs. The map resolutions of β-galactosidase and apoferritin easily reached 1.81 Å and 1.29 Å resolution, respectively, indicating its atomic-resolution imaging capability. Thus, the EG-grid will be an extremely powerful tool for highly efficient high-resolution cryoEM structural analysis of biological macromolecules.
Model: Quantifoil R1.2/1.3 / Material: GOLD / Mesh: 200 / Support film - Material: GRAPHENE / Pretreatment - Type: GLOW DISCHARGE / Pretreatment - Atmosphere: AIR Details: To avoid graphene breakage, a loose mask made of a thin aluminum foil was placed above the grids during the glow discharge.
Vitrification
Cryogen name: ETHANE / Instrument: FEI VITROBOT MARK IV
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Electron microscopy
Microscope
JEOL CRYO ARM 300
Specialist optics
Energy filter - Name: In-column Omega Filter / Energy filter - Slit width: 20 eV
Image recording
Film or detector model: GATAN K3 (6k x 4k) / Number grids imaged: 1 / Average exposure time: 2.8 sec. / Average electron dose: 40.0 e/Å2
Electron beam
Acceleration voltage: 300 kV / Electron source: FIELD EMISSION GUN
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